Indictments have been filed against MP Namal Rajapaksa and three others before the Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar in Colombo over allegations of money laundering and accepting a Rs. 100 million bribe in connection with the Airbus transaction.
Deputy Solicitor General Janaka Bandara informed Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama of the development when the case was taken up today (27).
The Deputy Solicitor General informed the Court that the indictments had been filed before the Permanent Three-Judge High Court with the approval of the Chief Justice.
He further stated that the indictment consists of 24 charges and 59 witnesses.
Accordingly, the Deputy Solicitor General informed the Magistrate that today was expected to be the final occasion on which the case would be taken up before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.
The case is scheduled to be taken up again before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court this afternoon (27). (Newswire)