Arjun Aloysius released from prison

monson

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    Arjun Aloysius, the Director of W.M. Mendis Distilleries, along with two others, was released from remand custody today after serving time for defaulting on a Rs. 3.5 billion Value Added Tax (VAT) payment.

    Prison spokesman Gamini Dissanayake confirmed their release from Welikada Prison.

    The trio had been sentenced to six months in prison by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court in October of last year for the VAT default.

    - https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Arjun-Aloysius-released-from-prison/108-302973
     

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    AKD ජෙප්පන්ටම අරිනවා සුපිරියට

    අනුරයා parliament එකේ කියවපු Budget එකෙන්ම නේද එක වෙනස් උනෙ
    නීතිය වෙනස් කරන්න කාටද මේකට සල්ලි දෙන්න ඇත්තෙ
    කීයක් වියදන් කරන්න ඇතිද නීතිය නමන්න

    කොහොමත් දඩෙ ගෙවනවට වඩා අඩු ගානකින් වැඩෙ ගොඩ දාගන්න ඇති
     
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    pradeepsu

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    Since he has served time, Does that means, the due amount has been written off from the receivables ? Just being curious ?
     

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    Since he has served time, Does that means, the due amount has been written off from the receivables ? Just being curious ?
    No... He still has to pay the tax... Prison sentence was for not obeying the court's instructions to pay the tax...

    AKD ජෙප්පන්ටම අරිනවා සුපිරියට

    අනුරයා parliament එකේ කියවපු Budget එකෙන්ම නේද එක වෙනස් උනෙ
    නීතිය වෙනස් කරන්න කාටද මේකට සල්ලි දෙන්න ඇත්තෙ
    කීයක් වියදන් කරන්න ඇතිද නීතිය නමන්න

    කොහොමත් දඩෙ ගෙවනවට වඩා අඩු ගානකින් වැඩෙ ගොඩ දාගන්න ඇති
    රෙද්දේ නීතියක් වෙනස් වෙලා නෙවෙයි... ඌට දුන්න දඬුවම ඉවරයි... මාස හයක් කිව්වට මාස හයක්ම සෙට් වෙන්නේ නෑ සිර දඩුවම්...

    ඌ හිරේ හිටියට ඌට ගෙවන්න තියන බදු වලින් ඌ නිදහස් වෙන්නෙත් නෑ...
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    pradeepsu

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    No... He still has to pay the tax... Prison sentence was for not obeying the court's instructions to pay the tax...
    Ah ha.... thanks bn.. So, uuta kamathi kaalayak aran gewanna puluwan ,ehemada ? or deadline ekak deela, edata gewwe naththan ayeth athule, e wage seen ekakda ? :rolleyes2:
     
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    ttj

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    Ah ha.... thanks bn.. So, uuta kamathi kaalayak aran gewanna puluwan ,ehemada ? or deadline ekak deela, edata gewwe naththan ayeth athule, e wage seen ekakda ? :rolleyes2:
    මම හිතන්නේ dead line එකක් දෙනවා ඒකට ගෙව්වේ නැත්නම් ආයේ ඇතුලේ ඒ දුන්න නියෝගය පිළි නොපැද්දට...
     

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    ජෙප්පන්ට වඩා ඇලොසිස් හිරේ ඉන්නවා බලන්න ඕන වෙලා තියෙන්නේ ටෝබයියන්ටනේ 😂
     

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    :lol:

    Good behavior earns Arjun Aloysius early release from prison​


    Colombo, Feb 24 (Daily Mirror) - Arjun Aloysius, Director of W.M. Mendis Distilleries, and two others, who were serving a jail term for defaulting on a payment of Rs. 3.5 billion in Value Added Tax (VAT) by the company, were released from prison two months early based on their good behavior within the prison.

    Prison spokesman Gamini Dissanayake said they were released from the Welikada Prison on Saturday.

    In October of last year, the trio were sentenced to a six-month jail term by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court for failing to pay the VAT amounting to Rs. 3.5 billion.

    The spokesman said that prisoners can earn points based on their conduct and active participation in work programmes within the prison. These points contribute to reducing their sentence by one-third.

    As a result, Arjun Aloysius and the others were released two months early.

    However, the spokesman clarified that the 3/1 good behavior rule, which allows prisoners to reduce their sentences through good conduct and participation in prison work programmes, applies only to those sentenced to fixed jail terms and not to those serving life sentences.

    - https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking...Aloysius-early-release-from-prison/108-303018

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