The Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court has issued an overseas travel ban on Daisy Forrest Wickremesinghe, also known as ‘Daisy Achchi’, the grandmother of Yoshitha Rajapaksa, in connection with a money laundering investigation.
According to Police Media Spokesman SSP Buddhika Manathunga, Daisy Forrest has been named a suspect in the case under the instructions of the Attorney General. The investigation focuses on a Rs. 59 million joint account held by Yoshitha Rajapaksa and Daisy Forrest, for which Rajapaksa failed to provide a reasonable source of income.
SSP Manathunga further stated that all individuals implicated in the case will be prosecuted under the Money Laundering Act.
