Hello Corp Case: Open Warrant Issued On Two Directors

February 09, 2017

Court ordered United People’s Freedom Alliance Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa and three other defendants to appear before the Police Financial Crimes Investigation Division on the last Sunday every two months.

The order was issued today by Colombo Additional Magistrate Jerome Trotsky regarding the charges of violating the Money Laundering Act.

Court also issued an international arrest warrant for two other directors of the two companies owned by MP Rajapaksa. The two suspects absconding court have been identified as Indika Prabath Karunajeewa and Iresha Silva said to be currently out of the country.

FCID informed the court that the Attorney General had advised it to indict the suspects in the High Court.

The case will be taken up for hearing on the 22nd of June.

MP Namal Rajapaksa and five others charged over misusing 45 million rupees under the Money Laundering Act in connection with the purchase of shares in Hello Corp.