Srilanka, May 16 -- The Bribery Commission today requested the Colombo Chief Magistrate to cancel the bail granted to Badulla District Parliamentarian Chamara Sampath Dassanayake and to have him remanded again in connection with financial irregularities he allegedly committed during his tenure as a member of the Uva Provincial Council in 2016.

In a motion filed before court, the Bribery Commission alleged that the suspect, through his wife, had interfered with the ongoing investigations by requesting former President Ranil Wickremesinghe to hold a media conference. The Bribery Commission alleged that at this media conference, the former President is said to have made false statements regarding the incident, effectively exonerating the s...