Trial-at-Bar on substandard medicine scandal: From Courtroom spectacle to legal scrutiny | Daily FT
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“senior officials of the Ministry of Health, alongside the then Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella, were escorted into court amid allegations surrounding the procurement of allegedly substandard medicines”
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Multiple independent news sources (Ceylon Today, Newswire, The Island) confirm that former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and other officials were indicted and appeared in court regarding the procurement of substandard medicines.
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“normal procurement procedures had been bypassed, resulting in the importation of allegedly substandard Human Immunoglobulin and Rituximab stocks”
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The Island and Newswire report indictments specifically regarding the procurement of 'fake human immunoglobulin' and other medicines, and the context of the legal proceedings involves irregular purchase processes.
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— Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It is located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, a…
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— Deputy Solicitor General Lakmini Girihagama informed the court that the Government Printer had notified the prosecution that each printed set of indictments and annexures in the immunoglobulin procure…
https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/front-page/Rs-144Mn-Immunog…
https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/front-page/Rs-144Mn-Immunog…
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— Glucocorticoids and antibiotic therapy were initiated, with no response. Intravenous immunoglobulin was then used with a rapid and exuberant response, anticipating a promising role of this therapy in …
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34183316/
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“the matter has now moved before the Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar”
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Three separate sources (Ceylon Today, Newswire, The Island) explicitly state that the case is before the Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar (or Permanent Trial-at-Bar).
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— The Permanent Trial-at-Bar at the Colombo High Court, yesterday (16), ordered the release on bail of ten out of twelve accused, including former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, who have been ind…
https://ceylontoday.lk/2025/09/17/substandard-medicine-impor…
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— The Colombo Permanent Trial-at-Bar has issued summons for 12 accused, including former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, regarding the case overContinue Reading.
https://www.newswire.lk/2025/07/07/summons-issued-to-keheliy…
https://www.newswire.lk/2025/07/07/summons-issued-to-keheliy…
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— The Attorney General’s Department has filed indictments, before a three-judge bench of the Colombo High Court, against former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and 11 others over the procurement of…
https://island.lk/fake-cancer-drugs-and-hydra-headed-problem…
https://island.lk/fake-cancer-drugs-and-hydra-headed-problem…
“Deputy Solicitor General Lakmini Girihagama, who leads the prosecution, has consistently maintained that the procurement process was unlawfully manipulated and that public funds amounting to over Rs. 144 million were fraudulently misused”
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Multiple sources identify Deputy Solicitor General Lakmini Girihagama as the prosecutor. One source specifically mentions a 'Rs. 144 Mn scam' and another mentions her testimony regarding the procurement process taking place despite sufficient stocks.
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— Deputy Solicitor General Lakmini Girihagama informed the court that the Government Printer had notified the prosecution that each printed set of indictments and annexures in the immunoglobulin procure…
https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/front-page/Rs-144Mn-Immunog…
https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/front-page/Rs-144Mn-Immunog…
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— Deputy Solicitor General Lakmini Girihagama told the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court that the test results confirmed both medicines contained substances harmful to human health.
https://www.newswire.lk/2025/06/19/german-lab-confirms-toxic…
https://www.newswire.lk/2025/06/19/german-lab-confirms-toxic…
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— Deputy Solicitor General Lakmini Girihagama informed court that even when the procurement process was taking place, there was sufficient stocks in the country for all medications except for 19 medicin…
https://english.newsfirst.lk/2024/02/16/keheliya-further-rem…
https://english.newsfirst.lk/2024/02/16/keheliya-further-rem…
“The prosecution has also relied heavily on laboratory findings that allegedly identified bacterial contamination in Human Immunoglobulin stocks and saline solution in place of active cancer medication”
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Evidence from the 'German lab' report cited by Deputy Solicitor General Lakmini Girihagama confirms that test results showed medicines contained substances harmful to human health (toxic water/saline instead of medicine), supporting the claim of contamination and substitution.
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— Saline (also known as saline solution) is a mixture of sodium chloride (salt) and water. It has several uses in medicine including cleaning wounds, removal and storage of contact lenses, and help with…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saline_(medicine)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saline_(medicine)
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— International expert panel concludes that Covid vaccines are contaminated with foreign DNA and that SV40, a cancer-promoting genetic sequence, has been found in the vaccines.
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