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Min. Gamini Jayawickrama Perera ordered to appear before PCoI on Sept 17
Minister Gamini Jayawickrama Perera has been instructed to appear before a Presidential Commission on September 17 to give evidence over a corruption case after he had turned up without documents today (Sept 9).
A complaint was filed at the Presidential Commission alleging that the Mahapola Trust Fund had signed illegal documents to transfer the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) to a private business
Minister Perera had been summoned before the Commission since he had been the Minister of Higher Education during which the fraud is alleged to have occured.
The Mahapola Trust Fund which disburses allowance for students pursuing higher education at state universities falls under the Ministry of Higher Education.
Former Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe had filed a complaint over this matter at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) which is probing state sector corruption under the current government.
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