A corruption case filed against Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and former State Printing Corporation (SPC) Chairman was today fixed for a pre-trial to be held on December 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 the two accused. This was after allegedly causing an unlawful loss of Rs.230,984 to the government after paying the former Minister’s one-month mobile phone bill using SPC funds while functioning as the Mass Media Minister in 2012.
When the case was called before Colombo High Court Judge Damith Thotawatte, the Bribery Commission informed the court that the prosecution is expecting to bring several amendments to the indictments. President’s Counsel Kalinga Indatissa appearing for the defence raised objections against the prosecution’s move to amend the indictments at the moment the case has been fixed for pre-trial.
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. When serving as Mass Media Minister, this resulted in an unlawful loss for the government.
The Bribery Commission had named former SPC Jayampathi Bandara Heenkenda as an accused of aiding and abetting to commit the offence.
