Bribery case against former North Central Province Chief Minister to be heard

The Colombo High Court has rejected the preliminary objections with regard to a bribery case filed against former Chief Minister of the North Central Province S.M. Ranjith Samarakoon and his private secretary and fixed June 10 as the date for hearing the case.

The defence counsel, who raised preliminary objections when the case was taken up recently, had argued that the Bribery Commission had filed the case in violation of the Code of Criminal Procedure.