According to the judgement pronounced by the Permanent Trial- at- Bar after hearing the case against the former President’s Chief of Staff Dr. I.H.K. Mahanama and the former Chairman of the State Timber Corporation P. Dissanayake. Dr. Mahanama was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, a fine of Rs. 65,000/- and a penalty of 20 million and P. Dissanayake was sentenced to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment, a fine of Rs. 55,000/-.