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Namal Rajapaksa remanded over Airbus deal

From Lankadeepa · () Sinhala

Translated from Sinhala and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Former Sri Lankan minister and parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa was arrested in connection with an Airbus transaction.
  • Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama ordered him held in remand custody until Sept. 18.

Former minister and parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has been ordered to remain in remand custody until Sept. 18 in connection with an Airbus transaction.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama issued the order after Rajapaksa’s arrest. The report gives no further details about the allegations or the transaction.

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Originally published by Lankadeepa in Sinhala. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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