US EditionSri Lanka Ex-Ministers Jailed up to 25 Years for Corruption
- A Sri Lankan court sentenced Mahindananda Aluthgamage to 20 years and Anil Fernando to 25 years in prison for misappropriating 53 million rupees of state funds.
- Both former ministers were fined $2,000 for using government money to donate board games to promote a failed re-election bid.
- Aluthgamage is now the highest-ranking member of the Rajapaksa cabinet prosecuted for corruption.
- The corruption cases against both ministers had been pending for six years until a new government took office last year, reviving the legal proceedings.
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Corrupt Carrom shot sends top duo to jail
The Colombo High Court yesterday sentenced former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage to 20 years and former Sathosa Chairman Nalin Fernando to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment, after they were found guilty of causing millions of losses to the Government by importing Carrom boards and chequerboards for distribution to sports clubs during the 2015 Presidential Election. The Bribery Commission filed the case, accusing both individuals of cau
Ex-minister jailed for corruption
A Sri Lankan court on Thursday sentenced two former ministers from the government of deposed president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to decades in prison in a landmark corruption case. Ex-sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage and former trade minister Anil Fernando were found guilty by the Colombo High Court of misappropriating 53 million Sri Lankan rupees ($177,000) of state funds. The pair were also fined $2,000 for using government money to donate bo…
Former Minister Mahindananda & Nalin Fernando get long prison sentences in corruption verdict; Case filed in 2019 • Sri Lanka Brief
The Colombo Permanent High Court-at-Bar today sentenced two former Sri Lankan ministers to lengthy prison terms with hard labor over a high-profile corruption case involving the importation of sports equipment. Former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI), while former Trade Minister Nalin Fernando received a 25-year sentence. The verdict was delivered by a three-judge bench comprising J…
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