Kirinda fishing harbor lease case: Rajitha granted bail
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- Former Fisheries Minister Rajitha Senaratne received conditional bail in a case involving the lease of a sand-mining project at Kirinda fishing harbor.
- Prosecutors allege the project was leased to a South Korean company through arbitrary and illegal procurement procedures, causing losses to the state.
Former Fisheries Minister Rajitha Senaratne has been granted conditional bail in the Kirinda fishing harbor lease case.
Colombo High Court Judge Rashantha Godawela ordered his release on bail on Sept. 3 after handing him an indictment. The case concerns a sand-mining project at the fishing harbor.
The allegations state that the project was leased to a South Korean company through arbitrary and unlawful procedures, without proper procurement, causing financial losses to the Sri Lankan government.
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Originally published by Lankadeepa in Sinhala. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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