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Court postpones case against Wickremesinghe over UK visit spending
A Colombo court has deferred proceedings in a case alleging misuse of public funds for former President Ranil Wickremesinghe's 2023 UK visit. The case will resume on 9 December.
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Colombo Fort Acting Magistrate Kingsley Hettiarachchi postponed the case yesterday, which involves allegations that approximately Rs 16 million in public funds were misappropriated during Wickremesinghe's September 2023 visit to the United Kingdom.
Wickremesinghe and former Presidential Secretary Saman Ekanayake appeared before the court in connection with the charges. Both were produced for the hearing but the magistrate deferred the case to allow for further proceedings.
The case centres on the manner in which expenditure for the former president's official UK visit was incurred and allocated. Investigators have been examining whether proper procedures were followed in the disbursement of state funds related to the journey.
The resumption of proceedings is scheduled for 9 December, when the court will hear further arguments and evidence in the matter.