Former Minister Priyankara Jayaratne, who was sentenced to imprisonment, has been assigned to work within the printing part of the jail, jail sources stated.
Politicians sentenced to imprisonment are largely assigned to work within the jail’s printing part.
Former Minister Priyankara Jayaratne was convicted on two costs, together with inflicting a loss to the Authorities by spending Rs. 330,000 from Sri Lanka Catering Firm funds to carry a celebration at a lodge within the Marawila space for a gaggle of supporters from the Anamaduwa Electoral District who attended the Colombo Might Day procession in 2014, in addition to a gaggle of his political supporters, and inducing the Government Director of SriLankan Catering Firm to facilitate the expenditure.
Colombo Excessive Court docket Choose Mohamed Mihail sentenced former Minister Priyankara Jayaratne to 14 years’ imprisonment, to be served over a interval of seven years.
