The Colombo Permanent High Court-at-Bar yesterday fixed for today (30), further trial in a case filed against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Chief of Staff Gamini Sedara Senarath and three others.
This is for illegally transferring of Rs.500 million from Litro Gas to Canwill Holdings.
Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Company Secretary Ruwani Dharmawardena testified before the Trial-at-Bar bench comprising High Court Judges Sampath Abeykoon (President), Sampath Wijeratne and Champa Janaki Rajaratne. Further trial fixed for today (30).
The four accused, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Chief of Staff Gamini Sedara Senarath, former Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Managing Director Piyadasa Kudabalage, former Samurdhi Commissioner Neil Bandara Hapuwinna and Lasantha Bandara are currently on bail.
The four accused had been charged under the Penal Code, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and the Public Property Act. The Attorney General alleged that the accused had committed this offence between February 1, 2014 and January 20, 2015.
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