Former Minister Rohith Abeygunawardena appeared before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC) to give a statement over a complaint on the ceremony to fill water to the Hambantota Port held in 2010.

He was then the Project Minister of Ports and Shipping in the Mahinda Rajapaksa government.