{"id":156560,"date":"2016-01-30T19:46:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T14:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=156560"},"modified":"2016-01-30T19:47:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T14:17:23","slug":"another-rajapaksa-to-be-arrested-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/another-rajapaksa-to-be-arrested-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Rajapaksa To Be Arrested Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yoshitha Rajapaksa, and four others including Rohan Weliwita, head of CSN and media secretary to Mahinda Rajapaksa and Nishantha Ranatunga were remanded till February 11, 2016 by the Kaduwela Magistrate this evening.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_156004\" style=\"width: 187px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/namal-rajapaksa-to-be-questioned-over-thajudeen-murder\/namal-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-156004\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156004\" class=\" wp-image-156004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Namal-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"Namal Rajapaksa\" width=\"177\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Namal-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Namal.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-156004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Namal Rajapaksa<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/yoshitha-rajapaksa-arrested\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The five were arrested this evening<\/span><\/a> by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) today after several hours of questioning with regard to alleged financial irregularities at the Carlton Sports Network (CSN) channel.<\/p>\n<p>Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, his wife Shiranthi their eldest son, Namal, as well as Basil and Gotabaya Rajapaksa were at the Kaduwela Magistrate when the verdict was delivered<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media soon after the verdict was delivered, Rajapaksa said that Minister Rajitha Senaratne had recently declared that two Rajapaksas will be arrested before February 4th. \u201cSo, now we can see who is pulling the strings,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rajapaksa added that he was hoping for a fair verdict when the case is taken up again. \u201cWe are watching and waiting, and we are hoping that the courts will give us a fair verdict. \u201cI know they have not committed any crimes,\u201d he added. <strong>(<em>By Munza Mushtaq \u2013 CT<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":156004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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