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Chairman of the Federation of Self Employed (FOSE) in Pettah Mahinda Kahandagamage was arrested by the Colombo Fraud Investigation Bureau (CFIB) this afternoon for allegedly misappropriating funds collected from the members of his Federation.
Mr. Kahandagamage was arrested acting on a complaint lodged by Chairman Deshamamaka Padika Weladunge Sanvidanaya, Ven. Uvatenne Sumana Thera, at the Police Headquarters on January 19.
The allegations made against FOSE Chairman revealed that he had collected a sum of Rs.100 from each of his member pavement hawkers as a daily tax and had misappropriated those funds.
The CFIB officials questioned Kahandagamage for several hours and recorded a statement. He will be produced before Colombo Chief Magistrate Courts today. (Kevin Kariyawasam)
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