{"id":28436,"date":"2025-07-03T18:55:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28436"},"modified":"2025-07-17T10:14:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T04:44:33","slug":"rajitha-falls-sick-soon-after-bribery-commission-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28436","title":{"rendered":"Rajitha Falls Sick Soon After Bribery Commission Call"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Fisheries Minister Rajitha Senaratne failed to appear before the Commission to investigate allegations of Bribery or Corruption yesterday, with his legal team claiming he was suffering from a sudden illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senaratne was due to give a statement regarding alleged misconduct linked to the removal of sand from the Kirinda Fisheries Harbour. According to the Bribery Commission, he bypassed standard procurement procedures and awarded the project to a Korean firm, leading to financial losses for the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities had informed the Colombo Chief Magistrate that Senaratne acted outside established regulations in this matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The timing of his illness has sparked renewed public attention, as a number of former ministers and officials facing corruption allegations have similarly reported sudden health issues just before scheduled investigations or court appearances.<\/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-28436' class='saic-link saic-icon-link saic-icon-link-true auto-load-true' href='?post_id=28436&amp;comments=4&amp;get=30&amp;order=DESC' title='4 Comment'><i class='saico-comment'><\/i><span>4<\/span> Comments<\/a><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-link--><div id='saic-wrap-commnent-28436' class='saic-wrap-comments' style='display:none;'><div id='saic-wrap-form-28436' class='saic-wrap-form saic-clearfix'><div class='saic-form-avatar'><\/div><div id='saic-container-form-28436' 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-28436'  class='saic-comment-status'><\/div><ul id='saic-container-comment-28436' class='saic-container-comments saic-order-DESC  saic-has-4-comments saic-multiple-comments' data-order='DESC'><\/ul><div class='saic-holder-28436 saic-holder'><\/div><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-comments--><\/div><!--.saic-wrapper-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Fisheries Minister Rajitha Senaratne failed to appear before the Commission to investigate allegations of Bribery or Corruption yesterday, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11525,"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-28436","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\/28436","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=28436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28437,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28436\/revisions\/28437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}