Corruption commission grills ex- deputy Minister Kumara
By Shanika Sriyananda
The special presidential commission probing large-scale corruption on Friday questioned former deputy Minister of Fisheries, Sarath Kumara Gunaratne, over his alleged involvement in the misuse of public funds for the 8 January presidential election campaign.
The commission, which has completed its preliminary investigations, commenced its first case by questioning the deputy minister for using Fisheries Ministry allocations for purchasing T-shirts and