The appeal filed against a court ruling on a misappropriation case worth Rs 600 million during the previous presidential election has been fixed for support on October 11 by the Appeal Court.
Former President's Secretary Lalith Weeratunge and former Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) Director General Anusha Palpita had filed the petition after they were found guilty over the fraud.
The suspects had been accused of using TRC funds worth Rs 600 million to purchase 'sil' material during the previous elections.
Accordingly, they were sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court. They were each instructed to pay a fine of Rs 2 million and a sum of Rs 50 million to the TRC.
However, the accused had filed an appeal against the court ruling by claiming High Court Judge Gihan Kulatunga's verdict to be erroneous.
The appeal is being heard before Justices Deepali Wijesundera and Achala Wengappuli.
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