The Colombo High Court has sentenced four former officials of the Customs to 35 years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) each after they were found guilty of charges of accepting a bribe of Rs. 125 million in 2015 to release bus spare parts imported for the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB).
Furthermore, Judge Namal Balalle also fined each of them Rs. 125 million while delivering the verdict in the case yesterday (6).
The four former officials of the Customs were found guilty over charges of accepting a bribe of Rs. 125 million from a businessman in the Panchikawatta area in 2015 in order to release from Customs a stock of bus spare parts imported to be supplied for the SLTB.