Once-on-the run Sicille Kotelawala released on bail

Former Ceylinco Chairman Lalith Kotelawala’s wife Sicille Kotelawala, who was in remand custody in connection with the Golden Key (GK) case, was granted bail by the Appeal Court on Thursday, GK lawyers said.
Court ordered her release on a cash bail of Rs. 100,000 and two personal bails of Rs. 1 million each after a revision application filed by her counsels was taken up for hearing this morning.  
The court impounded her passport and informed her that permission should be obtained from the court before leaving the country. 
Sicille Kotelawala, who was a Director of the Golden Key Credit Card Company, had been evading arrest by law enforcement authorities since 2009.  She was arrested by immigration officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake upon returning to Sri Lanka on February 5 this year.
Ms. Kotelawala, who is the sixth accused of the GK case case, had fled the country and Interpol had issued warrants and red notices for her arrest
Her husband Lalith Kotelawala, who was the chairman of Ceylinco group, was accused of the misappropriation of Rs. 26 billion of depositor’s money at the collapsed GK Company. He also spend a couple of months in jail before getting bail. (Bandula)