A former Member of Parliament and a member in the current Parliament were granted bail while a former minister was remanded in separate cases taken up today.
Former Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Member of Parliament Milan Jayatilleke produced in courts over allegations of irregular practices followed in approving property plans was granted bail by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.
The plans were approved when he was the Chairman of the Dompe Pradeshiya Sabha.
Badulla District MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake was released on 02 personal bails of one million rupees each by the Badulla Magistrate’s Court in connection with a case that had been filed by the Bribery Commission over the misuse of state funds when he was Chief Minister in the Uva Provincial Council.
Meanwhile ex-Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage was remanded until May 26 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court after he was produced in connection with the payment made to a Chinese firm for a consignment of substandard organic fertiliser in 2021.
An arrest warrant was issued on Mr Aluthgamage and in turn he appeared before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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