Susantha Fernando sends Letter of Demand to Bribery Commission

Sarath MALALASEKERA

Foreign Employment Bureau former Chairman and M.D. of Bartleet Finance Ltd. Susantha Fernando has sent a letter of demand claiming a sum of Rs. 200m from the Director General of Bribery and Corruption for causing damage to his dignity and reputation by arresting him and proceeding against him on or about December 12, 2003.

Senior Counsel J.J. Rajakaruna for Susantha Fernando stated in the letter of demand that the institution of judicial proceedings against his client was done maliciously and without reasonable and probable cause.

It’s further stated judicial proceedings in the Magistrate’s Court No. 1 received much public attention in the electronic and print media. Such proceedings were unduly protracted and belatedly terminated on August 1, 2007 in view the fact that there were no material warranting institution of such proceedings against his client -Susantha Fernando.