Sri Lanka president's case / Malaysia party member / India Uttar Pradesh complaints

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Corruption charges dropped as Gotabaya Rajapaksa has immunity as new Sri Lanka President.  “Corruption charges against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa were dropped on Thursday (Nov 21) by a court, which handed his passport back as he acquired immunity from prosecution after being elected last weekend.

The Straits Times: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/corruption-charges-dropped-against-immune-new-sri-lanka-president-gotabaya-rajapaksa

 

Sacked allegedly for graft, Bera PKR chief claims booted out without due process.  “Zakaria Abdul Hamid, who was expelled from the PKR party for alleged corruption claims, has claimed he was not given the chance to explain himself…[although the] disciplinary board chairman Datuk Ahmad Kassim said the decision…is with immediate effect after the party received a letter from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission dated October 23 on the allegations which are said to have happened during last year’s party elections.

Kenneth Lee/Malay Mail: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/11/25/sacked-allegedly-for-graft-bera-pkr-chief-claims-booted-out-without-due-pro/1812995   

 

Corruption in Agra Municipal Corporation, 2 state ministers file complaint.  “Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs Raosaheb Dadarao Danve… who also heads the Public Distribution Ministry as its MoS, had recently said that till October 31, he had received 807 complaints of corruption in the [Public Distribution System], out of which 328 were of Uttar Pradesh.”

Siraj Qureshi/India Today: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/up-agra-municipal-corporation-corruption-commission-complaints-1621347-2019-11-21

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