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Two ex-Customs officials granted bail
Two former customs officials remanded over charges of releasing confiscated gold were granted bail by the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court today (Oct 11).
Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake ordered Former Director-General Jagath Premalal Wijeweera and retired additional customs Director-General Tharaka Senaviratne to be released on a cash bail of Rs 25,000 and two surety bails each worth Rs 5 million.
They had been arrested by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division for unlawfully releasing confiscated gold for the construction of a statue in the Sandahiru Maha Seya – an enshrinement built-in memory of war heroes.
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