Sri Lanka court allows former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa to travel overseas

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Published: Sep 2, 2022, 08:23 GMT+00:00

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's highest court has allowed former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa to travel overseas until Jan. 15, anti-corruption body Transparency International Sri Lanka said on Friday.

Basil Rajapaksa gestures as he leaves in Colombo

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s highest court has allowed former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa to travel overseas until Jan. 15, anti-corruption body Transparency International Sri Lanka said on Friday.

“Court allowed Basil Rajapaksa to travel overseas upon a request made by his counsel seeking permission to go for medical check-ups. He is supposed to return by 15th January 2023,” said Transparency International, which had sought a ban on his travels.

(Reporting by Uditha Jayasinghe; Writing by Krishna N. Das; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel)

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