Former Minister Corruption Sentencing
Former Civil Aviation Minister Piyankara Jayaratne has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court on corruption and bribery charges. The case involves allegations related to SriLankan Catering and payments.
Nothing says "breaking news" like five Twitter accounts discovering the same sentence and treating it like they just uncovered Atlantis. At this point, the story's had more reposts than the former minister had opportunities to say "no thanks" to that Rs. 320,000.
BREAKING: Former Civil Aviation Minister Piyankara Jayaratne has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court after being found guilty of a corruption charge, according to reports. https://t.co/MX8v9AlycH
Former Minister Piyankara Jayaratne has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court over bribery charges. The allegation relates to an incident in which SriLankan Catering released a sum of Rs. 320,000 following a request made by the https://t.co/bqAIu3NgV4
Former Minister Piyankara Jayaratne has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court. #lka #SriLanka https://t.co/gCHcuhLB4a
Piyankara Jayaratne sentenced to 7 years’ rigorous imprisonment for corruption 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 👇 https://t.co/oMDTe2iZ1z #SriLanka #News
BREAKING: Former Civil Aviation Minister Piyankara Jayaratne has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court after being found guilty of a corruption charge, according to reports. https://t.co/JjPXnV8IiX