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Namal Rajapaksa has been remanded until September 18 following his arrest by Sri Lanka’s anti-graft commission Rajapaksa heir remanded in Airbus kickback case<\/p>\n Namal Rajapaksa has been remanded until September 18 following his arrest by Sri Lanka’s anti-graft commission Rajapaksa heir remanded in Airbus kickback case<\/p>\n
Namal Rajapaksa, the elder son of Sri Lanka\u2019s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/a>, was arrested by the island nation\u2019s anti-graft commission over alleged corruption linked to the purchase of Airbus aircraft for SriLankan Airlines.<\/p>\n Rajapaksa, 40, was asked to appear before the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) on Friday. He was arrested after more than five hours of questioning by the anti-graft commission before being presented before Magistrate Asanga S Boderagama. The Colombo magistrate remanded him till September 18, officials said.<\/p>\n The questioning of Namal Rajapaksa \u2014 a leader of the opposition Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) \u2014 was based on information that he had benefited USD 800,000 from the purchase of wide-bodied Airbus aircraft for SriLankan Airlines under his father\u2019s presidency, when commissions were deposited into various bank accounts.<\/p>\n This was the first remand of a Rajapaksa from the former first family since the current National People\u2019s Power government came into power two years ago.<\/p>\n Namal Rajapaksa\u2019s cousin Shashindra Rajapaksa is currently on bail, having been remanded early this year.<\/p>\n Namal Rajapaksa had announced plans to organise the first of a major anti-government public rally on September 12 in the north central town of Anuradhapura.<\/p>\n The SLPP claimed his remand was the government\u2019s plan to scuttle the rally and his opposition campaign against the government.<\/p>\n Namal Rajapaksa\u2019s siblings are also facing various charges of wrongdoing, which they all claim are political witch hunts.<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s arrest and remand came after the arrest by the CIABOC of Johnston Fernando, a former Cabinet member of the Rajapaksa governments between 2005 and 2023. He was charged with misusing public funds to install seating at a conference hall named after Mahinda Rajapaksa in the central district of Kandy.<\/p>\n For all the latest updates, download PGurus App<\/a>.<\/p>\n We are a team of focused individuals with expertise in at least one of the following fields viz. Journalism, Technology, Economics, Politics, Sports & Business. We are factual, accurate and unbiased.<\/p>\n ![\"Team](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pgurus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gravatar\/p_200.png?w=250&ssl=1\")
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