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Shiranthi and Rohitha visit Namal in Welikada prison

From Lankadeepa · () Sinhala

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

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News Named sources In the courts
  • Shiranthi Rajapaksa and several family members visited Namal Rajapaksa at Magazine Prison on September 7.
  • The prison department said they met him through the normal visitor procedure and then left.
  • Namal Rajapaksa remains in remand custody until September 18 over an alleged bribery case linked to the purchase of Airbus aircraft for SriLankan Airlines.

Shiranthi Rajapaksa, the mother of Sri Lankan lawmaker Namal Rajapaksa, visited him at Magazine Prison on September 7 along with several other family members.

The relatives met Namal through the prison’s standard visitor procedure and then left, prison commissioner and department spokesman Senaka Pallathenna said in response to inquiries.

Namal Rajapaksa, the national organiser of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and a member of Parliament, is being held in remand custody over allegations linked to a bribery incident involving the purchase of Airbus aircraft for SriLankan Airlines.

Authorities arrested him after he appeared before the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption on September 4. He was then produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court, which ordered that he remain in remand custody until September 18. Shiranthi Rajapaksa is the wife of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Several people, including Shiranthi Rajapaksa, came and met him as usual before leaving.

· Senaka PallathennaThe prison department spokesman described the family’s visit to Namal Rajapaksa.
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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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