President appoints committee to probe bribery allegation on Japan funded BIA expansion

President Ranil Wickramasinghe has appointed a three-member committee for an investigation focusing on a request made by former Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva with immediate effect.

Former Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has requested the President to conduct an impartial investigation into the matter raised by the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament based on the news published in electronic and print media including social media networks that a Cabinet Minister had asked for a bribe from Japan’s Taisei Corporation. The committee will be chaired by the retired High Court Judge and President’s Counsel Kusala Sarojani Weerawardena while retired Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police S.M. Wickramasinghe and retired special grade officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service S.M.G.K. Perera will serve as the other members of the Committee.

The President has also informed that the report of the investigation should be submitted to him before 31 July.