Now that Pandora’s box has been opened, unverified names also popping up

Various lists circulating on internet websites and social media of of people purporting to be on the Pandora Papers are not based on facts.

The International Consortium of International Journalists ( ICIJ) which has granted access to chosen partners organisations and journalists had not released the documents for public viewing. Therefore, apart from recent revelations on Mr and Mrs Thirukumar Nadesan, the ICIJ has not released the names of other Sri Lankans. The network does plan to start publishing some data and to integrate the public database by the end of the year.

The lists that are going around mainly on whatsApp contain the names of prominent politicians, civil society leaders, academics, underworld leaders and drug peddlers, business people, lawyers, clerics and even the son of a former president. None of these is verified against the Pandora Papers.