The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has filed a case in the Colombo High Court against former Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, alleging that he accepted a bribe of Rs. 1 million from a businessman.

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena is accused of having allegedly accepted the bribe to facilitate a matter connected to the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI).

According to the complaint, the alleged payment was made in 2013.

The case has been filed following a lengthy investigation carried out by the Bribery Commission based on the businessman’s complaint.

The High Court is expected to take up the matter in due course. (Newswire)

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The Colombo High Court today served indictments on former minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena and former Board of Investment (BOI) official Jayantha Edirisinghe in connection with a case filed by the Bribery Commission.

The indictments have been served for allegedly causing over Rs. 1.7 million of losses to the government.

The case pertains to Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena’s tenure as Minister of Investment Promotion and Jayantha Edirisinghe’s tenure as the BOI Director General. 

It is reported that the alleged offence relates to the use of BOI funds for newspaper advertisements published in connection with the second anniversary of the inauguration of then-President Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2014. (Newswire)

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The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption has filed indictments against former Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena and former Director General of the Board of Investment (BOI), Jayanta Edirisinghe, over the misuse of state funds.

The case pertains to the alleged misuse of over Rs. 17 million from BOI funds to publish advertisements in 11 newspapers marking former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s second term inauguration anniversary on November 19, 2014.

The Bribery Commission alleges that the act caused a financial loss to the state and violated the Bribery Act.

Five charges have been filed against the accused, with 15 witnesses and 21 documentary items submitted as evidence in the case, which is being heard before the Colombo High Court. (Newswire)

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President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed new Governors to the Southern and North Western Provinces.

According to the President’s Media Division (PMD), Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena took oaths as the Governor of the Southern Province.

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena previously served as the Governor of the North Western Province, after being appointed to the post by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in 2023. 

Meanwhile, former Environment Minister Nazeer Ahamed was sworn in as the Governor of the North Western Province.

Last year, Nazeer Ahamed lost his Parliamentary seat and was removed as the Minister of Environment after the Supreme Court ruled that the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress’ decision to expel him, for going against the party’s stance in several instances, was lawful. 

Nazeer Ahamed along with Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena took oaths as governors before President Ranil Wickremesinghe today. (Newswire)

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