Customs Case Against De Facto CJ Mohan Pieris Before HR Commission Geneva
October 7, 2013
A fraud case against Sri Lanka’s de facto Chief Justice and former Attorney General Mohan Pieris has been taken to the Human Rights Commission in Geneva seeking proper inquiry since justice has been denied by the Sri Lankan judiciary now run by Pieris.
De facto Chief Justice Mohan Pieris
A senior Customs Officer, T R Ratnasiri who was denied an opportunity to support his fundamental rights petition (SCFR/246/2010 – the case that made very serious accusations against the AG Mohan Peiris and Colombo Dockyard Ltd for criminal misappropriation of public funds of 619 rupees) to the Supreme Court by a Bench selected by the de facto CJ Mohan Pieris has petitioned the Human Rights Commission in Geneva.
Sri Lanka’s de facto Chief Justice who was illegally appointed after the removal of his predecessor Shirani Bandaranayake is the main Respondent in the Case. One of the charges in a 14 point charge sheet brought to accuse Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake by the ruling Rajapaksa regime that she had personal prejudice and stakes in the cases before her at Supreme Court.
The Colombo Telegraph reliably learns that the Human Rights Commission has formally acknowledged this Petition for proper investigation and inquiry and notified the Petitioner’s counsel of their decision.
In the Human Rights action Ratnasiri filed before the Supreme Court, the Customs Officer had challenged the gross misconduct and dishonesty of the Respondent Mohan Peiris (cited him in his personal capacity) for abusing the office of the Attorney General to withdraw a case filed by the Director General of Customs filed before the Supreme Court [SC/SLA/100/2009].
The case was about the wilful misappropriation of public funds to the tune of over Rs. 619 million by the Colombo Dockyard Ltd. The Petitioner alleges that the AG Mohan Peiris had deliberately disregarded the clear instructions given by the Director General of Customs against the withdrawal of the said case and withdrew the case. Written instructions were provided by the Director General of Customs to proceed with the case.
