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Ex-SriLankan Airlines head in US$16 million Airbus corruption case found dead

South China Morning Post · · 192 words · By Agence France-Presse
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“Former SriLankan Airlines chief in US$16 million Airbus corruption case found dead”
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Multiple independent news sources (Asian Mirror, Daily Mirror, and other web results) confirm that former SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena was found dead.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kapila Chandrasena was the CEO of SriLankan Airlines until March 9, 2015,. Prior to this role, he served as the CEO of Mihin Lanka and Mobitel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapila_Chandrasena
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web search NEUTRAL — Former Chief Executive Officer of SriLankan Airlines Kapila Chandrasena was found dead at a residence in Colpetty, Police said.
https://asianmirror.lk/news/13926/ex-srilankan-airlines-ceo-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SriLankan Airlines, Kapila Chandrasena, was found dead at a residence in Colpetty today (08). According to Police Media Spokesman, ASP F. U. Wootler, Kapila Cha…
https://www.newswire.lk/2026/05/08/breaking-former-srilankan…
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“Kapila Chandrasena was arrested in March on charges of conspiring to accept a US$16 million bribe for the purchase of 10 Airbus aircraft”
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Multiple sources confirm Chandrasena was arrested in March in connection with a US$16 million bribe regarding the purchase of 10 Airbus aircraft.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kapila Chandrasena, who was CEO of SriLankan Airlines during a 2013 deal to purchase 10 aircraft worth US$2.3 billion, was arrested on Thursday and remanded in custody, officials said. "He conspired t…
https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2026/03/1396159/ex-srilan…
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web search NEUTRAL — Chandrasena had previously been arrested in February 2020 in a related but separate case but was later released on bail. During that investigation, authorities in the United States, Britain, and Franc…
https://www.bangladeshmonitor.com.bd/news-details/former-sri…
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web search NEUTRAL — Chandrasena was arrested on 12 March in connection with allegations relating to the acceptance of bribes during SriLankan Airlines’ procurement of Airbus aircraft.
https://www.ft.lk/news/Court-orders-re-arrest-of-former-SriL…
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“Kapila Chandrasena, the former chief executive of SriLankan Airlines, was found at the Colombo home of a relative”
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Multiple sources report he was found dead at a residence in Colpetty/Kollupitiya; one source specifically identifies the location as a house on Pedris Place, which aligns with the 'relative's home' or 'residence' description in the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Former SriLankan Airlines Chief Executive Officer Kapila Chandrasena was found dead at a residence in Colpetty on Friday (08), in a dramatic development that comes amid ongoing investigations into one…
https://www.newswire.lk/2026/05/08/who-was-kapila-chandrasen…
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web search NEUTRAL — Former Chief Executive Officer of SriLankan Airlines - Kapila Chandrasena, has died by suicide, Police Spokesman ASP F. U. Wootler stated. He said that Chandrasena's body was discovered inside the hou…
https://srilankamirror.com/news/kapila-chandrasena-died-by-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Former Chief Executive Officer of SriLankan Airlines, Kapila Chandrasena, was found dead at his residence in Kollupitiya under suspicious circumstances, police said. ..
https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Former-SriLankan-Ai…
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“Chandrasena was remanded in March on charges of conspiring to accept a US$16 million bribe from Airbus in connection with a US$2.3 billion aircraft purchase deal.”
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Multiple sources confirm the arrest and remand in March for conspiring to accept a US$16 million bribe related to a multi-billion dollar (specifically US$2.3 billion) aircraft purchase deal.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dhaka: Sri Lankan anti-corruption authorities have arrested the former chief executive officer of SriLankan Airlines on allegations of conspiring to accept bribes from Airbus in connection with a mult…
https://www.bangladeshmonitor.com.bd/news-details/former-sri…
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web search NEUTRAL — "He conspired to accept a bribe of US$16 million and received 1.45 million euros into a bank account in Singapore," an official of Sri Lanka's Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corru…
https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2026/03/1396159/ex-srilan…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Colombo Magistrate's Court has ordered the further remand of former SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena, who was arrested and remanded in connection with a bribery incident. This is until Ap…
https://colombotimes.lk/Former-Sri-Lankan-CEO-Kapila-Chandra…
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“Shortly after his arrest, he reportedly told investigators that part of the money had been paid to the country’s then president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, and then aviation minister Piyankara Jayaratne.”
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The provided evidence for this specific claim consists of irrelevant search results for plumbers in Redmond, WA. No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm or deny the statement regarding payments to Mahinda Rajapaksa and Piyankara Jayaratne.
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“Rajapaksa, who served as president from 2005 to 2015”
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Britannica and Wikipedia both confirm that Mahinda Rajapaksa served as the president of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 29, 2025 · Learn who is Mahinda Rajapaksa, his personal life, political career, education, family and about Sri Lanka crisis here at Business Standard.
https://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-mahinda-rajap…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mahinda Rajapaksa was chosen by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party to run against Ranil Wickremesinghe, former prime minister and Opposition Leader. Wickremesinghe was the leader of the United National Party…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa
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web search NEUTRAL — Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan politician who served as president of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015 and as prime minister from 2019 to 2022. His presidency oversaw the end of the country’s civil war (1983…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mahinda-Rajapakse
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