Bribery case: Ex-SLPA chairman, two others granted bail

(Published in Daily Mirror on 28/05/2016)

By Shehan Chamika Silva

The Bribery Commission filed a charge sheet against former Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) Chairman Priyath Bandu Wickrama and two others on five counts for causing a Rs.65 million loss to the Government by deploying employees of the PA for non-existing duties between October 20, 2014 and January 7, 2015.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya released the suspects on two surety bails of Rs.5 million each and imposed a travel ban on the suspects.

The former chairman; Sanjaya Kumara and Mudiyanselage Nimal were present in court on a notice issued in connection with the inquiry conducted by the Bribery Commission on charges of deploying 319 SLPA employees for political activities during the presidential election. Counsel Kalinga Indatissa PC and Anil Silva PC appeared for the suspects.

The case was put off for September 28.