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Former Minister S. M. Chandrasena Released on Bail

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NEWSNOW | – Former Minister S. M. Chandrasena, who was remanded in custody, was ordered to be released on bail by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (1). This was after he was remanded on charges of committing ‘corruption’ by distributing maize seeds, which were purchased at a cost of Rs. 25 million to be distributed to poor farmers in the Anuradhapura district at subsidized prices in 2014, among his friends and supporters in violation of the …
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NEWSNOW | – Former Minister S. M. Chandrasena, who was remanded in custody, was ordered to be released on bail by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (1). This was after he was remanded on charges of committing ‘corruption’ by distributing maize seeds, which were purchased at a cost of Rs. 25 million to be distributed to poor farmers in the Anuradhapura district at subsidized prices in 2014, among his friends and supporters in violation of the …

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