President orders to interdict his Chief of Staff and STC chairman
President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered to interdict his Chief of Staff Dr I.H.K. Mahanama and the Chairman of the State Timber Corporation P. Dissanayake, who were arrested by the Bribery Commission, with immediate effect.
A statement issued by the President’s Media Division (PMD) said that the President has also instructed relevant authorities to take strict legal action against them.
The Bribery Commission arrested the President’s Chief of Staff and the Chairman of the State Timber Corporation (STC) while accepting a bribe of Rs 20 million.
According to reports, they were taken into custody by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption while soliciting the bribe at a prominent luxury hotel in Colombo.
They had allegedly requested a bribe of Rs 100 million from an individual with regards to a deal on the shares of a company and had accepted part of it, Rs 20 million, as an initial payment.
Dr I.H.K. Mahanama is the former Secretary to the Ministry of Lands who was recently appointed to the influential position of the President’s Chief of Staff.
(Source: Ada Derana)
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Let’s see what would be the final result.
I believe they will go thorugh loofhole of the law , by their networks and escape at the end of day.
Dr.Kusumdasa Mahanama is also a former additional secretary to Mrs.Chandrika Kumarathunga.
Yes, Mr. Basnayake. They will reappear in another post just like Ravi and Wijedasa. These are not same as a peasant woman stealing few mangoes!!
Where was the money travelling?
Was it destined to the residence of a citizen of Polannaruwa now living in Paget Road?
But this government established this bribery commission which is commendable. So now they catch big fish.
There was nothing in Rajapakse regime. Why don’t many people see this reality?
hmm lets see if this action on these two is something to do with the next presidential election
Why should these officers be interdicted? Why should their families suffer because of politics?
Aren’t they innocent until proven guilty?
This case appears to be a political tit-for-tat.
Arjuna M eating thosay in Little India under state protection; is that where the message to Bribery Commission came from?
Basanayake,
But the big fish with a holier than thou attitude are still swimming in the Paget Road ocean, flapping its tail.
Will the Bribery Commissioner find out where the LKR200mn was headed to and act on it?
Both officers were handpicked by the big fish.