Friday Oct 30, 2026
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The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday ordered that the money laundering case against MP Namal Rajapaksa and three others, involving Rs. 15 million, be called again on 11 February, 2027.
Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama made the order after the Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) Financial Crimes Division told the court that extracts of the investigation had been sent to the Attorney General for legal advice. The CID sought a further date to obtain the Attorney General’s instructions.
The Magistrate directed investigators to report on the progress of the investigation on 11 February.
The case concerns allegations that Rs. 15 million believed to have been obtained through illicit means was invested in N.R. Consultancy Company, an offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Investigations began after Anti-Corruption Voice Convener Wasantha Samarasinghe lodged a complaint with the Financial Crimes Division on 28 July, 2015, alleging criminal misappropriation and money laundering.
The case has been filed against Rajapaksa, Nithya Senani Samaranayake, Sujani Bogollagama and Sudarshana Bandara Ganegoda. Rajapaksa had not been ordered to appear in court yesterday, while the other three suspects appeared before the Magistrate.
