Sri Lanka, Feb. 3 -- Shiranthi Rajapaksa and Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa have been instructed to appear before police investigative units today(3). Shiranthi Rajapaksa is scheduled to report to the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) to provide a statement regarding alleged financial irregularities in the "Siriliya Saviya" project. While she was originally summoned on January 27, she was granted a two-week extension following a request made by her lawyers.

Simultaneously, Namal Rajapaksa is expected at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to address inquiries regarding his alleged links to organised crime figure "Kehelbaddara Padme." Namal had previously requested a postponement of his January 26 summons as he ...