The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption and the Colombo South Division jointly arranged a series of special workshops for all the officers attached to the Colombo South Division.

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, together with the Colombo South Division, made arrangements to conduct a series of special workshops for all the officers attached to the Colombo South Division.

Based on a complaint made by a traditional medical officer of Panamure, Investigation Officers of the Commission arrested three individuals who solicited Rs. 1.0 million from the complainant to arrange matters for her to get the Traditional Medical Certificate of the Ayurvedic Medical Council with the Commissioner’s knowledge. Accordingly, the officers arrested a resident of Kelaniya, a businessman of Pilimathalawa and an NGO Coordinator residing in Nawalapitiya on 22nd March 2025 at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel on allegations of accepting Rs. 500,000/- from the solicited amount and aiding and abetting the offence.

The sixth day of the Mahaweli Renaissance Week of the Walawe Zone of Sri Lanka Mahaweli Authority was reserved for a Bribery and Corruption Prevention Programme. The Renaissance Week was conducted in line with the Clean Sri Lanka National Programme themed, “A Rich Country- A Beautiful Life”. This week began on 10th March 2025 and the Corruption Prevention Programme was conducted on 15th March, i.e., on day six.

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption and the Department for Registration of Persons jointly conducted a series of Bribery and Corruption Prevention Programmes for officers of the Department for Registration of Persons. The final programme of this series was conducted on 11th March 2025 with the participation of nearly 90 officers of the Department and the Commissioner (Research and Development) was also among the attendees of this programme.

Based on a complaint made by a resident of Adippala, Investigation Officers of the Commission arrested a Police Constable of the Archchikattuwa Police Station on allegations of accepting Rs. 1,500/-, in exchange for issuing the Police Clearance Report to the complainant. The Constable has initially demanded Rs. 2,000/- and later brought it down to Rs. 1,500/-. The suspect was arrested at 3.55 p.m. on 14th March 2025 at Kaizer Bible Mosque premises, Bandarahena.

After an open investigation, the Investigation Officers of the Commission arrested two civilians on allegations of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 505,000/- from the complainant and three other individuals, pledging to offer public sector jobs. The arrest was made in the Kuttigala Padalangala area at around 7.30 a.m. on 13th March 2025.

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, in collaboration with the Department for Registration of Persons, conducts a series of Bribery and Corruption Prevention Programmes for officers of the Department for Registration of Persons. The fourth programme of the series was conducted on 06th March 2025 and was attended by nearly 60 officers. It was held in the auditorium of the Department.

The Anti-Corruption Act, No. 9 of 2023 requires several classes of officers/individuals to declare their assets and liabilities, and an awareness programme was conducted on 20th March 2023 regarding the new trends in relation to it and the assets and liabilities declaration form. The programme was held in the Commission’s auditorium.

Certain media has raised concerns over the action the Commission’s Secretary has taken regarding a complaint lodged on misusing funds through the appointment of an unqualified officer to the post of National Lotteries Board General Manager.

An open competitive examination and a structured interview were held on 27.10.2018 and 04.07.2019 respectively for the recruitment to the post of Civil Investigation Officer to exercise the powers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Act, No. 19 of 1994. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation prevailed in the country at that time and the Cabinet decision taken to suppress 200 positions of Civil Investigation Officer, the recruitment had to be cancelled on the recommendations of the Committee to Review the Recruitment Process in the Public Service.