Bribery Commission questions Appeal Court Judge Nawaz

MONDAY, 03 OCTOBER 2016

A statement has been recorded by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption from Appeal Court Judge A.H.M.D. Nawaz on a complaint made by the Attorney General’s Department to the Commission regarding the manner he acted on a file on an investigation handed over to him when he was serving the Attorney General’s Department as a Deputy Solicitor General.

Mr. Navaz’s statement has been recorded by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption on information revealed after recording statements from senior advocates who had served under Mr. Navaz.

Mr. Navaz was appointed a magistrate of the Court of Appeal during the term of the retired President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The Judicial Service Commission too was under Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa then.