Colombo Chief Magistrate Miss. Lanka Jarathne has convicted a Police Officer attached to the Magistrate Court – Jaffna on charge of bribe. The accused was convicted for two counts of the indictment served by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of bribery or Corruption and acquitted for two counts. Further sentenced one year simple imprisonment for each charge and imposed a fine of Rs.10,000/- with a penalty of Rs.500/- in lieu of on month simple imprisonment.

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A person attempted to bribe a Police Sargent pleaded guilty in Chief Magistrate’s Court was sentenced 1-year rigorous imprisonment. The ruling was suspended for 5 years and imposed a fine of Rs.5000/- in default 1-month rigorous imprisonment was imposed. The verdict was declared in 2019.12.03.

Police Constable (PC43903, Dompe Police Station), Jayawardana Mudiyanselage Nimal Ratnayaka resident of No.165 D, Belummahara, Polhena Junction, Delegoda, pleaded guilty on 01 to 08 counts of the indictment served against him by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption for accepting a bribe of Rs.5,000/-, the balance amount of the total bribe of Rs.10,000/- solicited from the complainant, Withanage Dinesh Chandana resident of No.320, Kumbalvilawatta, Dompe to refrain from taking legal action against the offence of possessing of cannabis with the complainant.

Omalpe Dayaratne, served as a Management Assistant of Land Reclamation Commission of Ratnapura was convicted guilty on charges of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs.5,000/- from a complainant of Watapatha, Kiribadgala to draft a letter in order to prepare a legal deed for a state paddy land possessing by the complainant.

A Supply Assistant of Ceylon Electricity Board – Ratnapura Branch, Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Sumanasekera was convicted guilty on 12.06.2020 in a court case proceeded under the prosecution of CIABOC based on an assets investigation conducted on an anonymous complaint received by the Commission.

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.

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.

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.

A former Police Sergeant, K. K. Budhadasa attached to the Police Station – Sewanagala 10th Mile Post was convicted by the Colombo High Court Judge Hon. Mr. A. K. M. Patabendhige on 12.12.2019 for all four counts of the indictment served by the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.

The Colombo High Court convicted a Police Constable attached to the Police Station, Uppuveli, Trincomalee on accepting a bribe of Rs.3000/-.

The Hon. Judge of the Colombo High Court, Mr. Gihan Kulathunga convicted the former Agrarian Development officer of Addalachchenai Agrarian Development Centre Abdul Latheef Abdul Gani and his Clerk Sulaimanlebbe Munas on 19.09.2019, the first accused of the indictment served by the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption. He was convicted for the 04 counts of the indictment and imposed 16 years of rigorous imprisonment as he was sentenced to 4 years for each count convicted. Furthermore, a fine of Rs.20, 000/- was imposed as Rs.5,000/- per each count carrying with a default sentence of 1 year rigorous imprisonment. He was further ordered to pay a compensation of Rs.50, 000/- to the complainant carrying with a default sentence of 2 years rigorous imprisonment. Further Hon. High Court Judge ordered 1st Accused to pay a fine of Rs. 8000.00 under section 26 of the Bribery Act.