Former Minister Wimal Weerawansa's brother Sarath Weerawansa, who was arrested by the FCID under the Public Property Act for allegedly causing a loss of Rs.10.5 million to the Government, was ordered to be remanded till September 7 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne.
He was arrested on charges of misusing a government vehicle attached to the Presidential Secretariat and obtaining fuel allowance from the Housing and Construction Ministry illegally.
The FCID told court that the Presidential Secretariat in 2009 had permitted to obtain 12 vehicles for parliamentarians elected from the NFP and the suspect, who was not a parliamentarian at that moment, had illegally obtained one vehicle of it and used it for personal purposes until 2015 causing a Rs. 8.9 million financial loss to the government.
Later in 2012, the suspect had been appointed as the private secretary to the then Minister of Housing and Construction and had obtained a fuel allowance of Rs. 1.6 million under the disguise that he would use his private vehicle for ministerial works while already using a vehicle given by the PS.
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