Sri Lanka Former Legislators Taken Into Custody over Misappropriation

Sri Lanka former legislators taken into custody over misappropriation

ECONOMYNEXT – Former Sri Lankan Agriculture Minister Mahindanada Aluthgamage and former legislator Milan Jayatilleke were taken into custody on separate misappropriation cases amid public grumbling over President Anura Kumara Dissanayake government’s sluggish moves to arrest corrupt politicians who the ruling party had accused before the 2024 elections. Aluthgamage was remanded by Colombo Magistrate Court over the payment made to a Chinese firm …

Ex-Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage remanded - LNW Lanka News Web

May 19, Colombo (LNW): Former Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage has been ordered to remain in remand custody until May 26 following his appearance before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court earlier today (19). The decision was delivered by Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali in connection with serious allegations concerning a mismanaged fertiliser import that reportedly caused significant financial and environmental damage. Aluthgam…

Mahindananda appears in court over substandard fertilizer case

(Image credit: Courtesy of the respective owners) Former Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage appeared before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court this morning (May 19) after an arrest warrant was issued against him. The warrant was issued on May 16 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali, based on a request from the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). The arrest warrant is linked to an ongoing inve…