Why wasn’t Rohitha Abeygunawardena (Raththaran) arrested when he should be under the laws ?

(Lanka-e-News -17.Feb.2016, 9.30PM)   A case was   filed against former minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena (rattharan) recently in the Colombo High court , but based on the charges under section 30 of the Bribery and corruption Act , he should have been taken into custody inn this case  . Hence the attention of the legal  circles has been drawn to this  oversight, and it is being furiously questioned why he was not arrested?  according to reports. 

The Commission of Bribery and corruption filed a case on January 8 th against Abeygunawardena based on the  detection  that he did not declare his assets valuing Rs. 41.1 million illegally earned  by him between the period  2004 and 2006.  It was under section 23 (a) of the Bribery Act this case was   filed against him., and under section 30, in a case like this a request could have  been  made to the court to arrest such a culprit . Hence it is a puzzle and pertinent question why Abeygunawardena  was not arrested ?

It is a well and widely known fact  the commissioners including president of the Bribery Commission Balapatabendi , appointed by ex president Mahinda Rajapakse protected all the rogues ,hence  it was the hope of the people that the new bribery commission will uphold laws and mete out justice.Yet , among  the commissioners newly appointed there is one commissioner who was in the Commission earlier too , therefore suspicions have been aroused now that it is on his  pressures  the inquiring officers of the Commission did not arrest Rohitha Abeygunawardena .

It is also reported that this same commissioner previously  too hindered  and hampered the inquiring officers when conducting investigations in respect of Abeygunawardena.

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by     (2016-02-17 16:41:51)