Sri Lanka, Oct. 15 -- The Supreme Court today decided to hear an appeal application in which former Deputy Minister and UPFA party organiser Shantha Premaratne was convicted of accepting a bribe from a former party supporter for employment.

Premaratne was the former Minister of Tourism and Aviation, Irrigation and Water Resources Management and Plan Implementation and Parliamentary Affairs.

A party supporter had complained to the Bribery Commission that he had taken Rs. 50,000 by promising her Son-in-Law employment at the Ceylon Electricity Board.

Premaratne denied the charge saying that the money was taken as a donation for the construction of the party headquarters in the Ampara District in 2007.

After a lengthy trial, Premaratne w...