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CIABOC receives record number of complaints in first 6 months
View(s):By Namini Wijedasa
The cumulative number of complaints received by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) as of June this year was close to the annual total received in many previous years, the Commission’s 2025 second quarter performance report presented to Parliament this week reveals.
The rise across 2024 and the first six months of 2025 is attributed by the commission to its awareness campaigns and enhanced public interest following the passing of the Anti-Corruption Act of 2023.
Accordingly, the cumulative number of complaints received up to the second quarter of this year is 3,022; while it was 4,267 during the full year of 2024 and 3,431 during the full year of 2023. The rate of complaints lodged with the commission also saw a sharp increase during the first half of 2025, particularly as the total received in the first three months was 1,267.
The case filing rate also accelerated significantly in the second quarter (from April to June) of 2025, the report shows. While just 21 cases were filed from January to March, the cumulative total reached 50 cases by the end of the second quarter. The number of convictions also doubled between the first quarter (11 convicted) and the end of the second quarter (24 convicted).
In terms of classification, bribery topped the list with 28 cases, followed by corruption (15 cases) and 7 illegally earned assets cases. The number of pending cases rose steadily throughout 2025, increasing from 259 at the end of 2024, to 273 by the end of the second quarter this year.
Meanwhile, by the end of March this year, there were 15 successful raids. This figure nearly doubled cumulatively to 27 successful raids by the end of June.
The second quarter report also provides details of apprehensions outside of raids, a category that was not itemized in the 2024 report. The arrests are classified as “suspects arrested, excluding those arrested in raids”.
Among the high-profile names are former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella (in relation to four cases); former Uva Province Chief Minister Chamara Sampath Dassanayake (in relation to three cases); former Central Provincial Council Opposition Leader D H Chanaka Ailapperuma; former Uva Province Chief Secretary R M Sunil Gamini; former Chairman of the Land Reclamation and Development Corporation L P Harshana de Silva; former Ceylon Fisheries Harbour Corporation Chairman W I S C Kumara Fernando; former Lindula Municipal Council Chairman Anagipura Ashoka Sepala; and another former Chairman of Ceylon Fisheries Harbour Corporation Upali Liyanage.
The others are Anthony Nishantha Wickramasinghe, former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines; former Ministry of Agriculture Additional Secretary Mahesh Lakshman Gammanpila; former Health Ministry Secretary S Janaka Sri Chandraguptha; former Walallawita Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Atukorale Don Udeni Priyanga; former Dompe Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman V P M Sajith Jayatillake; former Kundasale Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Ekanayake Walawwe Asela.
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