Piyankara Jayaratne Corruption Case to Resume October 12

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The Colombo High Court has scheduled the further hearing of a corruption case against former Minister Piyankara Jayaratne for October 12. The Bribery Commission filed the case alleging Jayaratne caused a loss of Rs. 128,520 to the government by unlawfully printing 3,000 Vesak greeting cards between May 10 and June 6, 2013, while serving as the Minister of Civil Aviation.