Namal Rajapaksa Brought to Court Over Rs. 100M Airbus Bribery Case

COLOMBO (News1st); Namal Rajapaksa, the National Organizer of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and Member of Parliament, who is currently in remand custody, has been produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court.

Namal Rajapaksa, who was arrested on September 4, has been brought before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court in connection with a bribery case filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, over allegations that he accepted a Rs. 100 million bribe linked to the Airbus transaction.

Meanwhile, the case filed against Yoshitha Rajapaksa, accusing him of causing a loss to the government by being recruited as a Naval officer without proper educational qualifications and participating in a course in Britain, is scheduled to be heard today.