The Chief Of Staff Of President And Timber Corporation Chairman Arrested Over Accepting A Bribe Have Been Remanded

The Chief Of Staff of the Presidential Secretariat Dr.I.H.K Mahanama and the Chairman of the State Timber Corporation P.Dissanayake who were arrested by the Bribery Commission officials yesterday (03) while accepting a advance of a Bribe money worth Rs.20 million from an Indian investor at a Cr park of a one of the luxurious hotels in Colombo have been remanded until 09th of May by the Colombo Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara last night(03).

The suspects were produced before the Chief Magistrate last night by the Bribery Commission officials and requested the Magistrate to remand them until the inquiry against their act has been concluded .

The two suspects have been arrested while accepting Rs,20 million out of Rs.100 million requested from an Indian Investor who is keen to get a land to construct a Sugar Factory in Sri Lanka ,for releasing a land to him it has been revealed.

The Chief Magistrate had instructed the Bribery Commission officials to produce a report on  progress of the inquiry conducting on the incident on  09th of May.

President Maithripala Sirisena had advised the authorities to suspend the both officers from their posts soon after they have been arrested.