"Pay us US$ 8 Mill in 3-days (OR ELSE!)" - Chinese fertilizer Co. tells Sri Lanka.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co., Ltd., the Chinese Organic Fertilizer Manufacturer has sent a Letter of Demand to the National Plant Quarantine Service.

The Letter of Demand seen Exclusively by News 1st notes that Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co., Ltd., has suffered significant loss and damage in a sum of US$ 8 Million and continues to suffer further loss and damage due to loss of reputation and goodwill as well as existing and potential business, due to the negligent conduct of the National Plant Quarantine Service.

The LOD noted that the NPQS make a payment of US$ 8 Million within 3 days from the date hereof for the loss and damage caused to Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co., Ltd.

However, the Director General of Agriculture Dr. Ajantha De SIlva told Exclusively to News 1st that no such Letter of Demand was received.