MRs Coordinating Secretary Goes To Court Today

MRs Coordinating Secretary Goes To Court Today

by Staff Writer 20-10-2026 | 8:36 AM

COLOMBO (News 1st): Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Coordinating Secretary, Sanjaya Samarasinghe, is scheduled to be produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today.

He was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption last night.

The Bribery Commission stated that an amount of Rs. 1.8 million was discovered inside a safe at Sanjaya Samarasinghe's residence.

The Commission declared that he was taken into custody on the charge of failing to disclose how those funds were acquired.