• SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa was ordered further remanded until September 29 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court on September 18.
• He was produced as a suspect in an investigation into the alleged misuse of roughly US$2 million during SriLankan Airlines’ procurement of Airbus aircraft.
• Rajapaksa was already in remand custody at the time and was brought before the court in connection with the ongoing probe.
• He was recently named a suspect in a money laundering case tied to alleged financial irregularities in the aircraft procurement process.
• The investigation centres on the controversial 2013 SriLankan Airlines Airbus deal.
• Rajapaksa was named a suspect on instructions from the Attorney General, after investigators submitted case material.
