Sri Lankan Lawmaker Faces Charges in Airbus Bribery Case
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Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's son and parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa will be prosecuted in the alleged bribery case related to the purchase of Airbus aircraft. It is alleged that he took a bribe of 10 million Sri Lankan rupees in the aircraft purchase deal for Sri Lankan Airlines. In this case, 24 charges have been made against him.
Sri Lankan MP Namal Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, is subject to an indictment comprising 24 counts in SriLankan Airlines' Airbus procurement case. Suspected of having received 100 million bribes, he contests any irregularities. This procedure revives a file linked to the renewal of the long-haul fleet of the [...]
Court files 24 charges in SriLankan-Airbus bribery case
Sri Lankan parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has been indicted on 24 charges over an alleged LKR100 million rupee (USD300,000) bribe linked to a historic aircraft deal between SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo International) and Airbus, with 59 witnesses listed in the case, local media report. Rajapaksa appeared before the Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar on October 28, 2026. The indictment also names Shamindra Rajapaksa, Priyanka Niyomalie…
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