The Principal of Seevali Maha Vidyalaya of Hindagala, Peradeniya was arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs.25,000/= to accept a child to the Grade 1 class for 2020.

Lecture for the officers of the consumer affairs authority on 13.01.2020 at defense services college, Colombo 2.

A Sub Inspector and a Police Constable of Aralaganwila Police Station were convicted for soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs.10,000/- from a Hotel Owner at Aralaganwila in 2009 to avoid taking legal actions for the offence of keeping elk flesh illegally.

The investigation offices of CIABOC have arrested a Police Sergeant attached to Police Station, Puttalam while receiving a bribe of Rs.5000/- of the total solicited amount of Rs.10,000/- to release the revenue license and insurance certificate of a Dimo Batta Lorry arrested by the Police Officers of the relevant Police Station.

While the Former Parliamentarian Sarana Gunawardena was serving as the Chairman of Development Lotteries Board, he was accused for influencing the officers of the Development Lotteries Board to rent three vehicles from his wife by paying Rs 960,000 per each vehicle where thetrue value per vehicle was only Rs. 635,000.
Mr. Sarana Gunawardena was convicted for all the three charges that were presented against him.

Two awareness programs for the officers of Farmers Organizations of Madatugama area and Galkiriyagana area were conducted from 9.00am to 12.00pm on 2019/12/26 and 2019/12/27 respectively at the Alagamuwa Block Office and Galkiriyagama Block Office of Mahaweli Authority. In these two programs, the responsibility of the civilians towards the anti corruption was emphasized while giving the awareness regarding the Bribery & Corruption. Another awareness program was conducted for the public officers of Mahaweli Authority in the area on 2019/12/26 from 1.00pm to 4.00pm at the Alagamuwa Block Office. In this session responsibility of the public servants to be prevented from Bribery & Corruption and the repercussions of being convicted for the bribery or corruption offence were pointed out while explaining the bribery & corruption law. The participants actively participated by asking questions and expressing their views in all these programs. These programs were organized by the Mahaweli Authority. Assistant Director Legal / Mr. Sakitha Wickramaratne and OIC Corruption iv branch/ Mr. U.P Wickramarachcchi were resource persons for the programs on behalf of CIABOC.

A tender offered by the Central Provincial Education Office to purchase discarded books, magazines and newspapers from schools at the rate of Rs.47.50/1Kg obtained by a businessman using someone else’s name has suggested to a Principal to offer a gratification by under-calculating the actual weight of goods fraudulently and to pay the Principal Rs.20.00/1Kg for the uncalculated weight as a bribe. Accordingly, the suspect has suggested to issue receipts for under-weighed goods at the rate of Rs.47.50/1Kg and to offer the Principal Rs.20.00/1Kg for the rest of the goods as a bribe. On 01.01.2020, the businessman had arrived at the school and had weighed the goods and had paid money only for 32Kg. Then the businessman who attempted to offer a bribe of Rs.7080/- to the Principal for unweighted goods was arrested on the spot by the officers of CIABOC.

The officers of the CIABOC have planted trees in the premises if CIABOC in paroral to the National Tree Planting Programme on 1st of January 2020 as per the guidance of the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Disaster Management.

The officers of CIABOC have arrested an Electricity Technical Officer on 20.12.2019 attached to the Regional Electricity Office, Gampaha when accepting an amount of Rs.130, 000/- as a bribe from the complainant being acting as a Police Officer in order to take no legal action against the complainant alleging that the complainant is selling illegal liquor.

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) is encouraged by the convictions handed down by the Special High Court Trial-at-Bar, which sentenced the former President’s Chief of Staff I.H.K. Mahanama and the former Chairman of the State Timber Corporation P. Dissanayaka to 20 years and 12 years rigorous imprisonment respectively. Both men were found guilty of soliciting a bribe of Rs.100 million and accepting an advance payment of Rs. 20 million from an Indian businessman, who was the complainant in this case.

The dawn of 09th December 2019 was not just another day for the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). It was a day full of potential, of hope, and of activism for the Commission in ensuring a culture imbued with values and honesty. A Public Outreach Campaign of vast magnitude was organized by the CIABOC on 9th December 2019, from 6.00a.m. to 7.00p.m., honouring the International Anti-Corruption Day. The vision behind the campaign was to uphold the collective responsibility of the state as well as of the public in eradicating bribery and corruption. This campaign was also in furtherance of Strategy B of the National Action Plan for Combatting Bribery and Corruption in Sri Lanka. Strategy B-“Value Based Education and Community Engagement”- foresees a renaissance of the social fabric of Sri Lanka through enhancing ethical values. As CIABOC is not only engaged in investigations and prosecution of bribery and corruption but also in prevention activities, we believe that bringing forth an ideological change in the public is the initial step in an anti-corruption journey of a thousand miles.