Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- The case against former Finance Minister and Member of Parliament Ravi Karunanayake, who is accused of causing a loss to the Government by paying the salaries of three employees, recruited purportedly for a special project of the Ministry of Finance, using funds of the National Lotteries Board, was postponed until February 23 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Liyanwarsha Vithana.

The Magistrate also ordered that notice be issued on the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), as no representative of the Commission appeared before court when the case was taken up today.

The allegations relate to the period from January 12, 2015, to May 22, 2017, during which Karunanayake served as the ...