INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery
or Corruption (CIABOC).According to the Commission, the arrest was made in connection with an ongoing investigation into three separate
in the Nawala area by CIABOC investigating officers.The charges against Wickramasinghe are as follows:1
Causing a financial loss of USD 4,512 to the government by altering the destination of flight UL319, which was originally scheduled to
travel from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Katunayake on 22 January 2014.2
Causing a financial loss of USD 19,160 to the government by disembarking 75 passengers who had arrived in Sri Lanka from the Maldives and
were scheduled to depart for France on flight UL563 on 26 January 2014.3
