On 27th June 2025, Investigation Officers of the Commission arrested former Sri Lankan Airlines Chairman Anthoney Nishantha Wickramasinghe in connection with investigations into three corruption allegations.

Legal action was instituted against former Minister of Media and Health Keheliya Rambukwella and five of his family members in the Colombo High Court on 26th June 2025 under charges of money laundering.

Senior Superintendent exercise officers strengthened their knowledge on how their line of work interlinks with the New Anti-Corruption Act 2023 No. 09 provisions, particularly sections 36-39 regarding Prevention, on June 19, 2025, at the Exercise Department Training School in Panadaragama.

Chamithri Jayanika Rambukwella and Amali Nayanika Rambukwella - two daughters of former Minister Keheliya Bandara Dissanayake Rambukwella - and Amali Rambukwella’s husband, Isuru Pulasthi Bandara, were arrested on 19 th June 2025 by the Commission, in connection with an ongoing investigation into allegations of money laundering.

Former Minister Keheliya Bandara Rambukwella Dissanayake, his wife Kusum Priyadarshanie Epa Weehena, and his daughter Chandula Ramali Rambukwella were arrested by the Commission on 18 th June 2025, in connection with an ongoing investigation into money laundering charges.

The former General Manager of the Land Reclamation and Development Corporation, Sujith Priyantha Muthumala, was arrested at the Bribery Commission on 17th June 2025 for committing the offence of corruption by conferring a benefit to an institution by violating the procurement procedures in selecting an institution to handle matters of the Werans River Project 1st phase opening ceremony, and by causing a loss to the government through spending Rs. 27.6 million for the event when no such allocation was there from the project funds.

Specialist neurosurgeon at Sri Jayawardenepura Hospital, Mehashi Surasinghe Wijeratne, and Management Assistant at the hospital, Kekulandala Liyanage Indika, were arrested by the Commission on 17th June 2025. A resident of the Kadawatha area, Muthukuda Arachchige Nimal Ranjith Muthukuda, who worked at the neurosurgeon’s illegally run private institute, was also arrested here.

An informative session on the roles and responsibilities of Internal Affairs Units (IAUs) was conducted successfully by officials of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) on 11 Jun 25, at the Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake Auditorium. The event was designed to enhance the knowledge of SLN personnel serving in recently established IAUs.

A Corruption Prevention Programme was conducted on June 6, 2025, to provide knowledge on the prevention of bribery and corruption to a group of seventy police officers who attended the capacity development programme held at the Elpitiya Police Training College.

The format for the Declaration of Assets and Liabilities, prescribed by regulations in terms of Section 82(1) of the Anti-Corruption Act, No. 9 of 2023, was prepared by the Minister in consultation with the Commission, and was published in Extraordinary Gazette No. 2428/43 on 20th March 2025 in terms of Sections 156(1) and (2) of the Anti-Corruption Act.

Investigation Officers of the Commission, on 11th June 2025, arrested Rajapakse Subasing Pathiranage Nipuni Krishnajina, a resident of Embilipitya who worked as a maid at former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella’s residence, in connection with an ongoing investigation into misappropriation of salaries and overtime payments of the government by the former minister through making false appointments to the Health Ministry.

Following a complaint lodged by a resident of the Ambalangoda area, Investigation Officers of the Commission arrested the Writ Executor and Summons Server of the Balapitiya Magistrate’s Court on 5th June 2025 for allegedly soliciting and accepting a bribe from the complainant. The complainant stated that he personally filed a case in the Balapitiya Magistrate’s Court regarding a land enjoyment dispute and, having received an unfavourable judgment, requested the full case proceedings on the advice of his counsel to appeal in the High Court. The Writ Executor allegedly solicited and accepted Rs. 5,000/- from the complainant, in addition to the government fee for issuing the full proceedings. Consequently, he was arrested inside the Balapitiya Court Complex at 12:23 p.m. on 5th June 2025.