Event
Sil cloth distribution case
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Details
- Court
- Colombo High Court; Court of Appeal
- Allegation
- Misappropriation of Rs. 600 million in TRC funds to distribute sil cloth before the 2015 presidential election
- Status
- High Court conviction September 2017; acquitted by Court of Appeal November 2020
Connections (3)
- Lalith Weeratunga / Acquitted in, November 2020 / Sil cloth distribution case
- The Colombo High Court found him guilty on 7 September 2017 and sentenced him to three years’ rigorous imprisonment, with a fine of Rs. 2 million and an order to pay Rs. 50 million to the commission. The case alleged that the commission spent Rs. 600 million distributing sil cloth as part of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s 2015 election campaign; he had been its chairman at the time.7 Sep 2017 · Ada Derana · Lalith Weeratunga and Anusha Palpita found guilty
- On 19 November 2020 the Court of Appeal acquitted him in the sil redi distribution case, after his lawyers appealed the High Court verdict.19 Nov 2020 · Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) · Court of Appeal acquits Lalith Weerathunga & Anusha Palpilta
- Anusha Palpita / Acquitted in, November 2020 / Sil cloth distribution case
- Sil cloth distribution case / Alleged to have spent funds on the 2015 campaign of / Mahinda RajapaksaAllegation