The Colombo Additional Magistrate Nishantha Peiris yesterday ordered that four fixed deposits of Gowers Corporate Services (Pvt) Limited allegedly owned by Hambantota District MP Namal Rajapaksa, be frozen,over a FCID investigation in relation to money laundering charges. The Additional Magistrate further issued an order preventing seven directors of the Gowers Corporate (Pvt) Limited from leaving the country.
It was reported that Gowers Corporate Services (Pvt) Limited of Colombo 5 is providing coordinating services to Sri Lankan Airlines. The FCID had initiated investigations into this incident following a complaint made by Voice Against Corruption Convener Wasantha Samarasinghe. Samarasinghe alleged that that MP Namal Rajapaksa had bought shares of a company named Hello Corp and set up a company called Gowers Corporate Services (Pvt) Limited while being an MP, from the money he had earned through illegal means.
The FCID had originally filed B reports at the Kaduwela Magistrate's Court. Later on the case was transferred to Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court No.3 due to a court jurisdiction issue.
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