Sri Lanka, March 27 -- The preliminary objections raised by the defence over the bribery case filed against former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and former State Printing Corporation (SPC) Chairman Jayampathi Heenkenda, was yesterday rejected by the Colombo High Court.
The order was delivered by Colombo High Court Judge Damith Thotawatta and the case was fixed for trial on July 22.
On a previous occasion, the Colombo High Court served indictments to the two accused alleging that they caused a loss to the government by paying nearly Rs. 230,000 from State Printing Corporation funds towards Rambukwella's mobile phone bill, while he was serving as Mass Media Minister in 2012.
Following serving the indictments, the accused were ordere...