Weeratunga and Anusha Pelpita admitted to prison hospital

08 Sep, 2017

Secretary to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Lalith Weeratunga and former Telecom Regulatory Commission Chairman Anusha Pelpita have been admitted to the prison hospital.

Weeratunga and Pelpita were yesterday found guilty in the ?sil redi? case and were sentenced to three years in jail by the Colombo High Court, and ordered to pay Rs. 2 million each as a fine and Rs. 50 million each as compensation.

They were accused of misappropriating Rs. 620 million of Government funds to distribute ?sil redi?,?cloth used by Buddhist devotees, to voters during the 2015 Presidential elections.

They are to appeal against the ruling. (Colombo Gazette)

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