Sri Lanka, March 19 -- The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption today informed the Colombo Magistrate's Court that former SriLankan Airlines Chief Executive Officer Kapila Chandrasena had stated, in a statement to the Commission, that a sum of Rs. 60 million received as a bribe in the controversial 2016 Airbus transaction was handed over to then President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption informed court that, according to the statement by the suspect, a sum of Rs. 60 million that he had received was allegedly paid in three instalments to former Executive President Mahinda Rajapaksa, while a further sum of Rs. 20 million had been given to former Civil Aviation M...