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AG yet to advise on Namal money laundering case

25 Mar 2022

  • Case to be taken up on 4 August
BY Buddhika Samaraweera Colombo Acting Chief Magistrate Chandima Liyanage yesterday (24) ordered to take up on 4 August the case filed against Youth and Sports, and Development Co-ordination and Monitoring Minister and Digital Technology and Enterprise Development State Minister Namal Rajapaksa and four other suspects by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) for allegedly illegally earning a sum of Rs. 15 million, in order to seek the Attorney General’s (AG) advice. The case was taken up yesterday and Rajapaksa also appeared in court. The FCID informed the court that although the said case has been referred to the AG’s Department, the AG’s advice has not yet been received. The FCID has filed the case against Rajapaksa and four other suspects, alleging that Rajapaksa had committed an offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act by illegally earning a sum of Rs. 15 million while being a Member of Parliament. The FCID had further informed the court that the said suspects have invested the said money in a consultancy firm. Rajapaksa, Sudharshana Bandara, Nithya Senani Samaranayake, and Sujani Bogollagama were named as suspects in the case by the FCID. In 2016, the FCID had filed charges against Rajapaksa and the other suspects after it was found that Rajapaksa, along with several others, had made the share purchase of the said firm after securing the funds, which fell under the money laundering category. He was arrested by the FCID on 11 July 2016, over his alleged involvement in another financial misappropriation case of Rs. 70 million.


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