Former Minister A.H.M. Fowzie was sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment, suspended for 10 years, by the Colombo High Court on August 27.
Fowzie, who pleaded guilty to misusing a luxury vehicle from the Ministry of Disaster Management, also faces a Rs. 400,000 fine.
The court found that Fowzie had used the vehicle, valued at nearly Rs. 20 million, for personal use and misappropriated nearly Rs. 1 million in maintenance funds.
Despite his guilty plea and advanced age of 86, the court opted for a lenient sentence, citing his long political career and early admission of guilt.