Former Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga and former
Telecommunications Regulatory Commission Director General Anusha Pelpita
who were sentenced to three years Rigorous Imprisonment for
misappropriating Rs.600 million of funds belonging to the TRCSL, were
released on strict bail conditions by Colombo High Court Judge Gihan
Kulathunga
The Judge also issued an order prohibiting them from leaving the country.
They were released on cash bail of Rs.100,000 and three sureties of Rs. 1 million each.
The Judge also ordered that one of the sureties should be a close
relative of the convict and the rest should be the government servants
and people living within the purview the Colombo Judicial Division.
The Judge ordered them to be released after considering their health
conditions and the time it would take to hear the appeal filed by the
convicts against the High Court Verdict.
The Judge also ordered the court registrar to apprise the Immigration
and Emigration Controller over the suspension of their foreign tours by
the court.
The convicts were also ordered to hand over their travel documents to
court. Kalinga Indratissa PC appeared for the convicts.Senior State
Counsel Yohan Abeywickrema appeared on behalf of the Attorney General’s
Department.
