Namal Rajapaksa indicted on 24 charges over Airbus transaction

Newswire, Newsfirst, Newsfirst (සිංහල), WhatNews (සිංහල) and Hiru News (සිංහල) report that Colombo’s Chief Magistrate’s Court scheduled February 11 for the next hearing in a money-laundering case involving MP Namal Rajapaksa and three others. Newsfirst and Newsfirst (සිංහල) say the case is brought under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

WhatNews (සිංහල) and Ada Derana (සිංහල) report that police told the court that the Attorney General’s advice had not yet been received. Newsfirst (සිංහල) reports that Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama set the date on October 29. Newswire and Newsfirst say the alleged amount is Rs. 15 million; Ada Derana (தமிழ்) reports an allegation that money obtained unlawfully during Rajapaksa’s parliamentary service was invested in a private company.

Daily Mirror reports that a bail application before a three-judge High Court bench was not taken up because the prosecution did not appear. Sri Lanka Mirror reports that the Colombo Magistrate’s Court set November 3 to issue its order on an application filed for Rajapaksa, and reports that he is in remand custody over the alleged Krrish deal. Tamilmirror reports that an order on the application was postponed, without giving further detail.

Ada Derana reports that the money-laundering case is to be taken up in February 2027.