Corruption case against Wimal, Colombo HC order parties to make submissions on 16 June

 The Colombo High Court ordered yesterday that the prosecution and the defence make submissions in Court on 16 June regarding the corruption case filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) against former Minister Wimal Weerawansa.

Colombo High Court Judge Nawaratna Marasinghe made this order to the prosecution and the defence during the inquiry into a Corruption case filed by the CIABOC against former Minister Weerawansa for the alleged unlawful acquisition of money and assets, estimated at Rs. 75 million during the six years of his service as a Minister between 2009 and 2015.

Weerawansa had committed this offence by way of undeclared assets and is indicted under 39 incidents based on monetary and property transactions estimated at Rs. 75 million.

The Bribery Commission’s Director-General alleged that the former Minister had unlawfully made 26 monetary transactions, constructed a house and purchased lands and vehicles in contravention of Section 23(a) of the Bribery Act.

The Commission also claimed that Weerawansa had received these assets in violation of the Act’s prohibition on property obtained through bribery.

(TFT)