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Tag: Colombo Chief Magistrate

Stay order on CID probe on Ravi K dismissed
CORRUPTION / EXPOSE

Stay order on CID probe on Ravi K dismissed

The Colombo Chief Magistrate today dissolved the stay order issued on the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) investigation of MP Ravi…

byFaraz Shauketaly08/10/2018
President’s former Chief of Staff, former STC Chairman further remanded
LOCAL

President’s former Chief of Staff, former STC Chairman further remanded

The Colombo Chief Magistrate today extended the remand of two top Sri Lankan government officials who were arrested last month…

byFaraz Shauketaly19/06/2018
Gotabaya Rajapaksa requests that he be acquitted of all charges
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa requests that he be acquitted of all charges

The application forwarded by former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa requesting to be acquitted of all charges against him was dismissed…

byFaraz Shauketaly17/11/2017
President’s former secretary to be summoned as witness in Bribery Commission case
History

President’s former secretary to be summoned as witness in Bribery Commission case

An order to summon the president’s former secretary, P.B. Abeykoon, was given to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery…

byFaraz Shauketaly11/11/2017

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Hanif Yusoof to Step Down as Western Province Governor to Focus on Presidential Foreign Investment Role

byFaraz Shauketaly 17/05/202617/05/2026
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THE AIRBUS SFO CASE

byFaraz Shauketaly 13/05/202613/05/2026

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