A development officer and an agriculture research assistant were arrested today (March 27) for soliciting a bribe of Rs 58,000 from a farmer in the Elahera area, Director of the Bribery Commission, Priyantha Chandrasiri said.
According to the director the money had been requested from the farmer as payment for recommendations to be made in order for the farmer to obtain compensation for crop damages.
The suspects are to be produced before the Hingurakgoda Magistrate Court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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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