The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has called for the removal of the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), alleging abuse of power and unlawful conduct in relation to legal proceedings involving former SriLankan Airlines Chairman Kapila Chandrasena.

SLPP General Secretary, Sagara Kariyawasam claimed that CIABOC had made an “illegal request” before court seeking the cancellation of Chandrasena’s bail over claims that unlawful sureties had been submitted.

Kariyawasam alleged that two individuals initially presented as sureties for Chandrasena had been rejected by the court registrar, after which two legally acceptable sureties were produced and bail was granted.

“The real situation is that the first two sureties were rejected by the court registrar. Thereafter, Kapila Chandrasena obtained bail by presenting two valid sureties without any legal issue,” he said.

He further claimed that the Bribery Commission later sought to have Chandrasena remanded again based on the assumption that the rejected sureties had been accepted by court.

“This request made before court by the Bribery Commission is completely unlawful. We have never seen the prosecuting party in a case show this level of interest regarding the suitability of sureties,” Kariyawasam said.