Former Presidential Chief of Staff I H K Mahanama was sentenced to 20-years RI while former Chairman of the State Timber Corporation (STC) Piyadasa Dissanayake was sentenced to 12 years RI by the Special High Court today (Dec 19).
Both former officials were found guilty of the charges laid against them for soliciting a bribe of Rs. 20 million.
The Permanent High Court at Bar delivered the order when the case was taken up this morning.
Mahanama and Dissanayake were arrested by the Bribery Commission for allegedly soliciting a bribe of Rs. 20 million from an Indian businessman named K. Nagaraja in order to transfer the machinery equipment belonging to the Kantale Sugar Factory in May 2018.
According to reports, the total amount of the bribe they had demanded from the said businessman was Rs. 54 million.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
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