Namal Money Laundering Case Referred to February

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Colombo Magistrate's Court today ordered that the money laundering case filed against Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa and three others be called again on February 11.

The case has been filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, alleging that Rs. 15 million purportedly earned through unlawful means while serving as a Member of Parliament was invested in a company named NR Consultancy.

The charges have been brought against Namal Rajapaksa as well as the company's directors, Nithya Senani Samaranayake, Sujani Bogalagama and Sudarshana Ganegoda.

The case was taken up this morning before Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama.

During proceedings, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) informed court that steps had been taken to obtain instructions from the Attorney General regarding the legal action to be pursued against the suspects.

Investigators told court that the Attorney General's advice has not yet been received and requested a further date for the matter.

After considering the submissions, the Chief Magistrate fixed February 11 as the next hearing date.

Meanwhile, although Namal Rajapaksa remains in remand custody in relation to other proceedings, he was not produced before open court today as there was no court order requiring his production for this particular case.