Bribery Commission files indictment against Rajitha and two others

Bribery Commission files indictment against Rajitha and two others

August 20, 2020   02:42 pm

The Bribery Commission has filed indictment against former minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne and two others for allegedly causing losses to the state when leasing out the Modara Fisheries Harbour in 2014.

The other two defendants in the case include the former Chairman of the Ceylon Fisheries Harbour Corporation (CFHC)  Upali Liyanage and its former Managing Director  Neil Ravindra Munasinghe.

The indictment has been filed under section 70 of the Bribery Act and on five charges.

They are accused of causing losses to the government by persuading the Director Board of the Ceylon Fisheries Harbour Corporation to lease the Modara Fisheries Harbour to a private company for an insufficient sum between the period from August 01 and November 01, 2014.

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