Three High Ranking Customs Officials were arrested by officers of Bribery And Corruption Commission this evening while accepting a sum of Rs.125 Million as a bribe which is believe to be the largest ever bribe nabbed by Bribery Commission.
The three Customs Officers namely Customs Superintendent Sujeewa Prakrama Jinadasa,Assistant Customs Superintendent M.D.U.G Perera and Deputy Customs Superintendent Jagath Gunathilake have been arrested by the Bribery Commission Officers while accepting Rs.125 Million as a bribe from a representatives of a Foreign Company at a selected location in Colombo City this evening.
The arrested Customs Officials were reported as informed a foreign company which supplying spare parts for Sri Lanka Transport Board(SLTB) that Rs.1500 million should be required to release a stock of spare parts belonging to the company .The stock of spare parts are for the use of SLTB.
However as the Foreign Company had informed the said Customs Officials that company has legally not entitled to make such a payment, the customs officials had promised the company that scheduled payment will be cut off if the company agreed to pay them Rs.150 million as a bribe.
Afterwards the Company Representatives had informed on this to Bribery Commission and per the instructions of the Commission ,Foreign Company had manged to reduce the bribe to Rs.125 million after negotiations held with arrested customs officials.
Bribery Commission Officers then have managed to arrest the three high ranking Customs Officers While accepting the bribe from foreign company representatives in Colombo this evening.
The three high rank Customs Officials arrested yesterday(15) by Bribery Commission Officers while accepting a Rs.125 Million as a bribe from Foreign Company Representatives have been today (16)remanded until 30th of October by Colombo Chief Magistrate.
