Special High Court summons Gota, 6 others

27 August 2018 10:27 am Views - 9998

The Special High Court today issued notice on former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and six others to appear before the court on September 10 over the alleged misappropriation of public funds for the construction of the D. A. Rajapaksa memorial museum at Weeraketiya.

The six others are SLRDC’s ex-chairman L.A. Prasad Harshana de Silva, former manager B.U. Kamaladasa, S.K. Attygalla, S.K. Galappathy. M.D.M. Saliya and M.A. Mallika. The seven accused were indicted by the Attorney General at the HC Trial-at-Bar under the Public Property Act and the Penal Code on charges of abusing public property.

The FCID after conducting investigation on the matter had reported to the Attorney General that the seven accused had conspired to commit breach with regard to Rs.48,563,929 belonging to the SLRDC.

They were indicted on 49 charges and the case will be taken up for trial by Judges Sampath Abeykoon, Sampath Wijeratne and Champa Janaki Rajaratne on September 10. (T. Farook Thajudeen)