Former Immigration Chief Control officer convicted after 20 years over not declaring assets

By Shehan Chamika Silva

Former Chief Controlling Officer of Immigration and
emigration Department, Jayasinghe Aarachchige Jayasena who was indicted by the
Bribery Commision in 1996 over the charges of illegally acquiring funds, was
convicted by the Colombo High Court today.

The Bribery Commission had indicted former Chief Controller
for failing to disclose how he obtained Rs. 200,000 worth fixed deposit in a
State bank and Rs. 2 million worth properties between March 31, 1994 to March 31, 1995 while serving as a government officer.

The Judge Kusala Sarojini Weerawardena convicting the suspect imposed an initial fine of Rs. 5000 and two years rigorous imprisonment suspending to ten years.

And also using a special provision of the Bribery Act she also imposed Rs. 6.6 million, a fine thrice bigger to the amount that suspect had obtained illegally.