Yoshitha Rajapaksa before military court 

Jan 19, 2016

Yoshitha Rajapaksa, an officer of the Sri Lanka Navy, is to be summoned before a military court. That is in connection with the abuse of his position in violation of the navy act for his personal needs.

The main accusation is his having held the position of chairman of a private company, Carlton Sports Network, while being a military officer, which is against military law, lawyers are of the view.

 

Also, he had undertaken many foreign tours, without obtaining written permission from the navy. That is the other accusation against him. Not even a navy commander has enjoyed such privileges. An investigation is to be carried out as to how Yoshitha had gone overseas nearly 30 times, at a time when not even top officers had undertaken foreign trips without written permission.

 

If found guilty before a military court, Yoshitha will be punished, reports say.