FactCheck: Recent submissions
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Anura Priyadharshana Yapa: mobile phone taxes
(factchecklka - Facebook, 1/9/2019)PARTLY TRUE: When a mobile phone user in our country pays Rs. 5,000 [as the mobile phone bill], Rs. 1,600 of it goes towards paying taxes. - ANura Priyadharshana Yapa, 26 October 2018, Divaina -
MA Sumanthiran: Tamil journalists
(factchecklka - Facebook, 12/20/2018)PARTLY TRUE: If I remember correctly, [in the past 20 years] 14 Tamil journalists have been murdered. - MA Sumanthiran, 25 October 2018, Mawbima -
Bandula Gunawardana: Singapore FTA
(factchecklka - Facebook, 11/19/2018)BLATANTLY FALSE: As a result of the gazette notification 2069/2, nearly 4000 products can be imported with zero tariffs as per the Sri Lanka–Singapore Free Trade Agreement. - Bandula Gunawardana, 17 October 2018, Divaina -
Sunil Handunnetti: rural population
(factchecklka - Facebook, 12/5/2018)PARTLY TRUE: 74% of the population of Sri Lanka lives a rural lifestyle/in a rural setting. - Sunil Handunnetti, 15 October 2018, Divaina -
Mangala Samaraweera: Media freedom
(factchecklka - Facebook, 11/2/2018)TRUE: Sri Lanka’s rank in the World Press Freedom Index has moved from 165 to 131. - Mangala Samaraweera, 28 September 2018, Divaina -
Harin Fernando: employment trends
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/12/2018)TRUE: Minister Fernando pointed out that employment has increased from 7.7 million in 2014 to 8.2 million in 2017. - Harin Fernando, 3 October 2018, Daily News -
Patali Champika Ranawaka per capita income
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/11/2018)FALSE: Today, it [Sri Lanka] is a middle income country with a per capita income of US $ 13,000. This is the highest per capita income in the region. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, 3 October 2018, Daily News -
Mangala Samaraweera Cigarette tax income
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/19/2018)BLATANTLY FALSE: A tax income of 1,800 crore (Rs. 18 billion) has been lost due to reduced cigarette sales. - Mangala Samaraweera, 12 September 2018, Lankadeepa -
Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Provincial GDP = අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක - පළාත් දළ දේශීය නිෂ්පාදිතය = அனுரா குமார திசாநாயக்க - மாகாண மொத்த உள்நாட்டு உற்பத்தி
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/4/2018)BLATANTLY FALSE: According to the Annual Report published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), the Western Province contributes to 52% of the GDP of the country…The rest of the provinces in the country collectively ... -
Maithripala Sirisena - Judicial Independence
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/17/2018)PARTLY TRUE: Sri Lanka is a country with a strong democratic foundation and the present government has also strengthened the independence of the judiciary. A recent survey on independence of the judiciary shows that Sri ... -
Ranil Wickremesinghe - Mercer Index
(factchecklka - Facebook, 9/9/2018)TRUE: Although cities across Asia are growing apace, only three (Singapore, Tokyo, and Kobe) are in the top 50 of the Mercer Quality of Living Index. Colombo was the highest ranked South Asian city, but still only stood ... -
Maithripala Sirisena - crime and rape statistics
(factchecklka - Facebook, 9/28/2018)PARTLY TRUE: The number of murders in Sri Lanka in 2008 was 1,378. In 2010, the number was 741; in 2013, it was 586; in 2014, it was 548; and in 2015 it was 476. Last year, in 2017, there were 452 homicides in Sri Lanka. ... -
MFC01 - Monitoring Database - January 2019 - English
(Verite Research, 2019-01)