Yoshitha, grandmother indicted

By Lakmal Sooriyagoda  

The Attorney General yesterday filed indictments against  Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the second son of former President Mahinda  Rajapaksa, and his grandmother, Daisy Forrest, before the Colombo High  Court on money laundering charges.  

The Attorney General has charged the two accused of  failing to disclose how they acquired land and properties in the Sirimal  Watta Uyana in Dehiwala, as well as properties in Ratmalana, worth over  Rs.80 million, between 2012 and 2015.  

The Attorney General has filed these criminal charges,  alleging that an offence was committed under the Prevention of Money  Laundering Act by failing to disclose the source of funds used to  purchase these properties.   Yoshitha Rajapaksa was recently granted bail by the Colombo  Magistrate’s Court in connection with a money laundering case involving  a 31.5-perch property with a house valued at Rs. 34 million in  Ratmalana. His grandmother was named as the first suspect in this  particular case.