Former President’s Chief of Staff Gamini Senerath, former Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Managing Director Piyadasa Kudabalage and former Samurdhi Commissioner Neil Bandara Hapuwinna were this morning released on bail by the Colombo Magistrates’ Court today.

The three men stand accused under the Public Property Act for misuse of Rs. 4 billlion of government funds.

At a previous date, Gamini Senerath, Piyadasa Kudabalage and Neil Bandara Hapuwinna had filed Fundamental Rights petitions at the court seeking to prevent their arrest.

The three men were banned from leaving the country by the Colombo Fort Magistrate..