Minister orders to sack five employees
Sakunthala Jayasinghe and Ananda Pathiraja- North
Central Province corr.
Co-operatives and Internal Trade Minister Johnston Fernando ordered
the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) Chairman Rumi Marzook to take
action to dismiss immediately five CAA employees who were engaged in
extorting money from vendors in Padaviya.
The Padaviya Police arrested five suspects for extorting money from
the traders in areas Padaviya, Siripura, Parakramapura and
Kebithigollawa.
These suspects were employers at the CAA office in Vavuniya and they
were dismissed by the CAA Chairman Rumi Marzook receiving confirmation
that they have violated trade norms. The Minister stressed that stern
action would be taken without concerning the position if employees were
found to be conducting malpractices at any institution under the purview
of the Ministry. |