Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna MP Namal Rajapaksa has been further remanded until September 30 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court in connection with the money laundering investigation linked to the SriLankan Airlines Airbus transaction.
Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena deferred the ruling on Rajapaksa’s bail application after seeking clarification from the prosecution on three matters connected to parallel investigations into the Airbus transaction, according to court reports.
The court sought clarification on whether the money laundering investigation and the investigation under anti-bribery laws are being conducted jointly; whether the case before the Fort Magistrate’s Court should be transferred to the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court; and whether the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has filed a certificate under Section 149 of the Anti-Corruption Act in the case before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.
Deputy Solicitor General Janaka Bandara informed court that such a certificate had been filed in the case before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court and said the prosecution intended to provide written submissions on the other matters raised.
The Magistrate ordered the prosecution to provide the requested clarifications on September 30 and said the order on Rajapaksa’s bail application would be delivered after considering them.
Rajapaksa had earlier been named as the fourth suspect in the Fort Magistrate’s Court case involving alleged financial irregularities and money laundering linked to the purchase of Airbus aircraft for SriLankan Airlines.
Separately, Rajapaksa is also facing proceedings before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court following a CIABOC investigation into allegations that he received Rs. 100 million connected to the Airbus transaction. The prosecution has previously told court that the investigation was being conducted jointly by CIABOC and the CID. (Newswire)
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