Sri Lanka Ex-Ministers Jailed up to 25 Years for Corruption

Sri Lanka ex-Ministers jailed up to 25 years for corruption

Ex-sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage and former Trade Minister Anil Fernando were found guilty by the Colombo High Court of misappropriating 53 million rupees ($177,000) of state funds

Sri Lanka ex-ministers jailed up to 25 years for corruption

Ex-sports minister, former trade minister found guilty of misappropriating $177,000 of state funds.

Former Sri Lanka ministers jailed up to 25 years for corruption

Ex-sports minister Aluthgamage is the most senior member of Rajapaksa's Cabinet to be prosecuted for corruption. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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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…

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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…