The newly established Special Trial at Bar has decided to conduct daily hearings from October 29 on the case filed against the former President’s Chief of Staff Gamini Senarath and former chairman of the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation (SLIC) Piyadasa Kudabalage.
The suspects have been indicted against charges of allegedly misappropriating millions of funds belonging to Litro Gas Lanka by investing in ventures including the Grand Hyatt hotel project.
The three -judge bench comprises senior High Court judges Sampath Abeykoon, Sampath Wijeratne and Champa Janaki Rajaratne
The court will sit in the morning and in the afternoon to expedite the hearing. Two more similar High Courts are also in the pipeline to hear other major fraud and crime cases.
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