Bribery Commission receives 111 complaints against public representatives
- Wednesday, 04 December 2013
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has received 111 complaints this year against parliamentarians, provincial councillors and local government members.
Chairman of the Commission, Jagath Balapatabendi has that nine complaints were against parliamentarians and the rest of the complaints were against provincial councillors and local government members.
The CIABOC has commenced investigations into the complaints and the Chairman has noted that the highest number of persons arrested by the Commission following investigations is government officers, which totals to around 99 percent of the persons arrested.
- Wednesday, 04 December 2013
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has received 111 complaints this year against parliamentarians, provincial councillors and local government members.Labourers hand over inventory of Hula’s room to police!
- Wednesday, 04 December 2013
Following a presidential order to immediately handover to his media unit the building at Kollupitiya where the now defunct Media Centre for National Security had been housed, the entire building was cleared up by labourers today (03).
During the clearing up, the military personnel who had been serving at the MCNS had taken away the documents pertaining to the Army, Navy and the Air Force. Later, the labourers opened the official room of MCNS director general Lakshman Hulugalle and made an inventory and handed over the document to chief inspector Tyronne Silva.
Through that inventory, police and the labourers had comprehended to what extent the DG had been committed to national security. In addition to the routine documents, there were 16 empty packets of Viagra, a woman’s undergarment with white flowers in a maroon coloured background, a bottle of lipsticks, a woman’s brush and spent tissues, which they had found behind a cupboard and had not included in the inventory.
In front of everyone, CI Tyronne Silva put all these into a separate bag and sealed it, saying, “Although these were found in the DG’s room, they could have belonged to someone else. I will send these to him.” In reply, one of the labourers said, “Yes sir, the DG does not wear women’s undergarments. Good that it is sent to the DG to hand it over to the owner.”
Customs seize Rs. 82 million worth of Ethanol- Wednesday, 04 December 2013
Following a presidential order to immediately handover to his media unit the building at Kollupitiya where the now defunct Media Centre for National Security had been housed, the entire building was cleared up by labourers today (03).In front of everyone, CI Tyronne Silva put all these into a separate bag and sealed it, saying, “Although these were found in the DG’s room, they could have belonged to someone else. I will send these to him.” In reply, one of the labourers said, “Yes sir, the DG does not wear women’s undergarments. Good that it is sent to the DG to hand it over to the owner.”
Wednesday, 04 Dec 2013The Sri Lanka Customs today recovered 74480 Liters of Ethanol from a container yard in Orugodawatha.
The Ethanol which was in 392 barrels were confiscated by the Customs while investigations are underway.
The Ethanol is estimated t be worth Rs. 82 million, while the profit the government had lost from tax evasion due to the barrels being brought illegally is estimated at Rs. 112 million, Customs Officials said.
