Srilanka, May 26 -- Matara Magistrate Aruna Buddhadasa on Friday ordered Basil Rajapaksa, the founder of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and former Finance Minister, to appear before the Matara Magistrate's Court on November 21.The Magistrate made the order when he recalled an existing case regarding a land in the Eliyakanda area of Matara that was purchased using allegedly illegally earned money of Rs.50 million.

The FCID had filed this case against Basil Rajapaksa and four other defendants in 2017 in connection with the purchase of one and a half acres of land in the Eliyakanda area of Matara in the name of his wife's sister using Rs.50 million allegedly earned illegally.

The first suspect in this case is Tissa Galappaththi, the seco...