Five corruption cases filed against former Minister Johnston Fernando and two others were yesterday postponed by Colombo Additional Magistrate Saliya Channa Abyewardena.
The cases are allegedly for causing an unlawful loss of Rs. 40 million to the government by employing 153 employees of the Cooperative Wholesale Establishment (CWE) for election work between 2010 and 2014.
Accordingly, cases against former Cooperative and Internal Trade Minister Johnston Fernando, former CWE (Lak Sathosa) Chairman Eraj Fernando and former Minister’s Private Secretary Raj Mohideen Mohammad Sakeer were postponed till May 7 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Saliya Channa Abyewardena.
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption Director General filed these corruption cases against the three accused under Section 70 of the Bribery Act on three charges. The Bribery Commission alleged that the first accused, Johnston Fernando, had unlawfully employed 153 employees for election work between 2010 and 2014, while he was serving as the Cooperative and Internal Trade Minister.
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