Court fixes case against Ranil Wickremesinghe and Saman Ekanayake for December 9
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The Fort Magistrate's Court on Wednesday (11) ordered that the case against former President Ranil Wickremesinghe and former Presidential Secretary Saman Ekanayake be called on December 9 for the Attorney General's advice.
Acting Magistrate Kingsley Hettiarachchi issued the order following submissions by the Criminal Investigation Department. Both Wickremesinghe and Ekanayake appeared before the open court.
The CID filed the case over the alleged misuse of over Rs. 16.6 million in state funds for Wickremesinghe to travel to London for his wife's graduation ceremony during his presidency.
