The Colombo High Court today issued summons on former Minister Johnston Fernando and two others directing them to appear before Court on July 4 over a corruption case filed against them by Bribery Commission.

 

The Colombo High Court made this order for the purpose of serving indictments to the accused. 

 

The Bribery Commission had filed a fresh indictment against three accused including former Minister Johnston Fernando instead of the indictment withdrawn previously.

 

The Bribery Commission filed this corruption case against former Minister Johnston Fernando, former CWE (Lak Sathosa) Chairman Eraj Fernando and former Minister’s Private Secretary Raj Mohideen Mohammad Sakeer for allegedly causing an Rs.8.4 million unlawful loss to the government by employing the employees of the Cooperative Wholesale Establishment (CWE) for election work during the period 2012.

 

The Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption filed this corruption case against three accused under Section 70 of the Bribery Act on four charges.

 

The Bribery Commission alleged that the first accused Johnston Fernando had unlawfully employed Sathosa employees for election work during the period 2012, while Minister Johnston Fernando was serving as the Cooperative and Internal Trade Minister. (Lakmal Sooriyagoda)