In Money Laundering  Case Namal’s Evidence to be Recorded in September.

A  case was filed  in the Colombo High Court by the Attorney General against MP Namal Rajapaksa and five others for illegally generating cash amounting to  Rs 30 million  in a transaction carried out between a company owned by MP Rajapaksa and another firm. They were charged under the Money Laundering Act.

When the case  was taken up today , the Colombo High Court ordered the evidence hearing in the case against  them to be heard on the 18th of September. The order was issued by High Court Judge Piyasena Ranasinghe this morning.

The second and fourth suspects in the case are currently overseas and evidence is being called to determine,  if the case can proceed in their absence.

In the meantime, MP Namal Rajapaksa and the fourth suspect in the case today requested Court’s approval to travel to Russia from the 14th to the 21st of October.

The High Court judge informed that a decision on granting approval for travel will be announced on the 18th of September.