The Kurunegala High Court today released former minister of cooperatives and internal trade Johnston Fernando and two other defendants, who were charged with misusing Rs. 5 million from the state-owned wholesale network Lanka Sathosa during his tenure as the Co-operatives and Internal Trade Minister.
Johnston Fernando was accused of issuing orders to the Yanthampalawa, Wehera and Mallawapitiya Sathosa Outlets to release a stock of goods worth 5.2 million rupees and that these goods had been used for election propaganda work for his son, Johan Fernando during the last Northwestern Council elections held in September 2013.
Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID) of police arrested Johnston Fernando and two others in May 2015 and charged over the alleged financial misappropriation.
The two other defendants who were remanded along with Former Minister Johnston Fernando are former Sathosa Chairman Nalin Fernando and Johnston Fernando's Private Secretary Raj Mohamed Shakir.
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