By Shehan Chamika Silva
National Freedom Front (NFF) Spokesman Mohammed Muzammil, was today re-remanded till July 13 by Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne on charges of having misappropriated Rs.6.1 million in public funds by misusing a vehicle attached to the Presidential Secretariat.
Counsel Gamini Perera, who appeared for Mr. Muzammil submitted a written bail application to the Court. The Magistrate said she would consider bail on the next hearing date.
The charges amounting to ‘Dishonest Misappropriation, Criminal Breach of Trust, Cheating, Forgery and Falsification of Accounts’ of the Public Property Act' were filed by the FCID under Section 5(1).
The suspect was also charged with the misappropriation of property, abatement, criminal breach of trust and cheating under the Sections 100, 386, 389 and 400 of the Penal Code.
The prosecution said the suspect was given a vehicle from the Presidential Secretariat in 2009 under the previous government and following his defeat in 2010 parliamentary elections he was appointed as an Acting Director of the Sri Lanka Engineering Corporation.
The Police said the suspect had not returned the vehicle, he obtained from Presidential Secretariat in 2010 and deceived the Engineering Corporation by stating that the vehicle he obtained from the Presidential Secretariat was his private vehicle and on this basis was re-imbursed his travelling expenses by the Engineering Cooperation. The Police told the money had been deposited under the name of the suspect’s wife.
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