Johnston further remanded until tomorrow

MP Johnston Fernando was further remanded until tomorrow (26) by the Kurunegala High Court, in connection with the case filed over the alleged financial misappropriation of funds belonging to Lanka Sathosa.

The former Minister and two others have been charged over the alleged financial misappropriation of funds at Lanka Sathosa, when the former was the Trade Minister.

They were produced before the Kurunegala High Court when the case was taken up today (25).

The defendants had been arrested and remanded over the alleged import of 222,717 metric tonnes of rice for Lanka Sathosa in 2008 without the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers.