Former United People’s Freedom Alliance Parliamentarian Shantha Bandara has been appointed as the new Chairman of the State Timber Corporation.
The President’s Media Division in a statement said the letter of appointment was handed over to Shantha Bandara by President Maithripala Sirisena at the President’s Residence in Colombo Friday (11).
The post fell vacant following the arrest of former STC chairman P Dissanayake by the Bribery Commission on the 3rd of May. Former Chief of Staff of President Maithripala Sirisena IHK Mahanama and former STC chairman P Dissanayake were arrested last week while accepting a bribe of 20 million rupees.
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Following the removal of P Dissanayake from the post, Anuruddha Polgampola was appointed as the STC Chairman last Friday. However PMD sources revealed that the President cancelled the appointment of Anuruddha Polgampola as the STC Chairman
