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Thursday, January 25, 2018

Two Former Officers Attached To The Previous Regime Arrested Over Purchasing Of Eight Luxary Vehicles

The Special Police Investigations Unit had yesterday

(25)arrested the former Chief Accountant attached to the Presidential Secretariat A.L.D Gunaratne and former Additional Presidential Secretary A.S.Gunaratne over purchasing of luxary vehicles unnecassaraily during the regime of former President Mahinda Rajapakshe.

The two former officers were charged over purchasing eight Luxary Vehucles through the Presidential Secretariat during previous regime and incur heavy financial loss to the government.

Attorney General Had Filed First Two Cases Under The Recommendations Of Serious Fraud And Corruption Commission In High Court

Attorney General has yesterday (25)filed first two

cases in Colombo High Court against the former Minister Of Fisheries Sarath Kumar Gunaratne and few others under the recommendations made by Special Presidential Commission Of Inquiry Inquire In to Serious Fraud And Corruption.over misusing of a large sum of money allocated for development work.

Accordingly these two cases were filed over misusing of more than Rs.10 million allocated to the development work of Negambo lagoon to held final presidential ekection rally of Former President Mahinda Rajapakshe at Negambo Urban Council stadium and misuse of money allocated to State Fiseries corporation to print Calenders during last Presidential Election.

These fraud activities were revealed by the Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry and after the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) investigating over the incidents based on recommendations of the Commission ,Attorney General had fiiled these two cases .

The final report of the Commission was handed over to the President recently.