Myown Mustaffa – Newswire https://www.newswire.lk Sri Lanka's largest News aggregator Fri, 17 Feb 2023 09:08:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.8 https://www.newswire.lk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/favicon.png Myown Mustaffa – Newswire https://www.newswire.lk 32 32 Election bribery: Former MP sentenced to six months in prison https://www.newswire.lk/2023/02/17/election-bribery-former-mp-sentenced-to-six-months-in-prison/ Fri, 17 Feb 2023 08:44:37 +0000 http://www.newswire.lk/?p=110253

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Former Deputy Minister Myown Mustaffa has been sentenced to six months in prison for providing a bribe to secure the support of a candidate in the 2010 Presidential Election.

According to NewsFirst, Myown Mustaffa’s civic rights have also been suspended for seven years.

The former UNP Parliamentarian had been accused of giving Rs. 4.2 million to the then MP Mohammed Musammil of the National Freedom Front for seeking his support in favour of Sarath Fonseka during the run-up to the 2010 January 26 Presidential poll. (NewsWire)

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