The Supreme Court has ruled that former Minister A.H.M. Fowzie violated fundamental rights by using for personal purposes a vehicle provided by the Government of the Netherlands for Sri Lanka’s disaster management activities.
The Court ordered Fowzie to pay Rs. 6.6 million to the Consolidated Fund. He must pay Rs. 1,664,334.93 within one month and the balance within two months.
It also ordered him to publish a half-page apology advertisement, with a photograph of the vehicle, on the front pages of Silumina, Sunday Observer and Thinakaran within one month.
The ruling was delivered by a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena and Justices Janak de Silva and Arjuna Obeyesekere. The petition was filed by Chandra Jayaratne, former chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. (Newswire)
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