YOSHITHA REMANDED TILL FEB 11

Arrested under Money Laundering Act:

Questioned on financial irregularities at CSN:

Rohan Welivita and Nishantha Ranatunga also arrested:

All produced before Kaduwela Magistrate:

Lieutenant Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the second son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, arrested by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) yesterday and produced before Kaduwela Magistrate Dhammika Hemapala, was remanded till February 11, 2016.

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Six Maldivian ISIS recruits arrested

Six Maldivian ISIS recruits who had attempted to migrate to the Middle East were arrested in Sri Lanka in the past 18 months and sent back to the Maldives, High Commissioner for the Maldives Zahiya Zareer said.

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