Yoshitha Rajapaksa, Four Others Further Remanded

February 11, 2016

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa's second son Yoshitha Rajapaksa and four other suspects arrested on alleged money laundering at the Carlton Sports Network were further remanded till February 25 by the Kaduwela Magistrate's Court a short while ago.

The other suspects include former CSN CEO Nishantha Ranatunga and former CSN Chairman Rohan Welivita.

They were arrested on January 30 by the Financial Crimes Investigations Division.

The police recently said that Yoshitha Rajapaksa was in fact the Chairman and the main decision maker at the CSN.