Sri Lanka arrests eldest son of former president for money laundering.
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Namal Rajapaksa (C), son of former
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa,
leaves with prison officers at the court after
being arrested in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 11, 2016.
Photo: Reuters
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The oldest son of Sri Lanka's former president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, was arrested Monday (July 11) on charges of money-laundering in the government's latest effort to prosecute members of the previous administration - many of whom have been under investigation since Rajapaksa's election defeat last year.
The son, Namal Rajapaksa, 30, who is a member of Parliament representing his father's home district of Hambantota, was placed in the custody of the police by a magistrate in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, on charges of accepting $480,000 (S$650,000) from a real estate company.
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