The Colombo High Court today (Jul 5) permitted Parliamentarian Udaya Gammanpila to travel to Australia in order to visit his children from July 7 to July 21.
Mr. Gammanpila has been acused of involvement in a fraudulent share transaction along with an individual identified as Sydney Jayasinghe.
The suspects have been accused of misappropriating Rs 21 million while selling shares of a company owned by an Australian national to local business tycoon Dhammika Perera between 1997 and 2000.
The Australian national, Bryan Haddick had filed a complaint against Mr. Gammanpila at the Polcie Financial Crimes Investigations Bureau.
The case which is being heard before Justice Dhammika Ganepla was postponed until October 30.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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