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Sajin pleads guilty

Former Defence Ministry Monitoring MP Sajin Vass Gunawardena pleaded guilty in a corruption case filed against him by the Bribery Commission yesterday.

He was ordered to pay a fine of Rs.1000 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court. This is the third time in Sri Lanka that a politician was convicted by a Court over an offence that comes under the Declaration of Assets and Liabilities Law.

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption had filed a corruption case in the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court against former Parliamentarian Sajin Vass Gunawardena over the non-declaration of assets and liabilities while he was serving as a Parliamentarian between March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2012. According to the Assets and Liabilities Law, the Court has jurisdiction to impose a Rs.1,000 fine or one year jail term for a person who is found guilty to the charges.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Aruni Artigala fined Rs.1,000 and observed that the accused will have to serve one-month-jail term in default of the fine.

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption had filed charges against the former MP in the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court under Section 9 of the Declaration of Assets and Liabilities Law No. 1 of 1975.

On April 6, 2017, former Defence Ministry Monitoring MP Duminda Silva had pleaded guilty in three corruption cases filed against him by Bribery Commission and he was ordered to pay a fine of Rs.3,000 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.

On July 20, 2017, former Petroleum Industries Deputy Minister Sarana Gunawardena who pleaded guilty in two corruption cases filed against him by Bribery Commission had been ordered to pay a fine of Rs.2000 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate. 


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