Case against Minister Johnston Fernando postponed

A corruption cases filed against Road and Highways, Ports and Shipping Minister Johnston Fernando and two others were today postponed till August 21 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne.

The case is over allegedly causing an unlawful loss of Rs. 40 million to the government by employing 153 employees of the Cooperative Wholesale Establishment for election work during 2010 to 2014.

Accordingly, the cases against Minister Johnston Fernando, former CWE (Lak Sathosa) Chairman Eraj Fernando and former Minister’s Private Secretary Raj Mohideen Mohammad Sakeer were postponed till August 21.