Corruption case against Keheliya: pre-trial to be held on March 9

A corruption case filed against Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and former State Printing Corporation (SPC) Chairman Jayampathi Bandara Heenkenda was today fixed for further pre-trial to be held on March 9 by the Colombo High Court.

The Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption had filed this corruption case against two accused for allegedly causing an unlawful loss of Rs. 230,984 to the government after paying the Minister’s one-month mobile phone bill using SPC funds while functioning as the Mass Media Minister in 2012.

The Bribery Commission alleged that Minister Rambukwella had induced the former CPC chairman to pay his mobile phone bill from March 15, 2012, to April 14, 2012, causing an unlawful loss to the government while serving as the Mass Media Minister.