INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Attorney General has filed indictments in the Colombo High Court against Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the second son of former President Mahinda
Rajapaksa, and his grandmother Daisy Forrest Wickremesinghe under the Money Laundering Act.The Attorney General has filed the indictments
against these defendants for failing to disclose how they acquired lands and properties at Sirimalwatta Uyana in Ratmalana and Dehiwala
8 billion between 2012 and 2015.The Attorney General has filed these indictments alleging that they have committed an offence under the
laundering case and in the investigations carried out into a Rs
59 million joint account held by Yoshitha Rajapaksa and Daisy Forrest, to which Rajapaksa failed to provide a reasonable explanation on the
source of earnings.Furthermore, the police spokesman had noted that all suspects involved in the case will be prosecuted under the Money