{"id":414,"date":"2026-04-27T09:26:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=414"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:26:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:26:26","slug":"protests-erupt-over-2-5-million-treasury-cyber-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/04\/27\/protests-erupt-over-2-5-million-treasury-cyber-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests Erupt Over $2.5 Million Treasury Cyber Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Public outrage continues to grow over the incident in which <strong>USD 2.5 million<\/strong>, sent as a foreign debt installment by the Sri Lankan Treasury, was diverted to an unauthorized party.<\/p>\n<p>A protest organized by Sarvajana Balaya was held today (27) in front of the Ministry of Finance Sri Lanka, demanding accountability over the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) also staged a protest this morning in front of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, condemning the cyber theft.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, several other demonstrations were organized in response to the issue. A separate protest led by Aragalaya Citizens Movement was also held near the Central Bank, highlighting public concern over financial security and governance.<\/p>\n<p>The series of protests reflects increasing pressure on authorities to investigate the incident thoroughly and take decisive action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public outrage continues to grow over the incident in which USD 2.5 million, sent as a foreign debt installment by the Sri Lankan Treasury, was diverted to an unauthorized party. A protest organized by Sarvajana Balaya was held today (27) in front of the Ministry of Finance Sri Lanka, demanding accountability over the incident. Meanwhile, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions\/416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}