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Ministers, party leaders and senior police officers who recur in Sri Lanka’s corruption and Easter attack investigations, with the cases and claims reported about each. Dashed links are claims, charges or arrests that no court has upheld.
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People (143)
- Ajahn Gardiye Punchihewa
- Tenth defendant in the bond indictment of 2019
- Ajith Nivard Cabraal
- Former Governor of the Central Bank
- Akila Viraj Kariyawasam
- Assistant Leader of the United National Party; Education Minister from 2015 to 2019
- Amal Silva
- Former member of the Western Provincial Council
- Anil Jayantha Fernando
- Minister of Labour, sworn in November 2024
- Anura Karunathilake
- Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing, sworn in November 2024
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake
- President of Sri Lanka since September 2024; leader of the National People’s Power
- Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
- Former Minister of Petroleum Industries; Minister of Disaster Management from September 2015
- Anusha Palpita
- Former Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
- Arjun AloysiusConvicted
- Director of W.M. Mendis Distilleries
- Arjuna Mahendran
- Former Governor of the Central Bank
- Arjuna RanatungaOn bail
- Former minister; Minister of Ports and Shipping from September 2015; captain of the cricket team that won the 1996 World Cup
- Aruna Widanagamage (Meegasare Kajja)Deceased
- Described by News First as a notorious figure in the Hambantota District who faced allegations including illegal possession of firearms and extortion
- Asoka RanwalaOn bail
- NPP Member of Parliament; Speaker until his resignation on 13 December 2024
- Balangoda Kassapa TheroOn bail
- Bandula Gunawardana
- Bimal Rathnayake
- Minister of transport, highways, ports and civil aviation since November 2024
- C. B. RatnayakeOn bail
- Former minister of sports, transport and livestock
- Chamara Sampath DassanayakeIn custody
- Member of Parliament for Badulla District; former State Minister of Primary Industries; Chief Minister of Uva Province in 2016
- Chandana Abeyrathna
- Minister of State Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government, sworn in November 2024
- Chandana SooriyaarachchiOn bail
- Chandima Weerakkody
- Chandrika Kumaratunga
- Former President of Sri Lanka
- Chitta Ranjan Hulugalle
- Director of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd
- Chrishantha Abeysena
- Minister of Science and Technology, sworn in November 2024
- Dammika Patabendi
- Minister of Environment, sworn in November 2024
- Dayasiri Jayasekara
- Minister of Sports from September 2015; claimant to the post of SLFP General Secretary
- Deshabandu TennakoonOn bail
- Former Inspector General of Police, removed by a vote of Parliament in August 2025
- Diana Gamage
- Dilith Jayaweera
- Leader of the Mawbima Janatha Party; entrepreneur; presidential candidate in 2024
- Dinesh Gunawardena
- Prime Minister from 2022 until he resigned in September 2024
- Douglas Appuhami
- Police Sergeant, formerly of Anuradhapura Police
- Douglas Devananda
- Duminda DissanayakeOn bail
- Former minister; Minister of Agriculture from September 2015
- Eran Wickramaratne
- State Minister of Finance from 2015 to 2019; member of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya economic team in 2024
- Geoffrey Aloysius
- Chairman of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa
- President of Sri Lanka, elected November 2019; Defence Secretary until 2015
- Harin Fernando
- Minister of Tourism and Lands from July 2022; Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure from September 2015
- Harini Amarasuriya
- Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since September 2024
- Harsha de Silva
- Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP; headed Sajith Premadasa’s economic team in 2024
- Harsha IlukpitiyaConvicted
- Former Controller General of Immigration and Emigration
- Harshana Nanayakkara
- Minister of Justice and National Integration, sworn in November 2024
- Hiniduma Sunil Senevi
- Minister of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, sworn in November 2024
- Jagath Wickramaratne
- Speaker of Parliament since December 2024; NPP MP for Polonnaruwa
- Jaliya Wickramasuriya
- Former Ambassador to the United States
- Janaka Tissa Kuttiarachchi
- Former SLPP Member of Parliament; earlier a United National Party member of the Uva Provincial Council
- Jerome Fernando
- Johnston FernandoOn bail
- Former Minister of Cooperative and Internal Trade; minister of roads, highways and ports from November 2019
- Justice A.N.J. de Alwis
- Retired judge who led one of the two unpublished Easter attack committees
- K.D. Lalkantha
- Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, sworn in November 2024
- Kabir Hashim
- Former minister; member of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya economic team in 2024
- Kalyanawansa Tissa Thero
- Chief Incumbent of the Bodhiraja Viharaya, Trincomalee
- Kanchana Wijesekera
- Minister of Power and Energy, as of September 2024
- Kasun Palisena
- Chief executive of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd
- Keheliya RambukwellaOn bail
- Former Minister of Health
- Kumara Jayakody
- NPP National List MP; Minister of Energy from November 2024 until April 2026
- Lakshman Kiriella
- Leader of the House from 2015 to 2019; joined the Samagi Jana Balawegaya in 2020
- Lakshman Yapa AbeywardenaOn bail
- Lalith Weeratunga
- Former Presidential Secretary; former chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
- Lasantha WickrematungeDeceased
- Lohan RatwatteDeceased
- Former State Minister of Prison Management and of Gem and Jewellery-related Industries; Member of Parliament for Kandy from 2000
- M.A. Sumanthiran
- ITAK General Secretary; former Member of Parliament; President’s Counsel
- Mahesh Senanayake
- Army Commander from 2017 to 2019; presidential candidate in 2019
- Mahinda KahandagamaIn custody
- Former Colombo Municipal Council member for the SLPP
- Mahinda Rajapaksa
- President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015; prime minister until May 2022
- Mahindananda AluthgamageConvictedIn custody
- Maithripala Sirisena
- President of Sri Lanka in 2019
- Manusha Nanayakkara
- Former Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment
- Mervyn Silva
- Former Minister of Public Relations
- Muthuraja Surendran
- Director of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd
- Nalaka Godahewa
- Member of Parliament from 2020; a main organiser of the Viyathmaga group
- Nalin FernandoConvictedIn custody
- Former Trade Minister; former chairman of Sathosa
- Nalinda Jayatissa
- Minister of Health and Mass Media since November 2024; Chief Government Whip
- Nihal Abeysinghe
- General Secretary of the National People’s Power, as of September 2024
- Nimal LanzaOn bail
- Former Member of Parliament; described as a former State Minister
- Nimal Siripala de Silva
- Nishantha Ulugetenne
- Former Commander of the Navy; earlier head of naval intelligence
- Nishantha WickramasingheOn bail
- Former chairman of SriLankan Airlines
- Nissanka Senadhipathi
- Chairman of Avant-Garde Maritime Services
- Oshala Herath
- Leader of the Abhinawa Niwahal Peramuna; public interest litigant
- Patali Champika RanawakaOn bail
- Leader of the United Republican Front; former Member of Parliament; Minister of Megapolis and Western Development from September 2015
- Paththinige Samarasiri
- Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank
- Pillayan (Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan)In custody
- Former State Minister; former chief minister of the Eastern Province
- Piumi Hansamali
- Actress; proprietor of the skin care company Lolia Skin Care
- Piyankara JayaratneConvicted
- Former Minister of Civil Aviation
- Prageeth Eknaligoda
- Prasanna RanatungaConvictedOn bail
- Former minister: tourism and aviation from November 2019; urban development and housing from July 2022
- Prasanna Ranaweera
- Premalal Jayasekara
- Former SLPP Member of Parliament for Ratnapura District; former deputy minister
- Pushyamithra Gunawardena
- Director of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd
- R. M. Balasuriya
- Former Sub-Inspector, Anuradhapura Police
- Rajitha Senaratne
- Former Fisheries Minister; Minister of Health from September 2015
- Ramalingam Chandrasekar
- Minister of Fisheries, sworn in November 2024
- Ramanathan ArchchunaOn bail
- Independent Member of Parliament for Jaffna District, elected November 2024; medical doctor
- Ranasinghe PremadasaDeceased
- Former President of Sri Lanka; assassinated in May 1993
- Ranil WickremesingheOn bail
- President of Sri Lanka, 2022 to 2024; six-time prime minister; leader of the United National Party
- Ranjan RamanayakeConvicted
- Actor turned politician; former Member of Parliament and deputy minister; leader of the United Democratic Voice
- Rauff Hakeem
- Former minister who began his career with the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress; joined the Samagi Jana Balawegaya in 2020
- Raveendra Bandara
- Former Anuradhapura Municipal Council member
- Ravi Karunanayake
- Ravi Seneviratne
- Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security since September 2024
- Rishad Bathiudeen
- Member of Parliament and former minister; Minister of Industries and Commerce from September 2015
- Rohana WijeweeraDeceased
- Founder of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna; its presidential candidate in 1982
- Rohitha Abeygunawardena
- Minister of Ports and Shipping from August 2020
- Rohitha BogollagamaIn custody
- Roshan Ranasinghe
- Rosy Senanayake
- Former Mayor of Colombo, 2018 to 2023, the first woman in the post; United National Party; appointed adviser to the President on local government affairs in May 2023
- Ruwan Wijewardene
- State Minister of Defence from 2015; senior adviser to President Wickremesinghe on climate change in 2024
- S. M. ChandrasenaOn bail
- Former minister; environment and lands minister from November 2019
- S. M. RanjithConvicted
- Former Chief Minister of the North Central Province
- Sagala Ratnayake
- Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development from 2015 to 2018
- Sagara KariyawasamOn bail
- General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
- Sajin Vass GunawardenaOn bail
- Former Member of Parliament; former chief executive of the state budget airline Mihin Lanka
- Sajith Premadasa
- Leader of the Opposition in the 10th Parliament, recognised November 2024; leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya since February 2020
- Samantha Vidyarathna
- Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure, sworn in November 2024
- Sampath ManamperiIn custody
- Former SLPP local government candidate; described by the Cabinet spokesman as a former police constable and intelligence officer
- Sanath Jayasuriya
- Former Sri Lanka cricketer and former head coach of the national team; President of the Matara District Cricket Association
- Sanjeewa Mahanama
- Former Officer-in-Charge of Anuradhapura Police Station
- Sarana GunawardenaConvictedIn custody
- Sarath Fonseka
- Former army commander who led the army in the final stage of the civil war
- Sarath Mohottige
- Retired Rear Admiral; former Director of Naval Intelligence
- Sarathi Dushmantha Mithrapala
- Acting General Secretary of the SLFP, as reported in January 2024
- Saroja Savithri Paulraj
- Minister of Women and Child Affairs, sworn in November 2024
- Shani Abeysekara
- Director of the Criminal Investigation Department, appointed June 2025; also held the post before 2020
- Shashi WeerawansaConvictedOn bail
- Shavendra Silva
- Former Army Commander and Chief of Defence Staff; commanded the 58 Division in 2009
- Shehan Semasinghe
- State Minister of Finance from 2022; a chief negotiator with the International Monetary Fund
- Somawansa Amarasinghe
- Leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna until 2014
- Sunil Handunnetti
- Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development since November 2024
- Sunil Kumara Gamage
- Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, sworn in November 2024
- Sunil Watagala
- Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs; attorney
- Thilina Gamage
- Former Chief Magistrate; District Judge of Moratuwa, interdicted
- Tillakaratne Dilshan
- Former Sri Lankan cricketer; national organiser of the United Democratic Voice
- Tilvin Silva
- General Secretary of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
- Tiran Alles
- Public Security Minister from July 2022; chairman of Ceylon Newspapers
- Udaya Gammanpila
- Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya; former Member of Parliament; lawyer
- Upali Pannilage
- Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment, sworn in November 2024
- Vajira Abeywardena
- Chairman of the United National Party; Minister of Home Affairs from 2015 to 2019
- Vijitha Herath
- Foreign minister since November 2024
- Wasantha Samarasinghe
- Convener of Voice Against Corruption; Minister of Trade from November 2024
- Wasim ThajudeenDeceased
- Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
- Wimal Weerawansa
Organisations (29)
Cases and events (72)
- Attack on protesters at Galle Face, 9 May 2022
- Avant-Garde Bribery Commission case, Colombo Magistrate’s Court
- Permitting Avant Garde Maritime Services to operate a floating armoury, causing the government a loss of Rs. 11.4 billion
- Avant-Garde floating armoury case
- Causing the government a loss of Rs. 11.4 billion by approving a floating armoury at Galle harbour, from 7 August 2012 to 8 January 2015
- Badulla election campaign incident, November 2024
- Baseline Road accident case
- Involvement in a road accident on Baseline Road in 2021 and assaulting another motorist
- Bribery commission inquiry into six ministers’ assets
- Carrom board case, verdict May 2025
- Central Bank bond transactions case
- Losses of over US$11 million to the state
- CID inquiry into Perpetual Treasuries payment claim, 2018
- That he received money from the former director of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd., Arjun Aloysius
- Contempt application against Balangoda Kassapa Thero, Chavakachcheri, 2026
- Contempt application over unpaid Supreme Court payments, October 2026
- Failure by five respondents to pay a total of Rs. 275 million ordered in the 27 March 2026 judgment: Rs. 75 million from Keheliya Rambukwella and Rs. 50 million each from four former health officials
- Contempt complaint over Anuradhapura rally speech
- Remarks at a rally in Anuradhapura in September 2026 about a Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court order
- Contempt of court conviction, January 2021
- Contempt referral over protest statements, 2026
- Statements made at a protest held from 7 to 15 July 2026 against the arrest of Suresh Sallay
- Court of Appeal challenge to Archchuna’s seat
- CPC flood relief funds case
- Wrongful use of over Rs. 6.1 million of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation funds
- CPC fuel tenders case
- Losses of nearly Rs. 800 million to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation in 2017 and 2018
- CWE employees corruption case
- Use of Cooperative Wholesale Establishment employees for duties unrelated to their jobs, at state expense
- Diana Gamage immigration case
- Giving false information to obtain a passport, and living in Sri Lanka without a valid visa from 2016 to 2020
- Diplomatic passport case
- Elephant calf “Sakura” case, Colombo High Court
- Keeping an elephant calf named Sakura, valued at Rs. 6,970,000, on a forged licence, an offence under the Public Properties Act; 25 counts against Thilina Gamage and three others
- Evidence fabrication case against CID officers, 2020
- Fabricating evidence in a murder investigation
- Forcible entry to Temple Trees case, 2022
- Fort police obstruction case
- Obstructing and threatening a traffic police officer outside Fort Railway Station on 22 September 2025
- Further bribery case against Sarana Gunawardena
- General election, November 2024
- Gold-plated T-56 firearm case
- Greek bonds case
- A 2012 purchase of Greek government bonds caused a loss of more than Rs. 1.84 billion
- Immunoglobulin procurement case
- Purchase of substandard human immunoglobulin
- Israel farm jobs inquiry
- Abuse of ministerial power over who was sent to farm jobs in Israel under a November 2023 agreement
- Jerome Fernando religious remarks case
- Derogatory statements about the Buddha, Islam and Hinduism before a congregation in May 2023
- Kahawatte election rally shooting case
- Killing of businessman “Club Wasantha”, Athurugiriya, July 2024
- Killing of Iron Ranasinghe (“SF Loku”)
- Kiribathgoda state land case
- An attempt to sell government-owned property using forged documents
- Kirinda Fisheries Harbour sand removal case
- Improper award of a sand removal contract, with a loss of more than Rs. 20 million to the state
- Lanka Fertilizer warehouse contract case
- A loss of Rs. 8,859,708 to the government on a 2016 warehouse carpeting contract
- Luxury vehicle case, Mirihana
- Possession of an illegally assembled, unregistered luxury vehicle with no number plate, found at a house belonging to his wife in Mirihana
- Meeting at the Central Bank governor’s office, February 2015
- Meetotamulla extortion case
- Middeniya "Ice" chemicals case
- Concealing two containers of chemicals suspected to be for making crystal methamphetamine (“Ice”) on property in the Middeniya area
- Middeniya shooting, 18 February 2025
- Police reports describe the killing as a contract worth Rs. 500,000
- Mihin Lanka aircraft lease case
- Causing losses to the government by leasing an aircraft outside the legal tender process
- Money laundering case against Rambukwella and family
- Illegally acquiring assets between August 2020 and June 2024
- Murder of Nadarajah Raviraj
- Negombo 2006 protest assault and trespass case
- Assault and trespassing during a protest in 2006; News First reports an accusation of damaging a municipal councillor’s house during the 2006 local government elections
- Panagoda road accident, 7 October 2026
- Periyavilan land dispute firearm case
- Threatening a woman while brandishing a firearm during a land dispute in Jaffna on 25 April 2026
- Phosphate export bribery inquiry
- Soliciting a bribe of Rs. 8.1 million from three companies to facilitate phosphate exports
- Polgolla auditorium chairs case
- A loss of Rs. 7.9 million to the Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau on a purchase of chairs
- Presidential Commission of Inquiry into coal procurement
- Coal supplies for the Norochcholai power plant since 2009
- Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Central Bank bond issuance
- Presidential election, 21 September 2024
- Rajagiriya motor accident case
- Rambewa traffic police case
- Obstructing traffic police who stopped his vehicle in the Rambewa area
- Rohitha Bogollagama London investment exhibition case
- Inducing the Chairman of the Board of Investment to authorise payments of more than Rs. 1.5 million for hotel accommodation and exhibition expenses at a 2006 London investment promotion exhibition, in breach of Treasury regulations
- Sajin Vass illegal assets case
- Illegally earning assets worth Rs. 243.8 million
- Sapugaskanda road accident, 11 December 2025
- Sathosa employees political activity case
- According to the Bribery Commission, from 2010 to 2014, while Commerce Minister, Johnston Fernando had Sathosa employees removed from their official duties and assigned to political activities, causing a loss to the government
- School admissions complaint to the Bribery Commission, 2018
- Directing four school principals to carry out admissions in breach of circulars, December 2013, while North Western Province Chief Minister
- Seed maize distribution case
- Distribution of 36,000 kg of state-imported seed maize among political supporters in 2014
- Share sale breach of trust case
- Sale of an Australian businessman’s shares without authority, about Rs. 21 million
- Sil cloth distribution case
- Misappropriation of Rs. 600 million in TRC funds to distribute sil cloth before the 2015 presidential election
- SLFP injunction case against Dayasiri Jayasekara, 2024
- Petition by SLFP leaders to stop him hindering the acting General Secretary’s work and submitting inaccurate recommendations to the Election Commission
- Supreme Court ruling on Indian Credit Line medicine purchase, March 2026
- Trincomalee Buddha statue case, November 2025
- Unlawful assets case, Colombo High Court
- Acquiring assets and funds of nearly Rs. 75 million beyond lawful income, 2010 to 2015
- Uva Provincial Council cheque case
- Depositing a cheque issued for the Uva Provincial Council into a personal bank account in 2016
- VFS Global visa deal contempt of court case
- Failing to comply with the Supreme Court’s August 2024 interim order suspending the outsourcing of visa operations and restoring the earlier electronic travel authorisation process
- W.M. Mendis VAT case
- Rs. 3.5 billion in unpaid Value Added Tax, 2016 to 2019
- Washington embassy building inquiry
- Misappropriating about US$332,000 in the purchase of an embassy office building
- Weligama hotel shooting, December 2023
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