Mr. Mohan Peiris, who’s each a former Chief Justice and a former Legal professional Normal, was questioned for about two and a half hours yesterday (16) by the Fee to Examine Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), and a press release was recorded. In response to a previous discover given by the Fee, he appeared earlier than the mentioned Fee yesterday round 9:00 AM with a gaggle of legal professionals.
This questioning was performed primarily based on an investigation into an incident the place letters have been issued recommending the unlawful allocation of a number of homes in a housing complicated to a number of people. After offering intensive particulars relating to the incident, sources verify that Mr. Mohan Peiris left the Bribery Fee.
In the meantime, former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had additionally been beforehand knowledgeable to look earlier than the Bribery Fee on the thirteenth to offer a press release relating to this very incident of housing allocation. Nonetheless, as he was scheduled to undertake a pre-planned journey to Singapore, the previous President had written to the Fee on the thirteenth requesting one other date for his look. Accordingly, the Fee is anticipated to offer one other date sooner or later to file a press release from Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa relating to this investigation.
