The Police Financial Crimes Investigations (FCID) today informed the Colombo Magistrate’s Court that an investigation has been launched regarding 8 individuals including MP Namal Rajapaksa on the charge of violating the Money Laundering Act.
The investigation is being carried out based on a complaint filed with the Anti-Corruption Secretariat by JVP North Central Provincial Councilor Wasantha Samarasinghe.
The complaint claims that Namal Rajapaksa, the eldest son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, had purchased a certain private company for over Rs 150 million using money obtained through illicit methods.
Therefore the police also requested the court to issue an order prohibiting the individuals connected to the case, excluding Namal Rajapaksa, from leaving the country.
Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris issued an order preventing the 7 individuals from the leaving the country and also ordered to freeze the bank accounts of 4 financial institutions connected to the private company in question.
