The Attorney General (AG) has indicted former United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MP Sajin de Vass Gunawardena over money laundering charges yesterday (5).
He was granted bail by the Colombo High Court after being indicted by the Attorney General.
The former MP was indicted by the Attorney General on the charge of money laundering amounting to over Rs 306.26 million, under Section 3 [1] [a] of Money Laundering Act No 05 of 2006 as amended by Act No 40 of 2011.
After indictment papers were served, the Colombo High Court has ordered the defendant be released on a cash bail of Rs 500,000 and two personal bails of Rs 5 million each. The judge has also called for a report after obtaining the defendant’s fingerprints.
The court has also issued a travel ban on Gunawardena and has directed him to hand over his passport to the court.
The case is to be taken up again on October 1.
Gunawardena was the Monitoring MP of the External Affairs Ministry during the previous Rajapaksa regime.
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