JO lodges bribery complaint against Malik

The Joint Opposition lodged a complaint against International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama with the Bribery Commission today for allegedly misusing Mahapola funds amounting to Rs. 1 billion. The complaint is the third in the series of Top Ten Yahapalana Mega Thieves initiative of the Joint Opposition. Earlier, the JO lodged complaints against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake on charges of financial misappropriation. In today’s complaint, the JO alleged the Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust Fund and Schools Development Fund had been invested in a private company called Asset Trust Management (Pvt.) Ltd.