Committee report on bribery allegations against Nimal Siripala handed over

A three-member committee of inquiry was appointed according to a request made by former minister Nimal Siripala de Silva to carry out an impartial investigation into the allegations published on social media, print and electronic media accusing him of seeking a bribe from Japan’s Taisei Corporation.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe had appointed the three-member committee on July 22 to conduct an investigation into the bribery allegations levelled by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa against former Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva.

President Wickremesinghe appointed this committee taking into account the request made by the former minister seeking an impartial probe into the matter raised by the Opposition Leader at a parliamentary session, based on the news item published in the social, print and electronic media that a cabinet minister had demanded a bribe from Japan’s Taisei Company.