Yesterday, the Colombo High Court Judge, Pradeep Hettiarachchi lifted the imposed travel ban on Namal Rajapaksa. He is due to stand trial on February 10 having been arrested on money laundering charges.
The court case accuses Namal’s embezzlement of Rs. 70 million through a firm named the Gowers Corporate between 2013 – 2014. He was subsequently arrested by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division in 2016.
Read the Colombo Page reporting here.
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