Chief Justice grants permission to consider bond scam at Permanent High Court

Colombo (News 1st): The Chief Justice has granted the Attorney General Permission to forward indictments against the accused in the February 27th 2015 Central Bank Treasury Bond Issue, to the Western Province Permanent High Court Trial at Bar. On the 07th of June, 2019 the Attorney General sought permission from the Chief Justice to forward indictments against the accused in the Central Bank Treasury Bond Issue. The 10 accused are; Former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran, Former Central Bank Deputy Governor P. Samarasiri, Perpetual Treasuries Limited, PTL Beneficial Owner Arjun Aloysius, PTL CEO Kasun Palisena, Jeffery Joseph Aloysius, Pushya Gunawardena, Ranjan Hulugalla, Muthuraja Surendran and Ajahn Punchihewa.