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Bribery Commission informs Court :
Rs.70 Mn financial irregularity:
The Bribery Commission yesterday informed Fort Magistrate Nilupul Lankapura (22) that it will conduct a separate investigation against former Sports Minister and MP Namal Rajapaksa regarding the alleged financial irregularities of Rs.70 million in the lease of 4.3 acres at the Krrish Transworks Square in Fort Colombo.
A Commission official informed Court that these investigations were initiated pursuant to a Court order.
The Bribery Commission stated this when the case filed in connection with the investigation being conducted by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division regarding the incident was taken up for hearing.
The Magistrate also ordered that the case filed by the Criminal Investigation Department be recalled on June 4 and if the Attorney General’s advice was received before that, she informed the Financial Crimes Investigation Division to issue notice to the defendant.
A further report regarding the incident was submitted to Court by the Criminal Investigation Department and MP Namal Rajapaksa, who has been released on bail in connection with the incident, appeared in Open Court when the case was called.
Investigations are being conducted based on a complaint submitted by Trade Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe while he was a Member of Parliament. The Financial Crimes Investigation Division has conducted an investigation into the incident following a complaint filed by the Anti Corruption Voice organisation, including Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe, to the IGP, alleging that a financial irregularity of around Rs.70 million had occurred.
Subhashini Senanayake
