Shan Yahampath arrested by Bribery Commission
Shan Yahampath Gunaratne, the former personal secretary to the former Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, Manusha Nanayakkara, has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).
He was reportedly arrested on charges of soliciting money from an institution that had submitted a proposal to conduct an external training workshop for officials of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment.
Gunaratne is alleged to have improperly interfered in the procurement process and accepted a bribe of Rs. 4.3 million from the selected institution.
UPDATE – 03:22 PM:
Shan Yahampath Gunaratne, the former personal secretary to the former Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, Manusha Nanayakkara, has been granted bail.
Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kakunawala today (July 22) granted bail to the suspect, setting two sureties of Rs. 2.5 million each.
A travel ban was also imposed on him.
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