The Bribery Commission filed a case before the Colombo High Court against the Commissioner General of Lands and a group of officers of the Motor Transport Registration Department, alleging that a ‘Minnie Cooper’ type car brought to Sri Lanka without paying customs duty was registered using the number of a three-wheeler and caused loss to the government. Sri Lanka Latest News
The Bribery Commission has also accused the defendants of causing a loss of over 26 lakh rupees to the government by entering false data into the vehicle registration computer system and registering them under other vehicle numbers about the vehicles brought to Sri Lanka without paying customs duty.
It has been stated in the case assigned to the Bribery Commission that the Commissioner General of Lands committed this offence while working as a Deputy Commissioner of the Motor Vehicle Registration Department.
In addition to Land Commissioner General Bandula Jayasinghe, Rohitha Samaraweera, Upul Priyantha de Silva, Kemantha Muttunga (who has moved abroad), Channa Rohitha, Dharmaratne Banda and the owner of the ‘Mini Cooper’ type car are accused in this way. Ajith Kumara Valisundara is said to be.
Following an investigation based on a complaint received by the Bribery or Corruption Investigation Commission, the Bribery Commission prosecuted the defendants.
