The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) conducted an awareness session on June 9, 2025, at the Civil Aviation Authority main auditorium in Katunayake, focused on preventing bribery and corruption in specialized operating areas within the Civil Aviation Authority.

The Commission has organised a series of Corruption Prevention Programmes for officers of the National Water Supply and Drainage Board, with another session held on 17 June 2025 at their office in Nawala. Mr. Sampath Arachchige, Prevention Officer of the Commission, shared valuable insights with attendees on the concept of integrity and emphasised the role and responsibilities of an efficient and effective public officer. He also briefed them on the Anti-Corruption Act, No. 9 of 2023, and laws related to bribery, corruption, and unlawful accumulation of assets. Furthermore, he explained the role of the Internal Affairs Units, and before concluding the programme, addressed the questions raised by the participants.

North Division) arrested over allegations of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 180,000/- The Commission’s Investigation Officers arrested a Police Constable and a Constable driver of the Police Crime Division on 9 th July 2025 for accepting a bribe of Rs. 180,000 from a three-wheeler driver. The arrest was made based on a complaint lodged by the three-wheeler driver. 

Following a complaint lodged by a businessman from Bandarawela, a Development Officer and a driver attached to the Office of the Registrar of Pesticides, Peradeniya, were arrested around 1.30 p.m. on 3rd July 2025 on charges of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 10,000. It was alleged that they solicited the bribe to cover fuel expenses for their vehicle, which was needed to visit the complainant’s residence in order to obtain samples of pesticides, fungicides, and plant hormones to register his business.

Former Deputy Economic Development Minister and Special Projects Minister, S.M. Chandrasena, was arrested by the Commission on 04 th July 2025. In 2014, the Government imported seed corn worth Rs. 25 million to be given to poor farmers in the Anuradhapura District at a subsidised price. The former Minister exerted undue influence on the Director (Planning) and other officers of the District Secretariat and distributed seeds through his political allies to gain an advantage in the 2015 Presidential Election and incurred a loss to the government.

Deputy Commissioner of the IRD Jawatta City Branch, K. C. K. Kumara, was arrested by the Commission’s Investigation Officers on 7 th July 2025 for accepting a bribe of Rs. 50,000 from a businessman in Piliyandala. The arrest was made based on a complaint lodged by the businessman. According to him, he requested the Tax Clearance Report for 2025 for an institution he operates in Dematagoda, and the said Deputy Commissioner, informing him of tax arrears of Rs. 1,100,000, demanded Rs. 100,000 as a bribe to issue the Tax Clearance Report for 2025, removing the arrears. The bribe amount was subsequently reduced to Rs. 50,000, and on 3 rd July, he accepted Rs. 42,000 from it. The arrest took place at the said IRD office while receiving the balance of Rs. 8,000.

Based on a complaint lodged by a resident of Kaduruwela, Polonnaruwa, Investigation Officers of the Commission, on 04th July 2025, arrested a Quazi Judge and a Clerk of the Kaduruwela Quazi Court over allegations of soliciting and accepting a bribe of Rs. 100,000/- in exchange for delivering the judgement of the divorce case the complainant filed in the Kaduruwela Quazi Court against her husband on 18th July 2025 in her favour.

A Prevention Programme, themed “Towards a Country of Integrity”, was held on 6th June 2025 for Staff Grade officers of the Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation. The programme took place in the auditorium at the “Maga Neguma Mahamedura” premises.

Nissanka Jeewaka Kandula Silva, Summons Server and Writ Executor of the Chilaw District/Magistrate’s Court, was arrested by the Commission at around 10.05 a.m. on 25th June 2025, in connection with an ongoing investigation into a bribery incident. He accepted Rs. 610,000 from an individual, promising to attend to matters related to the release of his tractor soon, which was a production in a case pending in the Anamaduwa Magistrate’s Court.

Former Secretary to the Health Ministry, Seemahewage Janaka Sri Chandraguptha, was arrested by the Commission at around 1:17 p.m. on June 26, 2025, in connection with an investigation into the unlawful accumulation of assets.

The commission is conducting investigations into vehicles that have been illegally registered with the Department of Motor Traffic, bypassing Customs clearance procedures. On 1st July 2025, officers of the Commission arrested the former Commissioner-General of the Motor Traffic Department, Nishantha Anuruddha Weerasinghe, for approving the issuance of a number plate to a Toyota Jeep registered in this manner. Retired Assistant Director (ICT) Brahmana Wasala Priyantha Bandara Eriyagama, who facilitated entry of the relevant data and Attharagama Gedara Dhammika Niroshan, the Clerk who entered the data, were also arrested.

Former Chairman of the Ceylon Fishery Harbour Corporation, Upali Liyanage, was arrested by the Commission’s Investigation Officers at 8.50 a.m. on 27th June 2025, in connection with a corruption investigation. The Chairman has caused a loss of Rs. 26,230,498.62 to the government by violating the procurement procedures in approving the unsolicited proposal submitted by the Korean Company, Seo Woo Co. Ltd., for mining and purifying sand in fisheries harbour basins to be sold in the local market, and by hiring the dredger “Weligouwawa” belonging to Ceylon Fishery Harbour Corporation, to the same company without a proper contract.