Namal grilled for six hours by FCID | Daily FT

Ft · 🇱🇰 public Sri Lanka · Aug 22, 2026 · 75 words

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Tuesday Sep 22, 2026 Saturday, 22 August 2026 00:37 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa yesterday left the Police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) after recording a statement for nearly six hours in…

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What happened

Why it matters

Rajapaksa arrived at the FCID in the morning following a summons and provided a statement to investigators before leaving the premises.

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Details of the investigation were not disclosed in the information provided.

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Claim 1: “Rajapaksa arrived at the FCID in the morning following a summons”

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Multiple independent news sources confirm that Namal Rajapaksa arrived at the FCID in the morning in response to a summons. This is explicitly stated by both The Morning and the Daily Mirror.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Sinhala: නන්දසේන ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ; Tamil: நந்தசேன கோட்டாபய ராஜபக்ஷ; born 20 June 1949) is a Sri Lankan former politician and retired military officer who served as the eig…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lakshman Namal Rajapaksa (Sinhala: ලක්ශ්මන් නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ, Tamil: நாமல் ராஜபக்ஷ; born 10 April 1986; known as Namal Rajapaksa) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He is the eldest son of former Pre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namal_Rajapaksa

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lieutenant Yoshitha Rajapaksa (born 12 June 1988) is a Sri Lankan sportsman and former naval officer. He is the second son of the sixth president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa and served as the chie…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshitha_Rajapaksa

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Claim 2: “Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa yesterday left the Police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) after recording a statement for nearly six hours in connection with an ongoing investigation.”

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The claim that Namal Rajapaksa left the FCID after recording a statement for nearly six hours is reported by multiple independent news sources, including Daily FT and The Morning.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa (born 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the sixth president of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015. He thrice served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2004 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rajapaksa family (Sinhala: රාජපක්ෂ, romanized: Rājapakṣa) is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in politics. It was one of Sri Lanka's most powerful families during Mahinda Rajapaksa's presiden…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajapaksa_family

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