The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has ordered the release on bail of Member of Parliament Chamara Sampath Dasanayake and his secretary, who had been held in remand custody in connection with four complaints filed by the Bribery Commission regarding the acceptance of bribes.
This order was issued by Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama, following consideration of submissions made by officials from the Bribery Commission and the lawyers representing the suspects.
Accordingly, the Magistrate ordered that each suspect be released on two personal sureties of one million rupees (Rs. 1,000,000) for each case, and further imposed a travel ban on the suspects.
The Magistrate also ordered that these cases be taken up again on January 26th. Meanwhile, the Magistrate today (23) rejected the bail application of Member of Parliament Chamara Sampath Dasanayake who is currently in remand custody and his secretary, in connection with the alleged acceptance of a bribe of 8.1 million rupees from three private companies in exchange for issuing permits for the export of phosphate, as well as aiding and abetting the same. The Magistrate further ordered that the suspects remain in remand custody until November 6.