纳马尔·拉贾帕克萨在科伦坡还押所就一宗涉嫌收受7000万卢比贿赂、涉及克里什酒店的案件接受讯问。这项最新指控加剧了各方围绕反腐行动和所谓政治迫害的政治争端。
Namal Rajapaksa was questioned in Colombo remand prison over an alleged Rs 70 million Krish Hotels bribe. The fresh allegation has intensified a political row over anti-corruption action and claimed victimisation.
斯里兰卡反对党领袖纳马尔·拉贾帕克萨星期六仍被关押在还押所期间，接受该国反腐败委员会就一宗涉嫌贿赂案的讯问。调查人员就他被指控收受印度投资项目克里什酒店当地代理提供的7000万斯里兰卡卢贿赂一事对他进行了讯问。
Sri Lankan opposition leader Namal Rajapaksa was questioned on Saturday by the country’s anti-corruption commission in an alleged bribery case while he remained in remand prison. Investigators questioned him over claims that he accepted a bribe of Sri Lankan Rupees 70 million from the local agent of Krish Hotels, an Indian investment project.
这名40岁的议员属于反对党斯里兰卡人民力量党（SLPP），自9月4日起被还押，原因是与斯里兰卡航空公司2013年购买空客飞机有关的另案指控。一周后，同一案件又因洗钱指控下达了第二道还押令；两宗案件的保释申请均各被驳回一次。
The 40-year-old MP, who belongs to the opposition Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), has been in remand since September 4 in connection with separate charges linked to the 2013 purchase of Airbus aircraft for SriLankan Airlines. A second remand order was issued a week later in the same case on money laundering charges, and he has been denied bail once in each case.
拉贾帕克萨是前总统马欣达·拉贾帕克萨的长子。调查贿赂或腐败委员会的调查人员目前在其关押的科伦坡还押所对他进行了讯问。在克里什酒店案中，该委员会指控他收受了该项目当地代理提供的钱款。
Rajapaksa, the elder son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, was questioned by investigators of the Commission to Investigate Bribery or Corruption at the Colombo remand prison, where he is currently lodged. In the Krish Hotels case, the commission has alleged that he accepted money from the project’s local agent.
克里什酒店董事长贾纳基·西里瓦德纳上周四被捕，并因涉嫌向拉贾帕克萨行贿而被还押至10月6日。反腐败委员会向法庭表示，西里瓦德纳曾多次向他行贿，以确保该项目获得关键批准。
Krish Hotels chairperson Janaki Siriwardena was arrested last Thursday and remanded till October 6 for allegedly bribing Rajapaksa. The anti-corruption commission told the court that Siriwardena had bribed him on several occasions to secure key approvals for the project.
拉贾帕克萨在2016年也曾受到调查，并因被指控滥用“Krish项目”的资金用于橄榄球推广而被起诉。他曾是一名国际橄榄球运动员。此次对他的逮捕，是自两年前人民权力政府上台以来，前执政党成员首次被拘留。政府表示，对反对派政治人物的行动符合其在2024年选举中提出的“净化公共生活、根除腐败”的承诺；而斯里兰卡人民党（SLPP）则指责政府通过这一案件以及持续对拉贾帕克萨的拘留来对其进行政治迫害。
Rajapaksa was also questioned in 2016 and a case was filed against him for allegedly misusing funds from the Krish project for rugby promotion. He had been an international rugby player. His arrest is the first remand of a member of the former first family since the National People’s Power government came to power two years ago. The government has said action against opposition politicians is in line with its 2024 election pledge to clean public life and eradicate corruption, while the SLPP has accused the government of politically victimising Rajapaksa through the case and his continued remand.
周六的讯问为拉贾帕克萨已面临的法律诉讼增添了新的贿赂指控。政府与反对派在如何处理他的问题上仍存在严重分歧。
The questioning on Saturday added a fresh bribery allegation to the legal cases already faced by Rajapaksa, as the government and the opposition continued to differ sharply over the action taken against him. With PTI Inputs