The Court of Appeal has upheld a prison sentence imposed on former Deputy Minister Shantha Premaratne who had been found guilty of accepting a bribe of Rs. 50, 000.
The ex-deputy minister was found guilty by the Colombo High Court in 2017 for obtaining the bribe in 2007 from a woman after promising to get her a job at the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB).
The High Court sentenced him to four years rigorous imprisonment and this was upheld by the Court of Appeal today.
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The National People’s Power (NPP) won the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election by returning 15members from a total of 30 representatives in the council, today.
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