{"id":28417,"date":"2025-07-01T10:03:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T04:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28417"},"modified":"2025-07-01T10:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T04:41:22","slug":"19-convicted-including-two-former-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28417","title":{"rendered":"19 Convicted Including Two Former Ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a sweeping anti-corruption drive, the Commission to investigate allegations of Bribery or Corruption of Sri Lanka has successfully secured convictions against 19 individuals including two former ministers \u2014 within the first five months of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From January 1 to May 31, the Commission received 2,038 complaints and carried out 44 targeted raids, leading to the arrest of 31 suspects. Legal proceedings are ongoing, with 22 completed investigations submitted to Magistrate\u2019s Courts and another 249 case files forwarded to three-judge High Court panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Commission\u2019s intensified operations mark a decisive step in restoring public trust and holding high-ranking officials accountable for misuse of power and public funds.<\/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-28417' class='saic-link saic-icon-link saic-icon-link-true auto-load-true' href='?post_id=28417&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-28417' class='saic-wrap-comments' style='display:none;'><div id='saic-wrap-form-28417' class='saic-wrap-form saic-clearfix'><div class='saic-form-avatar'><\/div><div id='saic-container-form-28417' 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-28417'  class='saic-comment-status'><\/div><ul id='saic-container-comment-28417' class='saic-container-comments saic-order-DESC ' data-order='DESC'><\/ul><div class='saic-holder-28417 saic-holder'><\/div><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-comments--><\/div><!--.saic-wrapper-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a sweeping anti-corruption drive, the Commission to investigate allegations of Bribery or Corruption of Sri Lanka has successfully secured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":28180,"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-28417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-smartphones","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28417","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=28417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28418,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28417\/revisions\/28418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}