Disaster Management Ministry vehicle case

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Concerns: Personal use of a vehicle given by the Netherlands for disaster management work
Status: Suspended sentence, August 2024; Supreme Court ordered payment of Rs. 6.6 million, September 2026
Appears on: Presidents since 2019
Last checked: 12 Oct 2026 (what this means)

A. H. M. Fowzie / Convicted in / Disaster Management Ministry vehicle case
- The Colombo High Court sentenced him to two years of rigorous imprisonment, suspended for 10 years, and fined him Rs. 400,000 after he pleaded guilty to misusing a Disaster Management Ministry vehicle, received from the Netherlands, while minister in 2010.27 Aug 2024 · Ada Derana · Ex-Minister A.H.M. Fowzie given suspended sentence over misuse of ministry vehicle
- In a separate fundamental rights case filed by Chandra Jayaratne, the Supreme Court ruled that his personal use of the vehicle violated fundamental rights. It ordered him to pay Rs. 6.6 million to the Consolidated Fund and to publish a half-page apology in three newspapers.29 Sep 2026 · Newswire · SC orders Fowzie to pay Rs. 6.6 million and publish apology in newspapers