Based on a complaint made by a housekeeper of a house in Kollupitiya, officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption arrested three men and one woman at around 3.30 p.m. on 29.04.2024.
Based on a complaint made by a housekeeper of a house in Kollupitiya, officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption arrested three men and one woman at around 3.30 p.m. on 29.04.2024.
The Judge of the Puttalam Quazi Court was arrested by the Investigation Officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption at around 2.30 p.m. on 23.04.2024. The judge was arrested based on a complaint made by a female resident of Vettalai, Puttalam. The suspect has solicited and accepted Rs. 5,000/- as a bribe to issue the divorce certificate of the divorce judgement issued by the Quazi Court. The arrest was made inside the Quazi Court, Puttalam.
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption conducted a prevention programme on 25.03.2024 for 80 officers of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority and took place in the auditorium of the Mahapola Ports and Maritime Academy of the Authority. Prevention Officers, Mrs J. L. A. Udeshika Madubashini, Mrs. Chamodi Jayasinghe and Ms. Vimukthi Jayasooriya made the audience aware on prevention of bribery and corruption, its consequences and issues they have in that regard, the concept of integrity, and the new Anti-Corruption Act.
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) conducted another important prevention programme on 14.03.2024 for officers of the Urban Development Authority. It marked the beginning of a series of programmes conducted for UDA, an institution which has a staff of nearly 1553 officers. Around 110 higher managerial-level officers attended the first programme and were made aware of the strategies used in preventing bribery and corruption, the importance of prevention in that context, the concept of integrity, and the new Anti-Corruption Act.
Based on an information received, the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption initiated an investigation over the illegal registration of nearly 400 vehicles not cleared through Sri Lanka Customs. The registration has been done by illegally entering the data of the vehicles into the Department of Motor Traffic database. Investigation Officers of the Commission’s Intelligence Unit have by now uncovered specific details of 178 out of those vehicles.
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption conducted a prevention programme on 20.03.2024 for 100 officers of the Ceylon Electricity Board and took place in the auditorium of the Additional General’s Office complex in Kadawatha. Resource persons Mrs. Dushmanthi Rajapaksha - Assistant Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, Mrs. J. I. A. Udeshika Madubhashini (Prevention Officer) and Mrs. Gayashani Uswatta (Legal Assistant) made the audience aware on prevention of bribery and corruption, its consequences and issues they have in that regard, the concept of integrity, and the new Anti-Corruption Act.
The public debate jointly organized by the students of the Department of Criminology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption successfully concluded on 26.03.2024. The debate conducted under the topic, “The existing laws and regulations on bribery and corruption are adequate/inadequate”, aimed at raising awareness on the provisions of the Anti-Corruption Act No. 9 of 2023 and importance of integrity in making Sri Lanka a corruption-free nation.
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption conducted a prevention programme on 12.03.2024 for 80 officers of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority and took place in the auditorium of the Mahapola Ports and Maritime Academy of the Authority. Resource persons, Ms. Thanuja Bandara – Assistant Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption and Prevention Officers, Mr. Sampath Arachchige, Mrs. Chamodi Jayasinghe and Ms. Vimukthi Jayasooriya made the audience aware on prevention of bribery and corruption, its consequences and issues they have in that regard, the concept of integrity, and the new Anti-Corruption Act.
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption investigated a complaint lodged by Kotteralalage Thilaksiri Caldera, which alleged that a loss had been caused to the Government by offering the contract of constructing a Laksala sales center at National Museum premises to an unqualified contractor, overriding the decisions of the Sri Lanka Handicraft Board Director Board.
Colombo High Court Judge Damith Thotawatta sentenced a civil person in Sulthanagoda on 01.04.2024 after he pleaded guilty to the charge in case HCB 226/2023. The case was filed against him by the Commission for offering a bribe of Rs. 15,000/-.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed Mr. W. K. D. Wijeratne as the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, in accordance with the Anti-Corruption Act No. 09 of 2023.
The new Anti-Corruption Act No. 09 of 2023 has widened the scope of bribery and corruption covering private-sector entities, companies and corporations. Accordingly, the first awareness raising programme for private sector companies and corporations was held on 22.03.2024 at Hotel Movenpick. Corporate Management Consultants organized the programme.
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption
COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF BRIBERY OR CORRUPTION
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