Thilini Priyamali to appear before prison tribunal

Thilini Priyamali, the owner of Thico Group of Companies Pvt Ltd., who is in remand custody on charges of misappropriation of large sums of money, will appear before a prison tribunal presided over by Colombo Additional District Judge today (13).

She will be charged with having a mobile phone in her possession while being held in custody at Welikada prison. The Fort Magistrate Court remanded Priyamali.

Priyamali’s mobile phone was confiscated by the Prison Emergency Response Unit on 9 October during a search of the women’s section of the Welikada Prison.

The Prison Emergency Response Unit, according to Prison Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake, launched an investigation in collaboration with the Welikada Prison authorities. According to the findings revealed through the investigation, it was said that the suspect, Priyamali, received the phone from another woman and information is being sought from the officers and of the women’s section in this connection.