Trial against Gota and six others fixed for Jan.22

The Special High Court trial– at-bar fixed for January 22, 2019 the trial at which former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and six others have been charged with misappropriating public funds worth Rs.33.9 million to build the D.A. Rajapaksa Museum and Memorial in Medamulana.

However, the case will be called on January 3 to ascertain whether the defence had received from the prosecution copies of some documents listed in the indictments.

The Attorney General had filed indictments on seven counts against the seven accused -- Mr. Rajapaksa, Land Reclamation and Development Corporation Chairman Prasad Harshan de Silva, Bhadra Udulawathi Kamaladasa, Sudammika Keminda Artigala, Saman Kumara Abraham Galappatti, Devage Mahinda Saliya and Srimathi Mallika Kumari Senadheera.