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CIABOC’s independence is undermined if Govt. controls funds, says DG

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Commission and Fianance Ministry lock horns over interpretation of two Acts passed in 2023 and 2024  
By Namini Wijedasa  

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) is locked in a tug-of-war with the government over who controls its purse strings.

CIABOC Director General (DG) Ranga Dissanayake insists that the framers of the Anti-Corruption Act (ACA) of 2023 intended to create “a highly independent—that means, one hundred percent independent—Bribery Commission.”

Read more in today's Sunday Times edition here 

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