The Colombo High Court today served indictments on former Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne and former State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) Chairman Rumi Mohammed in connection with the controversial White Van Press Conference during the Presidential Election.
The Attorney General had filed indictments consisting of fourteen counts against two accused in connection with organising the white van press conference on November 10 ahead of the Presidential election.
When the two accused appeared before High Court Judge Gihan Kulatunga, they were ordered to be released on previous bail conditions, which were imposed during the magisterial inquiry. In addition to the previous bail conditions, each accused were ordered to be released on a cash bail of Rs.10,000 with two sureties of Rs.500,000. The Colombo High Court further issued an order directing Controller General of Immigration and Emigration to prevent two accused from leaving the country. Meanwhile, the officials attached to the Court’s Police Post were directed to obtain two accused’s fingerprints in order to ascertain their previous conviction records. The case was fixed for September 21 as a calling date.
