The former Acting Director General of the Office for Reparations has been arrested by the Bribery Commission over a suspected compensation fraud involving land owned by the Mahaweli Authority. According to the Bribery Commission, the accused currently serves as the Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and was arrested this morning. She is accused of conspiring with former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa during the compensation process for a Mahaweli Authority property damaged in the 2022 ‘Aragalaya’ protests, specifically the Kiribbanwewa site, which was set ablaze. The official is identified as the second suspect in the bribery investigation against Shasheendra…
Ex-Reparations official arrested in bribery probe linked to Shasheendra
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