The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has ordered the issuance of open warrants for the arrest of Shamindra Rajapaksa, son of former minister Chamal Rajapaksa and a former board member of SriLankan Airlines, and Priyanka Neomali Wijenayaka, wife of former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Kapila Chandrasena. 

The warrants were issued after the suspects failed to appear before the court in relation to ongoing proceedings linked to alleged bribery involving the procurement of Airbus aircraft for SriLankan Airlines.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama issued the warrants after considering a request made by the Bribery Commission.

The Magistrate also ordered that this directive be sent to all airports in Sri Lanka, instructing the Controller of Immigration and Emigration to arrest the suspects if they arrive in the country and to inform the Bribery Commission accordingly.

On March 12, Former SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena was arrested by the Bribery Commission over the alleged acceptance of a USD 2 million bribe linked to the Airbus aircraft deal. (Newswire)

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Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa has left the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) after recording a statement for over 05 hours regarding investigations into a SriLankan Airlines Airbus deal.  

MP Rajapaksa reported to the CID at 09.00 this morning to record a statement into the 2013 deal involving SriLankan Airlines.

The CID’s investigation focuses on the alleged corruption surrounding the 2013 transaction to purchase 10 Airbus aircraft.

The deal came under scrutiny after a UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation revealed that 16.84 million in bribes were paid as part of the agreement.

It was further uncovered that 2 million was deposited into a Brunei account linked to the wife of the CEO of SriLankan Airlines at the time, with additional funds transferred to other accounts. 

The CID launched an investigation into the matter previously, after which the former CEO of SriLankan Airlines and his wife were arrested in 2020 and later released on bail. (Newswire)

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Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa has arrived at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to provide a statement over investigations related to a SriLankan Airlines Airbus deal.  

The CID’s investigation focuses on the alleged corruption surrounding the 2013 transaction to purchase 10 Airbus aircraft.

The deal has come under scrutiny after a UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation revealed that 16.84 million in bribes were paid as part of the agreement.

It was further uncovered that 2 million was deposited into a Brunei account linked to the wife of the CEO of SriLankan Airlines at the time, with additional funds transferred to other accounts. (Newswire) 

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