Former Civil Aviation Minister Piyankara Jayaratne was sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court after being found guilty of a corruption charge. The case was filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribe
320,000 payment made by state-owned SriLankan Catering Ltd. The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) had indicted Jayaratne, alleging that he abused his position as Civil Aviation Minister by influencing an executive officer of SriLankan Catering to release the funds. Jayaratne was serving as Civil Aviation Minister at the time.
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