BC files case against ex-SLPA chairman

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The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption filed a case in the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court against former SLPA Chairman Priyath Bandu Wickrama and two other officials of the Ports Authority today on charges of having incurred a loss Rs.65 million by recruiting 319 employees for the SLPA in Galle and Trincomalee.

The other two officials are R.B. Sanjaya Kumara and Nihal Kappetipola.

The Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris noticed the three officials to be present in Court on May 27 when the matter would be taken up for inquiry. (Shehan Chamika Silva)

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Aba Jayasekera Saturday, 02 April 2016 10:30 AM

This is ridiculous. There must be millions of such cases. Is this all these highly paid officers have discovered ?

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