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Namal Rajapaksa Remains Jailed Over Bribery Charges

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Story summary
  • Shiranthi Rajapaksa remains in custody after her October 7 arrest over alleged charity misuse.
  • Namal Rajapaksa stays in custody on bribery charges involving a $30,000 Airbus deal and a $211,000 land-transfer bribe.
  • Gotabaya Rajapaksa is barred from travel after his appeal against arrest in the 2019 Easter bombings probe was rejected.
  • President Dissanayake told a rally the law reaches everyone, rejecting SLPP claims of a witch-hunt.