Colombo High Court sentenced former Deputy Minister Shantha Premaratne four years rigorous imprisonment for guilty of accepting bribe yesterday. The Bribery Commission has initiated legal action against him.
The courts found him guilty of accepting a bribe of Rs. 50,000 from a woman promising to get her a job in the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) in 2007. High Court Judge Piyasena Ranasinghe also ordered him to pay Rs 10,000 as fine.
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.
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.
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