Court issues arrest warrant for Basil Rajapaksa over alleged illicit funds case | Daily FT
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“The Matara Magistrate’s Court yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of former Minister Basil Rajapaksa”
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Three independent news sources (Newswire, Sri Lanka Mirror, and Daily Mirror) all report that the Matara Magistrate's Court issued an arrest warrant for former Minister Basil Rajapaksa on May 22.
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— Tennakoon Mudiyanselage Wanshalankara Deshabandu Tennakoon, commonly known as Deshabandu Tennakoon (Sinhala: දේශබන්දු තෙන්නකෝන්; born 7 March 1971), is a controversial Sri Lankan police officer who s…
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— The High Court in Sri Lanka is the only court which exercises the jurisdiction of the court of first instance and the appellate jurisdiction with both civil and criminal jurisdiction.
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— The magistrate's courts in Sri Lanka is a court of first instance headed by a magistrate who is vested with original criminal jurisdiction.
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“he failed to appear before court in connection with a case involving allegedly illegally acquired funds”
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Multiple independent news sources confirm that the warrant was issued specifically because Basil Rajapaksa failed to appear in court regarding a case involving allegedly illegally acquired funds.
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— 17 hours ago ... ... Basil Rajapaksa after he failed to appear in connection with a case ... allegedly illegally acquired funds used to purchase land at ...
https://www.facebook.com/newswireLK/posts/the-matara-magistr…
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— 18 hours ago ... ... appear before the Matara Magistrate's Court over a case involving allegedly illegally acquired funds used to purchase land at Brown's Hill in
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— 16 hours ago ... The case centres on claims that Rajapaksa used unlawfully obtained money to purchase land at Brown's Hill in Matara. His absence in court ...
https://www.newswire.lk/2026/05/22/arrest-warrant-issued-for…
https://www.newswire.lk/2026/05/22/arrest-warrant-issued-for…
“The case relates to allegations that Rajapaksa used unlawfully obtained money to purchase land in the Brown’s Hill area of Matara”
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Three independent sources explicitly state that the case involves allegations that Rajapaksa used unlawfully obtained money to purchase land in the Brown's Hill area of Matara.
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— 18 hours ago ... A warrant was issued for the arrest of former Minister Basil Rajapaksa after he failed to appear before the Matara Magistrate's Court over a ...
https://www.facebook.com/hirunewsenglish/posts/a-warrant-was…
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— 18 hours ago ... ... Matara Magistrate's Court over a case involving allegedly illegally acquired funds used to purchase land at Brown's Hill in Matara.".
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— 16 hours ago ... The case centres on claims that Rajapaksa used unlawfully obtained money to purchase land at Brown's Hill in Matara. His absence in court ...
https://www.newswire.lk/2026/05/22/arrest-warrant-issued-for…
https://www.newswire.lk/2026/05/22/arrest-warrant-issued-for…
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