{"id":158952,"date":"2016-03-09T21:56:52","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T16:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=158952"},"modified":"2016-03-10T00:04:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T18:34:08","slug":"namal-facing-money-laundering-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/namal-facing-money-laundering-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Namal Facing Money Laundering Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just weeks after his brother, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Yoshitha+Rajapaksa&amp;x=13&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Yoshitha<\/span><\/a> was arrested for allegedly been involved in money laundering, Parliamentarian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Namal+Rajapaksa&amp;x=7&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Namal Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a>, the eldest son of former President is also alleged to be involved in a similar scandal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/our-son-yoshitha\/namal-and-yoshitha\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-156906\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-156906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Namal-and-Yoshitha.jpg\" alt=\"Namal and Yoshitha\" width=\"639\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Namal-and-Yoshitha.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Namal-and-Yoshitha-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a>The Colombo Magistrate today ordered the immediate freezing of four bank accountants belonging to\u00a0Gowers Corporate (Pvt) Ltd Corporation, which is believed to have been purchased by Namal. 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