As chief magistrate Ruwan Pathirana was on leave, district court judge Sanjeewa Somaratne put off the hearing until October 04.
Basil is accused of misusing state money on the 17-acre land and the house constructed there.
The government’s valuation of the property at no. 111/03 Pugoda, Malwana is Rs. 200.3 million.
On 25 November 2010, a relative of Basil had bought the land for Rs. 64 million and built a house.
Later, the relative had sold it to architect Muditha Jayakody, who has told the FCID that he owned the house built with Basil’s money.
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