Former Minister Johnston Fernando arrested

23 Oct, 2024

Former Minister Johnston Fernando was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over the possession of an illegally assembled luxury vehicle.

Fernando appeared before the CID to record a statement over the vehicle and was arrested.

He was produced in court and ordered to be remanded.

The Colombo High Court had earlier issued an arrest warrant on the former Minister for failing to appear in court over a seperate case.

He was accused of using Sathosa employees for election work between 2010 and 2014 when he was the Minister of Co-operatives Internal Trade. (Colombo Gazette)

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