The case against Gammanpila is scheduled to be taken up for trial on November 8.

  The case filed against two accused, including Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader MP Udaya Gammanpila, was yesterday fixed for further trial by the Colombo High Court. High Court Judge Namal Balalle.  Accordingly, the trial will be taken up on November 8, and six prosecution witnesses were noticed to appear in court on the next trial date. The Attorney General had filed indictments against MP Udaya Gammanpila and Sydney Jayasinghe for allegedly misappropriating Rs. 21 million following their alleged fraudulent share transaction that took place in 2000. The Attorney General alleged that MP Udaya Gammanpila cheated Rs. 20 million and misappropriated another Rs. 21 million along with Sydney Jayasinghe, the second accused when selling shares of Digital Nominees to a businessman called Dhammika Perera. The AG further charged that the alleged business transaction had taken place using a fraudulent power of attorney to sell shares belonging to Australian businessman Brian Shadick. The AG has listed 20 people as witnesses in the case and named 16 documents as production items in the case. MP Gammanpila was arrested in this regard on June 18, 2016.