Former parliamentarian P.H. Piyasena has been sentenced to four years of imprisonment for failing to return a vehicle belonging to the Prime Minister's office for one year after losing his seat as parliamentarian.
Mr. Piyasena who represented the Tamil National Alliance was also instructed to pay a penalty of Rs 5.4 million for committing the said offence, by the Colombo High Court.
A case was filed by the Attorney General against the former MP under the Public Property Act.
The Attorney General claimed that the suspect had not returned the vehicle after losing his seat at the general elections in August 2015.
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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