Sri Lanka, July 17 -- Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama today ordered the further remand of Attorney-at-Law Rakitha Nirmala Rajapaksha, Samagi Jana Balawegaya Horana organiser Charitha Wasantha Kumara Abeysinghe, and former Civil Aviation Authority Airport Director Varushahennadige Aruna Sri Chathuranga until July 28.

The case relates to allegations that the suspects solicited and accepted a bribe of Rs. 120 million from the wife of an organised criminal in return for facilitating assistance to him.

Court was informed that counsel for the second suspect had already filed written submissions seeking bail and that the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) had submitted its observations and re...