Sri Lanka, Oct. 28 -- Former Board of Investment (BOI) Chairman Thilan Wijesinghe has sought an investigation as to how he came to be named in a High Court case where his lawyers could not trace any reference, in a list of 50 corruption cases tabled in Parliament, after Leader of the House Bimal Rathnayake withdrew his name last week, he said.

Rathnayake, who is also the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development, tabled the 10-page document on October 8 to counter claims that the Government was pursuing political revenge. The document detailed corruption, fraud and criminal cases involving former ministers, members of the Rajapaksa family, senior state officials and businessmen, with Wijesinghe appearing as the 50th and fina...