GI Pipes case: Court rejects Keheliya’s objections

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Colombo, March 12 (Daily Mirror) - The Colombo High Court today rejected the preliminary objections raised by former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella against the GI pipes case.

Accordingly, Colombo High Court Judge Nawaratne Marasinghe decided to fix the matter for trial and the case will be called again on April 4.

The Bribery Commission had filed indictments before Colombo High Court against former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and two others for allegedly causing unlawful loss to the government after purchasing GI pipes using Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation’s (SLRC) funds during the 2015 Presidential Election while Keheliya Rambukwella was serving as the Minister of Mass Media.

The former Health Minister had raised preliminary objections challenging the maintainability of the case.

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption had filed indictments against Minister Rambukwella, former SLRC Director General Chandrapala Liyanage and former SLRC Chairman Wimal Rubasinghe under Section 70 of the Bribery Act.

The Bribery Commission alleged that three accused in the case had incurred a loss of Rs.990,000 to the SLRC after unnecessarily purchasing 600 lengths of GI pipes on or around December 2, 2014.

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Chryshan Tuesday, 12 March 2024 02:08 PM

These losses are peanuts. When they have robbed in billions. But now judiciary is scared what could happen is Anura comes into power. Probably he can stay in with Keheliya.

Ajith Tuesday, 12 March 2024 04:14 PM

Keheliya has not claimed he is not guilty, he is playing with the law and buying time. He has only questioned the maintainability of the case. That alone amounts to guilt

Adwani Wednesday, 13 March 2024 04:50 AM

@Ajith, not only Keheliya Rumbuttan, almost all politicians strongly believe that whatever cases are filed for corruptions, murders and stealing are no longer maintainable in Courts. But public knows what to do to them when caught in Public. They will run without even 'Umboda' for safety.

Keheliya found the right combination in Health Dept! Tuesday, 12 March 2024 05:22 PM

May be this is the qualifying round for this guy, to get promoted to drugs that kill!

Be Wise in Voting the correct Candidate Tuesday, 12 March 2024 07:31 PM

If GOOD people don’t join politics, only BAD people will join politics. That’s why the voters need to think and be wise in the next elections. If not the chaos

Dhusana Tuesday, 12 March 2024 07:35 PM

KEHELIYA, ONE OF THE BIGGEST RACKETEERS WHO HELD GOVERNMENT POWER.

Joshua Tuesday, 12 March 2024 08:00 PM

When NPP comes in to power they ought to send all the Ali baba, thieves and those who bankrupted the country to prison for life

Sambo Tuesday, 12 March 2024 08:07 PM

Top guns instruct you to do many illegal activites but when you are in trouble they walk away. So take this as a good example. Over to all that goes behind ministers' instruction and making dirty deals.

Concerned citizen Tuesday, 12 March 2024 08:37 PM

Wherever this keheliya went kelawala, totally not fit for politics and great loss for country having this kind of people in MP post. Who sent this crap to parliament. This people should be sent to angoda for check up

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