Mervyn’s ex-Secy. remanded for fraud
April 21, 2011, 9:35 pm
Buddhika Jayasinghe (Right) Former Coordinating Secretary (Parliamentary Affairs) of Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva walks out of the Fort Magistrate Courts yesterday. Pic by Kamal Bogoda
Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne yesterday ordered Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva’s former Coordinating Secretary J. M. Buddhika Jayasinghe remanded till May 04.
Jayasinghe is charged defrauding Rs 9,850,000 from a bank account of a US businessman who arrived in Sri Lanka to commence an agri product and hotel project. The businessman had arrived in Sri Lanka in 2005 and when he had left the country in June the same year the suspect had forged his signature and obtained the money. The suspect was then working as an investment promotion officer of the Board of Investment. He had been in charge of observing a project planned by the businessman in Nuwara Eliya and had copied a signature of the businessman put on a cheque issued for the project.
On his return, the businessman had seen the reduction of money in his account and lodged a complaint with the Criminal Investigations Department.
The CID, after investigations, had submitted a report to the Fort Magistrate Courts and the Magistrate had ordered the suspect be arrested and produced before Court. The court had later issued a warrant for his arrest.
The suspect had evaded arrest for years but was caught red handed, along with several others, by a special Police unit, when collecting extortion money from a trader of Grandpass, and remanded.
Attorney-at-Law Jayantha Weerasinghe, appearing for Buddhika Jayasinghe, told the Court that his client was serving in the capacity of coordinating secretary to Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva until March 31, and was a heart patient who had been subjected to a bypass operation therefore he should be granted bail.
Police Inspector Anura de Silva, of the CID, told the Court that the suspect had been evading police for years and changed the names and whereabouts until the CID came to know of his arrest at Grandpass through newspapers, therefore he opposed releasing the suspect on bail.
After considering the request and records of warrants issued for the suspect, Magistrate ordered he be further remanded till May 4.
April 21, 2011, 9:35 pm
by A. J. A. Abeynayake
Buddhika Jayasinghe (Right) Former Coordinating Secretary (Parliamentary Affairs) of Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva walks out of the Fort Magistrate Courts yesterday. Pic by Kamal Bogoda
Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne yesterday ordered Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva’s former Coordinating Secretary J. M. Buddhika Jayasinghe remanded till May 04.
Jayasinghe is charged defrauding Rs 9,850,000 from a bank account of a US businessman who arrived in Sri Lanka to commence an agri product and hotel project. The businessman had arrived in Sri Lanka in 2005 and when he had left the country in June the same year the suspect had forged his signature and obtained the money. The suspect was then working as an investment promotion officer of the Board of Investment. He had been in charge of observing a project planned by the businessman in Nuwara Eliya and had copied a signature of the businessman put on a cheque issued for the project.
On his return, the businessman had seen the reduction of money in his account and lodged a complaint with the Criminal Investigations Department.
The CID, after investigations, had submitted a report to the Fort Magistrate Courts and the Magistrate had ordered the suspect be arrested and produced before Court. The court had later issued a warrant for his arrest.
The suspect had evaded arrest for years but was caught red handed, along with several others, by a special Police unit, when collecting extortion money from a trader of Grandpass, and remanded.
Attorney-at-Law Jayantha Weerasinghe, appearing for Buddhika Jayasinghe, told the Court that his client was serving in the capacity of coordinating secretary to Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva until March 31, and was a heart patient who had been subjected to a bypass operation therefore he should be granted bail.
Police Inspector Anura de Silva, of the CID, told the Court that the suspect had been evading police for years and changed the names and whereabouts until the CID came to know of his arrest at Grandpass through newspapers, therefore he opposed releasing the suspect on bail.
After considering the request and records of warrants issued for the suspect, Magistrate ordered he be further remanded till May 4.
