The Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar has rejected a bail application submitted by former Presidential Chief of Staff Dr. I.H.K. The bail application was rejected by a bench comprising Justices Sampath Abeykoon, Sampath Wijeratne, and Champa Janaki Jayaratne, according to media reports. Former Chief of Staff to former President Maithripala Sirisena Dr. Mahanama was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment, fined Rs. 20 million from that as an advance. 20 million in marked currency notes as gratification from an Indian citizen; a businessman and investor who had come to Sri Lanka over an investment in the Kanthale Sugar Factory.

Source: The Nation November 26, 2020 00:45 UTC