An amended indictment filed against Keheliya

The Bribery Commission filed an amended indictment against Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and the former Chairman of the State Printing Corporation (SPC) today.   The Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption had filed this corruption case against two accused for allegedly causing an unlawful loss of Rs. 230,984 to the government after paying Rambukwella’s one-month mobile phone bill using SPC funds, while functioning as the Mass Media Minister in 2012.   When the case was called before Colombo High Court Judge Damith Thotawatte, the Bribery Commission brought several amendments to the indictment.   The defence expects to raise objections against the amended indictment, and their objections will be heard on February 9.   The Bribery Commission alleged that Minister Rambukwella had induced the former CPC chairman to pay his mobile phone bill from March 15, 2012, to April 14, 2012, causing an unlawful loss to the government while serving as the Mass Media Minister.   Former SPC Jayampathi Bandara Heenkenda was named as an accused by the Bribery Commission for aiding and abetting the commission of the crime.