The Colombo High Court turned down a request made by former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and seven others to be released from a corruption case filed by the Bribery Commission over Avant-Garde incident, today.
Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and seven others filed a revision petition in the Colombo High Court challenging Colombo Chief Magistrate's decision to refuse preliminary objections raised by them regarding the Avant-Garde corruption case on January 27.
The Bribery Commission filed a corruption case against former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and seven others for allegedly causing a Rs.11.4 billion unlawful loss to the government when giving permission to Avant-Garde Maritime Services to operate a floating armory.
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