Colombo (News 1st)  – The Attorney General filed a case against Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and 06 others at the Special three-justice High Court today (August 24).

The case was filed over the misuse of public funds for the constructing of the D.A. Rajapakse Museum and Memorial.

The Attorney General filed the case after taking into consideration the report prepared by the Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division. The AG filed indictments against 07 defendants including Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Former Chairman of the Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation Prasad Harshan De Silva and the Former General Manager of the Corporation Badhra Udulawathi Kamaladasa.

This is the second case filed at the new High court.

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