High official nabbed
Bribery sleuths yesterday arrested an Assistant Commissioner of Agrarian Development Department, Kurunegala District on a charge of accepting a bribe of Rs. 25,000.
More: Island 15 November www.island.com
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Divisional Secretary taken in
Bribery Commission arrested the Divisional Secretary of Siyambalanduwa on a charge of bribery to grant a license for the transport of a load of timber.
More: Island 15 November www.island.com
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Corrupt activities during tsunami
Forty government officials in the South are being investigated by the Bribery Commission on corrupt activities relating to the distribution of cash and goods, and to the grating of houses to tsunami victims. These
include Provincial Secretariat officials, Fisheries officials and Grama Seva niladharis.
More: Lankadipa 13 November www.lankadeepa.lk
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Storekeeper arrested
A storekeeper of the Sri Lanka Advanced Technological Institute, Galle has been arrested by the Bribery Commission officers for allegedly taking a bribe from a company which supplies equipment to the Institute.
More: Daily Mirror 12 November www.mirror.lk
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Ex-bank official remanded
A retired official of a state bank has been remanded on a charge of a fraudulent transaction where he had transferred over a million rupees from a customer’s account to another, while in service in the bank.
More: Lankadipa 11 November www.lankadeepa.lk
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Water’s Edge case
The Supreme Court has ordered the Bribery Commission to file a report on what action has been taken on the findings of the court on the Water’s Edge case.
More: Daily Mirror 11 November www.mirror.lk
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Minister quizzed
Bribery Commission questioned Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena for six hours regarding the complaint on unaccounted assets worth over Rs 450 million.
More: Daily Mirror 11 November www.mirror.lk