LONDON OLYMPIC TICKET ISSUE

The secret behind the disappearance of the Olympic tickets sent for Sri Lankans not revealed:

Tickets pilfered, sold to the ’Black ‘market:

According to the personnel of sports circles in Sri Lanka, the National Olympic Committee London had allocated tickets to the tune of Rs 70 lakhs for Sri Lankan sports enthusiasts, the opportunity to watch the London Olympics 2012 and to support and cheer our participants. However unfortunately none had got the opportunity to purchase a ticket to go and watch the London Olympics 2012.No one has given a proper answer as to what happened to these tickets.
As usual it is presumed that corrupt responsible officers may have sold the tickets sent to the ‘black’ market by selling to a foreigner in favour of his or their pockets.
When the Minister of Sports was posed with this question he had quipped in order to escape from blame that it may have occurred owing to a mistake of an official attached to the National Olympic Committee. The officials of the London Olympic Committee 2012 had sent these tickets to enable for those interested to purchase these tickets to watch and cheer our members who took part on various disciplines.
Unfortunately the ‘black’ market racket had deprived a single interested Sri Lankan to go to London to watch the Olympic Games. But it had resulted in the misappropriation of funds through sale of these tickets via illegal means. This had had not allowed a single Sri Lankan to proceed to London to support and cheer our participants and to watch the Olympic games other those Sri Lankans resident in London.
It is very shameful as our participants took part in their respective events totally isolated without the support of Sri Lankans, particularly as they failed to make an impact against the stronger opponents in the respective disciplines.
It is a real shame for pocketing the money by our officials of the Olympic committee meant for sale of tickets for those interested in watching the London Olympics 2012.A ticket had ranged from Sterling pounds 35 to 200.Tickets to the tune of Rs 70 lakhs were sent for sale of the Sri Lankans sports enthusiasts. The President of the Olympic Committee had quipped that he was unaware as to who purchased these tickets.