An appeal filed by Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, challenging the continuation of a conspiracy charge against him in a money laundering case was withdrawn before the Supreme Court today (07).
The appeal sought an order preventing the continuation of the conspiracy charge filed against him under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The Supreme Court granted permission for the appeal to be withdrawn, while allowing Rajapaksa to raise the same matter in the event that he needs to file an appeal in the future, according to an Ada Derana reporter.
The underlying case filed by the Attorney General against Yoshitha Rajapaksa and his grandmother, Daisy Forrest, is being heard under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The prosecution alleges that nearly Rs. 57 million, allegedly acquired unlawfully, was deposited into three bank accounts.
The Court of Appeal had earlier dismissed a revision petition filed by Rajapaksa seeking to prevent the conspiracy charge from being maintained, allowing proceedings before the Colombo High Court to continue.
