Sri Lanka, March 19 -- The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) today (19) has informed the Colombo Magistrate's Court that it has been uncovered that funds allegedly received as bribes from the Airbus aircraft deal had been handed over by former SriLankan Airlines CEO, Kapila Chandrasena to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Aviation Minister Priyankara Jayaratne.

The Bribery Commission further informed the court that investigations have also revealed that the alleged funds had also been transferred to an account belonging to Shamindra Rajapaksa, a former board member of SriLankan Airlines and son of ex-Minister Chamal Rajapaksa.

According to the Commission, the suspect Kapila Chandrasena h...