evidence: A senior official of the Finance Ministry has expressed shock over Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake’s ignorance over the alleged scam, which has resulted in the country, and the Finance Ministry suffering direct losses amounting to millions of rupees. [...] "It is time for Ravi Karunanayake to come out of his narrow political affiliations and present himself as the Minister of Finance who has been entrusted with the country’s public finance of the country," the Finance Ministry Official added.