COLOMBO (News 1st) – The case filed against Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and six others over the misappropriation of public funds will be taken up for daily hearings at the Permanent High Court Trial at Bar from the 22nd of January 2019.

The case is filed over the alleged misappropriation of Rs. 33.9 Million in state funds when constructing the D. A. Rajapaksa memorial and museum.

The case was taken up before the tri-partite bench comprising with Sampath Abeykoon, Sampath Wijerathne, and Champa Janaki Rajarathne.

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