Original sentence: There was a serious allegation that Rajapaske, as the Prime Minister was linked with diverting about USD 800.000 to a private account from the funds the government collected immediately after the tsunami disaster in December 2004
Edited sentence: Rajapakse never denied this allegation and later returned the money to the government accounts.There was a serious allegation that Rajapaske, as the Prime Minister has diverted about USD 1 million to a private account from the funds the government has collected immediately after the tsunami disaster in December 2004.When the officials attempted to do a inquiry on this has used his power to stop it so and missed out a good opportunity to clear his name