Former Civil Aviation Minister Priyankara Jayaratne has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment after being found guilty of corruption charges filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).
The sentence was handed down by the Colombo High Court a short while ago.
The corruption case relates to an alleged offence committed during Jayaratne’s tenure as Minister of Civil Aviation. He was accused of influencing officials of the Civil Aviation Authority to deposit Rs. 494,000 into a bank account in Chilaw.
