Person
Lalith Weeratunga
Listed from published reports. Appearing here is not a finding of wrongdoing.
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Details
- Role
- Former Presidential Secretary; former chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
- Status
- Convicted by the High Court in September 2017; acquitted by the Court of Appeal in November 2020; the CID was reportedly directed in September 2025 to take his statement over a bus deal
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
- Lalith Weeratunga / Named in / List of 50 cases tabled in Parliament, 8 October 2026Allegation
- Criminal Investigation Department / Directed to take a statement from, September 2025 / Lalith WeeratungaAllegation
- According to a Sunday Times report relayed by Newswire, the CID’s Financial Crimes Investigation Unit reopened an inquiry into a duty-free bus imported for the Sports Ministry that was allegedly diverted to a preschool owned by Shiranthi Rajapaksa, and was directed to summon him to record a statement. The article carries no response from him.14 Sep 2025 · Newswire · CID investigates Siriliya–Carlton Sports Ministry bus deal