SLC official charged for attempt to bribe Minister Harin Fernando
View(s):The International Cricket Council (ICC) has charged Sanath Jayasundara with two counts of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.
Jayasundara, a performance analyst at Sri Lanka Cricket, has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect.
The charges are as follows:
Article 2.1.3 – offering a bribe or other reward to the Sri Lankan Sports Minister to contrive in any way or otherwise influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of an International Match OR (in the alternative)
Article 2..1.1 – contriving in any way or otherwise influencing improperly the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of an International Match
AND
2. Article 2.4.7 – obstructing or delaying an ACU investigation into possible corrupt conduct under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code
He has 14 days to respond to the charges. He becomes the fifth Sri Lanka to be charged under the Anti-Corruption code the footsteps of, Sanath Jayasuriya, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Nuwan Zoysa and Avishka Gunawardena.