Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- Colombo Additional Magistrate Liyan Warushavithana today (03) issued a notice directing the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption to appear before court on February 23 and present its position in the case filed against former Minister Ravi Karunanayake and former National Lotteries Board Chairperson Shyamila Perera.

The case concerns allegations that three employees recruited for a special project of the National Lotteries Board were deployed for political activities, causing a financial loss to the government.

The notice was issued after the Commission failed to appear before court today (03), when the case was taken up for a progress report.

As the complainant was also absent from court, ...