Former principal sentenced to five years for bribery
Posted by Editor on March 24, 2018 - 8:27 am
A former principal of a school in Matale district was sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court yesterday.
This is for accepting a bribe of Rs.150,000 to admit a student to the school in 2014.
High Court Judge Gihan Kulatunga observed that the prosecution had proved the accused guilty beyond a reasonable doubt on four counts.
The accused was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption on February 8, 2014 while accepting Rs.150,000 after soliciting Rs.200,000 from a parent to enroll a student.
The accused was further ordered to pay Rs.60,000 on four counts.Rs.150,000 was also ordered to be paid as compensation to the complainant party.
(Source: Daily News – By Lakmal Sooriyagoda)
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Bribery Commission doen’t take action against culprits who are known to them. How about the files that were handed over to the Commission by the PRESIFAC .Nothing happened.