Former Director of Tourism Development Authority, Kithsiri Ranawaka, who was arrested by the FCID over allocating authority’s funds amounting to Rs. 5.7 million to an election promoting campaign during the Uva Provincial Council Election in 2014, was remanded till September 6 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne.
The FCID alleged that the money was earlier reserved with the authorisation of the Director Board, in which the suspect was a member, to a project of protecting historical places in Sri Lanka in expectation of promoting tourism industry. However, the allocated money was not used for such tourism promotional project.
The prosecution said according to the statements recorded from witnesses in authority, it had been revealed that the money was used for the SLFP election propaganda campaigns in the Uva Province.
The prosecution charged the suspect under the Public Property Act and Penal Code over committing Criminal Breach of Trust.
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