Money Laundering Case Against Wele Suda & 4 Others Fixed for Trial

The Attorney General had filed indictments against three accused,  which included controversial drug dealer Gampola Vidanage Samantha Kumara alias Wele Suda and his wife. They were charged for laundering of black money to the tune of Rs. 190 million in 2006 under 57 charges comes under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

It is relevant to mention that convicted drug dealer Wele Suda  was sentenced to death by Colombo High Court  and in the death row  was produced before  the Court  by the prison authorities.

In earlier occasion, the Colombo High Court had rejected preliminary objections raised by the counsels  appeared on behalf of three accused over this indictment filed against them by the Attorney General under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

The case was fixed for trial on December 14 by High Court Judge Sampath Wijeratne.