Immigration official arrested for soliciting Rs. half-million bribe

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Colombo, Jan 21 (Daily Mirror) - An immigration officer from the Department of Immigration and Emigration has been arrested for allegedly soliciting a bribe of Rs. 500,000 to secure the release of an individual detained over a visa violation.

The Bribery Commission said that the suspect, an authorised officer attached to the Sri Lanka Immigration Detention Camp in Welisara, was arrested following a complaint from a resident of the Jaffna area.

According to the complaint, the individual had been detained for staying in Sri Lanka without a visa.

The officer had reportedly demanded the bribe in exchange for arranging the person's release from the Welisara Detention Camp.

Bribery Commission officers arrested the suspect at the detention facility, and he is to be produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court.

Comments - 6

Grace Tuesday, 21 January 2025 06:21 PM

Corruption is deep-rooted everywhere. The government should come down heavily on those who have tasted corruption and wean them off and if necessary,bnew laws should be enacted.

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R Navaratnam Tuesday, 21 January 2025 08:13 PM

The immigration officer thought it would be easy to milk money from the overseas individual rather than helping him. My hats off to the Jaffna resident who made the complaint. The dignity to serve the public is unfortunately lacks amongst government employees. Schools and parents will have to play a major role in making people better.

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Gabriella Tuesday, 21 January 2025 08:58 PM

The Immigration Department is a cesspool. It needs a complete restructure, with the current dullards replaced by competent people. The minister also needs to be replaced, because in 100 days there have not been any improvements,

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Palm Oil Tuesday, 21 January 2025 09:26 PM

In a country where school children are taught to lie to gain school entrance

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Nimal Wednesday, 22 January 2025 01:38 AM

Then goes to tuition classes from day 1. Lol

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Jude Wednesday, 22 January 2025 07:50 AM

This guy must be an amateur, most Immigration officials Never get caught.

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