Former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and seven other suspects have been further remanded over the purported importation of inferior Immune Globulin vaccines.
The group was further remanded until May 20, 2024, by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court today.
However, the 11th suspect named in the case, Deputy Director of the Supplies Division of the Health Ministry Dr. Thusitha Sudarshana, was granted bail.
The suspects were arrested and remanded after the Criminal Investigations Department commenced an investigation into allegations that a pharmaceutical company had imported 22,500 vials of substandard Immune Globulin vaccines by creating forged documents with the assistance of the two senior state officials.
Investigations revealed that financial fraud of Rs. 130 million had occurred via the imports of the said substandard medicine, under the tenure of Keheliya Rambukwella as Health Minister.
Based on the investigations, several Health Ministry officials, including Rambukwella, were arrested and remanded over the matter, while Rambukwella’s revision application seeking bail has been rejected several times by the Colombo High Court. (Newswire)
