Former State Minister Shasheendra Rajapaksa has been further remanded until September 22 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court over allegations under the Public Property Act.
The case was postponed to next Monday as Chief Magistrate Asanka S. Bodaragama is on leave. A decision on Rajapaksa’s bail application will also be given on September 22.
Rajapaksa was arrested by the Bribery Commission on charges of corruption. He is accused of illegally obtaining Rs. 8.85 million as compensation for the destruction of his political office, which had been built on Mahaweli land, during the ‘Aragalaya’ protests.
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