Case against Gotabaya to be heard on a daily basis
December 4, 2018 10:29 am
The Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar has decided to hear the case against former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and 6 others over the D.A. Rajapaksa Museum on a daily basis starting from the 22nd of January 2019.
The case was taken up before judges Sampath Abeykoon (President), Sampath Wijeratne and Champa Janaki Rajaratna this morning (4).
Attorneys representing both the plaintiffs and defendants informed the court that they have received the relevant documents pertaining to the case.
The case was filed by the Attorney General against the former Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and six others for allegedly misappropriating Rs 49 million of state funds to build the D.A. Rajapaksa Memorial Museum.
Land Reclamation and Development Authority’s former Chairman Prasad Harshana de Silva, former Director Board members Badrawathie Udulawathie Kamaladasa, Suddammika Keminda Attygalle, Saman Kumara Abraham Galapaththy, Dewage Mahinda Saliya and Srimathi Mallika Kumari Senadhira area the other defendants in the case.
