Colombo HC refuses Yoshitha’s bail again

BY ISHARA RATNAKARA- 2016-03-01

Colombo High Court Judge A. A. Heiyanthuduwa yesterday (29) rejected an interim relief application which sought to cancel the remand order for Navy Lieutenant Yoshitha Rajapaksa and four other suspects by the Kaduwela Magistrate.
He however, fixed the inquiry for bail revision application for four of them on 8 March, when the case would next be heard and ordered the respondents to file any objections on or before that date.

State Counsel Thusith Mudalige appearing for the AG's Department submitted an affidavit objecting to the bail revision application.
The bail revision application filed by suspects Yoshitha Rajapaksa, Rohan Welivita, Nishantha Ranatunga, Ashan Ravinath Fernando and Kavishan Dissanayake has cited OIC of the FCID R.A.C.P. Ranasinghe, Additional Police Inspector of FCID P.K. Serasinghe, DIG Ravi Waidyalankara, IGP N.K. Illangakoon and Prisons Commissioner H.M.F.C. Dhanasinghe as respondents.
Meanwhile, the bail revision application for Nishantha Ranatunga, who was also remanded on charges of money laundering, was also fixed for 8 March by Colombo High Court Judge M. C. D. S Morais. Five individuals including Yoshitha Rajapaksa were arrested and remanded for alleged money laundering by the Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID).

UPFA and SLFP Kurunegala District MP Mahinda Rajapaksa was present at the Court premises yesterday to witness the proceedings clad in a black cloak and flanked by PCs Jayantha Weerasinghe and Gamini Marapana.
Others present at the Court complex were UPFA and SLFP Hambantota District MP Namal Rajapaksa, Joint Opposition MPs Bandula Gunawardene, Uditha Lokubandara, Johnston Fernando and Nawzer Fawzi.