Investigation Officers of the Commission arrested former Additional Secretary (Development) to the State Ministry of Agriculture Mr. Mahesh Gammanpila on (28.04.2025) for causing approximately USD 6.9 million loss to the government by giving instructions to open the suspended Letters of Credit to import the substandard organic fertilizer consignment from Qingdao Seawin Biotech, China in 2021.

Based on a complaint made by a female resident of Karadiyanaru, Investigation Officers of the Commission yesterday (29.04.2025) arrested the Public Health Inspector (PHI) attached to the Karadiyanaru PHI office while accepting a bribe at the complainant’s residence. According to the complainant, the PHI, having inspected the complainant’s house, which is under construction, has stated that it is an offence to carry out construction without an approved plan and will be fined Rs. 50,000 if legal action is taken. He has then solicited Rs. 12,000/- from the complainant, pledging not to take action against her. He has also promised the necessary arrangements for her to continue construction without any hindrance. He has further promised her to draw the plan and get the approval for it himself. Accordingly, he has initially accepted Rs. 5,000/- from the solicited amount, and the arrest was made while accepting Rs. 6,000/- of the remaining amount.

Based on a complaint made by a resident of Kantale, Investigation Officers of the Commission arrested a Senior Disciplinary Officer (Acting) and a Security Officer attached to the Sri Lanka Transport Board Eastern Province Regional Office over allegations of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rupees One Hundred Thousand. The complainant, who was the conductor of a bus running on the Vavuniya- Trincomalee route, had been suspended from service for not issuing a ticket to a passenger and the Senior Disciplinary Officer has solicited and accepted the said bribe through a Security Officer in exchange for conducting the disciplinary inquiry against the complainant in a manner that does not cause any prejudice to him to ensure he is reinstated. Accordingly, the Senior Disciplinary Officer and the Security Officer were arrested at the SLTB Eastern Province Regional Office at 2.52 p.m. and 2.49 p.m. on 22nd April 2025.

Investigation Officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption arrested a businessman of Kanatthewewa, Kiriwanagaraya, on charges of aiding and abetting the commission of the offence of corruption by illegally importing a jeep into Sri Lanka and fraudulently registering it with the Department of Motor Traffic. The arrest was made in connection with the Commission’s ongoing investigation into corrupt practices at the Department of Motor Traffic involving illegal registration of vehicles that circumvented the Customs clearance procedure.

Investigation Officers of the Commission yesterday (24.04.2025) arrested the former Deputy Chief Secretary (Finance) of the Uva Provincial Council on charges of causing a loss to the Provincial Council by depriving it of the interest income as a result of withdrawing the fixed deposits maintained at the National Savings Bank Badulla branch prematurely.

Based on a complaint made by a businessman in the Kandy area, Investigation Officers of the Commission arrested the Quazi Judge of Gelioya over allegations of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rupees Two Hundred Thousand. According to the complaint, the bribe was demanded to expedite and give the verdict of the divorce case of the complainant’s son on 19th April 2025 at the Quazi Court in the Kandy Court Complex, and issue a copy of the judgment and the divorce certificate.

On 01st, 02nd and 03rd April, the Commission seized 12 more vehicles (on an order issued by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court) in relation to the ongoing investigation into malpractices associated with the registration of vehicles that had not undergone customs clearance by the Department of Motor Traffic. These vehicles include,

On 02nd April 2025, Colombo High Court No. 01 Judge Adithya Patabendige sentenced the former Chief Minister of the North Central Province S. M. Ranjith Samarakoon who committed the act of corruption in terms of Section 70 of the Bribery Act through malpractices in ordering fuel to his personal secretary’s vehicle while he was serving as the Chief Minister of the North Central Province.

At the invitation of the Ceylon Electricity Board, a Bribery and Corruption Programme was conducted for their officers on 18th March 2025. The programme was held in the auditorium of their Training Center at Piliyandala, and nearly 80 officers attended it.

At the invitation of the Department of Labour, a Bribery and Corruption Programme was conducted for their officers on 21st March 2025. The programme was held in the Department auditorium, and nearly 150 officers attended it.

CIABOC, in collaboration with SLT Mobitel PLC, conducts a series of Bribery and Corruption Prevention Programmes for SLT Mobitel PLC officers. One programme in this series was conducted on 4th March 2025 in the SLT Mobitel auditorium and was attended by 106 officers.

Based on two investigations conducted in relation to two complaints received by the Commission (accepting bribes of Rs. 200,000 and Rs. 150,000 pledging government jobs), the Investigation Officers of the Commission yesterday (26.03.2025) arrested the former Opposition Leader (United National Party) of Central Provincial Council Mr. Don Harindra Chanaka Ilapperuma. The arrest was made in Kandy at 9.15 a.m.