Rs. 21 Mn misappropriation trial against Gammanpila on Feb. 5

The case filed against Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Udaya Gammanpila for allegedly misappropriating Rs. 21 million on a fraudulent Share transaction, was yesterday fixed for February 5 by the Colombo High Court.

When the case was taken up before the High Court Judge Namal Balalle, the Prosecution informed Court they had concluded the case against the accused.

Hence, the case was fixed for February 5 to record the Defence witnesses.

The Attorney General (AG) alleged that MP Udaya Gammanpila, together with second accused Sydney Jayasinghe, had misappropriated Rs. 21 million, on the sale of Digital Nominees shares to a businessman.

The AG charged that the alleged transaction was conducted using a fake Power of Attorney to sell Shares belonging to an Australian businessman Brian Shadick. The AG has listed 29 witnesses and 16 documents as production items of the case.

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