Case against Sajin de Vaas Gunawardena to be taken up on Feb 25, 2020

The Colombo High Court today (Nov 1) ordered that the case against Sajin de Vaas Gunawardena involving the illegal acquiring of more than Rs. 300 million while being a Member of Parliament - be taken up for hearing on Feb 25, 2020.

Accordingly, Court issued summons on five witnesses, in this case, to appear before Court on the specified date.

The Attorney General had filed this case against Mr. Gunawardena, stating that during the period from 2010 -2015 when Mr Gunawardena was a member of Parliament he had illegally earned a sum of more than Rs 36.2 million and violated the Money Laundering Act.

It was revealed that when Mr. Gunawardena had handed in his nomination to contest the Parliamentary elections in 2010 he had a group of companies under him under the name “Cosmos." This included 21 business entities.

Despite Mr. Gunawardena's claims that after he became a Member of Parliament he had relinquished his directorship in all these businesses and vested his shares with his wife, the AG charged that he had actively been involved in all these businesses.