INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, who was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or
in Nawala by CIABOC on charges related to corruption.According to the Commission, the arrest was made in connection with an ongoing
investigation into three separate allegations of corruption related to decisions taken during his tenure as the Chairman of the national
carrier.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
the 18th Mile Post Stadium in Katunayake.
