Posted by Editor on December 31, 2025 – 2:40 pm
Johan Fernando, the son of former Minister Johnston Fernando, who was arrested yesterday (December 30), was remanded till January 9, 2026, by the Wattala Justice of the Peace’s Court docket right this moment (December 31).
He was arrested in Kurunegala by officers of the Monetary Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) in reference to a number of allegations, together with the alleged misappropriation of a lorry belonging to Lanka Sathosa and the misuse of different autos in the course of the interval when Johnston Fernando served as Minister of Cooperatives and Inner Commerce.
Johan Fernando faces fees associated to cash laundering, offences underneath the Public Property Act, misuse of state property, and prison misappropriation.
In the meantime, police said that investigations are persevering with to arrest former Minister Johnston Fernando on the identical fees.
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