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Sri Lanka: Govt to investigate whether sugar mafia is involved in releasing hoarded stocks into market

Summary by ChiniMandi
Colombo: The government has launched an investigation into whether a sugar mafia is behind the discreet release of hoarded brown sugar stocks into the market, after four local factories failed to sell their production, a minister has said, reported Daily Mirror. Only 11 percent of the country’s total sugar demand is met by local production from the factories at Pelwatte, Sewanagala, Ethimale, and Galoya. Deputy Minister of Trade R.M. Jayawardhan…
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ChiniMandi broke the news in on Friday, August 8, 2025.
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