Namal Rajapaksa’s money laundering case transferred to HC

Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday ended up the Magistrate Court Case against UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa and five others of the Gower’s Corporate Services (Pvt) Limited over the allegations of money laundering charges involving a sum based on Rs.30 million transaction through the company.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Dulani Amarasinghe said that since the case had transferred to the Colombo High Court, the Chief Magistrate’s Court could end the case and advised the suspects to present at the High Court for the case hearings.

However, during the previous hearing, the Colombo High Court had

The Chief Magistrate’s Court could end the case and advised the suspects to present at the High Court for the case hearings

served indictments on Namal Rajapaksa and two other attached to the Gower’s Corporate Services (Pvt) Limited. The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court had taken up the two cases against six suspects including Namal Rajapaksa for their alleged involvement in money laundering amounting to Rs.45 million in two companies owned by him

On previous hearings, Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) informed Court that investigations revealed that MP Namal Rajapaksa had been allegedly involved in money laundering to the amount of Rs.15 million at NR Consultation (Pvt) Limited and another Rs.30 million in Gower’s Corporation (Pvt) Limited.

In the second case, Namal Rajapaksa, Indika Prabath Karunajeewa, Senani Samaranayake, Sudarshana Bandara Ganegoda and Iresha Silva were named as suspects by the FCID.

Taking the second case on Court, the FCID had informed that they had asked to submit the accounts details of the two Australia-based suspects Indika Prabath Karunajeewa and Iresha Silva, who are permanent residents of Australia.