Indictments served on Sajin Vaas over money laundering

05 Sep, 2019

Indictments have been served on former Parliamentarian Sajin?de?Vass Gunawardena over alleged money laundering allegations.

The indictments were served at the Colombo High Court.

Former Parliamentarian Sajin de Vass Gunawardena was granted bail after the indictments were served.

The Attorney General (AG) had last month filed indictments against Gunawardena.

The indictments were filed at the Colombo High Court accusing the former Parliamentarian of money laundering to the value of Rs. 306.286 million.

Gunawardena owned several companies when he was a Parliamentarian under Mahinda Rajapaksa?s Government.

There were suspicions over some financial transactions he had made at the time and money he had acquired. (Colombo Gazette)

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