Former Chairman of the National Youth Services Council (NYSC), Lalith Piyum Perera, has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) over financial malpractice allegations.
He is accused of preparing sublease agreements by misrepresenting a land and the buildings located on it in the Samapura area of Ampara as state property, and subsequently obtaining the property on lease from the National Youth Services Council.
It is further stated that Rs. 3.8 million in council funds was unlawfully and improperly paid to a third party in connection with the arrangement, while a further Rs. 1.3 million was spent on renovating the building using council funds without formal approval from the Board of Directors.
He was arrested over allegations that these improper payments caused a loss of Rs. 5.1 million to the government.
The suspect is scheduled to be produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today (28).
