Indictments served against ex-Minister Lakshman Yapa

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Former Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena and former Director General of the Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka, Jayantha Edirisinghe,
were today (30) served indictments before the Colombo High Court.The indictments, filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of
Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), allege that the two individuals caused a loss of over Rs
the second anniversary of the inauguration of then President Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2014.The indictments were formally presented to the
accused before Colombo High Court Judge Pradeep Abeyratne.Following the submission of indictments, the defendants were granted bail.