By Lakmal Sooriyagoda  

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday sent a reminder to the Attorney General to expedite his legal advice regarding a case filed against former Minister Namal Rajapaksa and four others for their alleged involvement in money laundering amounting to Rs.15 million in a company owned by Namal Rajapaksa.  

The CID conducting investigations regarding this incident informed Court that they were yet to receive the Attorney General’s advice regarding the future legal action against the suspects.  
CID said that preliminary investigations regarding the incident have been concluded and sought the Attorney General’s advice. Further magisterial inquiry into the incident was fixed for May 11 next year.  

 Investigations revealed that MP Rajapaksa had been allegedly involved in money laundering to the amount of Rs. 15 million at NR Consultation Pvt Ltd and another Rs.30 million in Gowers Corporation Pvt Ltd, in 2012. The Attorney General had filed indictments in the Colombo High Court against Namal Rajapaksa and five others for alleged money laundering to the amount of Rs.30 million at NR Consultation.   

The FCID had commenced investigation into a complaint that MP Namal Rajapaksa had purchased Hello Corp.Pvt. Ltd for Rs.100 million using ill-gotten funds of Gowers Corporation and NR Consultation Pvt Ltd, allegedly owned by Namal Rajapaksa.  

Police alleged that money laundering transactions had taken place through a company named Boston Capital, allegedly owned by Rohan Iriyagolla.  Former JVP Parliamentarian Wasantha Samarasinghe in his complaint alleged that MP Namal Rajapaksa had bought shares of a company named Hello Corp and set up a company called Gowers Corporate Services (Pvt) Limited while being a MP.