Sri Lanka, June 9 -- Former Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage's lawyers have filed an appeal before the Supreme Court against the sentence imposed by the Colombo High Court in May.

Former Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted in a case involving the alleged unlawful purchase of 14,000 Carrom boards and 11,000 draughts boards during the 2015 presidential election period, and causing a loss of over Rs. 53 million to the government by distributing them among sports clubs, has filed an appeal against the sentence in the Supreme Court.

The appeal has been filed through Attorney-at-Law Sanath Wijewardena and has been submitted to the Colombo High Court for presentation to t...