{"id":28401,"date":"2025-06-27T19:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28401"},"modified":"2025-06-27T19:14:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:44:33","slug":"ex-fisheries-harbour-chairman-upali-liyanage-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28401","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Fisheries Harbour Chairman Upali Liyanage Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upali Liyanage, the former Chairman of the Ceylon Fisheries Harbour Corporation (CFHC), was arrested today (June 27) by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) over alleged misconduct during his tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was later produced before the Colombo Magistrate\u2019s Court, where Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali Jayatunga ordered his release on bail after hearing submissions from both the Bribery Commission and the defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arrest is part of ongoing efforts by CIABOC to clamp down on public sector corruption and hold former officials accountable for misuse of power and public funds. Further legal proceedings are expected in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<div class='saic-wrapper saic-default saic-comments-closed saic-border' style='overflow: hidden;'><div class='saic-wrap-link'><a id='saic-link-28401' class='saic-link saic-icon-link saic-icon-link-true auto-load-true' href='?post_id=28401&amp;comments=0&amp;get=30&amp;order=DESC' title='0 Comments'><i class='saico-comment'><\/i><span>0<\/span> Comments<\/a><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-link--><div id='saic-wrap-commnent-28401' class='saic-wrap-comments' style='display:none;'><div id='saic-wrap-form-28401' class='saic-wrap-form saic-clearfix'><div class='saic-form-avatar'><\/div><div id='saic-container-form-28401' class='saic-container-form saic-no-login'><p>Comments are closed<\/p><\/div><!--.saic-container-form--><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-form--><div id='saic-comment-status-28401'  class='saic-comment-status'><\/div><ul id='saic-container-comment-28401' class='saic-container-comments saic-order-DESC ' data-order='DESC'><\/ul><div class='saic-holder-28401 saic-holder'><\/div><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-comments--><\/div><!--.saic-wrapper-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upali Liyanage, the former Chairman of the Ceylon Fisheries Harbour Corporation (CFHC), was arrested today (June 27) by the Commission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-smartphones","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28402,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28401\/revisions\/28402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}