Custom Superintendents involved in the 12 Billion bribe remanded

Custom Superintendents involved in the 12 Billion bribe remanded

The Chief Magistrate of Colombo Magistrate Courts Gihan Pilapitya had ordered the two superintendents of customs  to be further remanded when the case was called up yesterday

the 25th instant.

These custom superintendents  had alleged to have requested for a bribe of rupees one hundred and twenty five million from a businessman who had imported a consignment of motor spare parts and had agreed to release the consignment of spare parts without any taxes and also without payment of any duty to the government.

The Chief Magistrate had ordered them to be further remanded until the 10th of next month. After investigations had been carried out at the Bribery  and Corruption investigating commission had recommended the custom superintendent Upali Wickremasinghe and the superintendent of the central investigation unit of the customs Wasantha Wimalaweera be re remanded as the investigations have not been concluded.

The Chief Magistrate taking into consideration what was furnished in regard to the investigations had ordered the two suspects to be remanded again until the 10th of next month. The Chief Magistrate had ordered to furnish the reports of the investigations on this date.

The other suspects who were remanded earlier had been released on bail.