Sri Lanka, Aug. 4 -- The Colombo High Court has postponed the case filed against Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and his grandmother, Daisy Forrest, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The case has been rescheduled for October 29.

Both defendants were present in court when the case was called today. However, since the presiding judge, Pradeep Abeysinghe, was on leave, the case was postponed.

The Attorney General has filed three charges against the defendants, alleging that they committed an offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The charges state that between March 31, 2009, and December 12, 2013, they deposited over LKR 59 million, illegally acquired, into three private...