“I was the complainant, not the victim” — MP Hizbullah on Ghana gold case

Although Sri Lankan Parliamentarian Dr. M.L.A.M. Hizbullah accepts that he had lodged a complaint with authorities in Ghana over an attempted gold scam, he has clarified that he was not deceived or defrauded in the deal. His statement follows reports by several Ghanaian media outlets, including Ghana’s main news agency, which claimed that a Sri Lankan MP had fallen victim to a USD 2 million gold fraud. The reports stated that the Accra Circuit Court had granted bail to 11 suspects accused of orchestrating the scam. Ghanaian media reports further alleged that the Sri Lankan MP had made a payment…

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