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Ex-SriLankan Air CEO Kapila Chandrasena found dead amid fresh bribery probe
The former chief executive officer of Sri Lanka’s national carrier was found dead at a residence in Colombo as the authorities reopen an investigation into alleged bribery. The police are investigating the death of Kapila Chandrasena, spokesman F. U. Wootler said by phone. The opinion of the Colombo magistrate was also going to be sought, he said.SriLankan Airlines finds itself at the heart of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s vow to stamp out corruption. A local court on May 7 had ordered Chandrasena’s re-arrest on a petition by Sri Lanka’s Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.In 2020, Airbus SE had agreed to a US$4 billion settlement with the authorities in the US, UK and France for improprieties including bribes paid in Sri Lanka. That included bribing the wife of a SriLankan Airlines official, who received US$2 million through a Brunei shell company, according to Britain’s Serious Fraud Office. Following the settlement, Sri Lankan prosecutors said Chandrasena, who led SriLankan Airlines from 2011 to 2015, and his wife Priyanka Niyomali Wijenayaka, were suspects in a money-laundering case linked to Airbus aircraft sales. Chandrasena was remanded in March.Consecutive Sri Lankan governments have also sought to restructure and secure an investor for the national carrier that has piled up losses and debt after Emirates Airline exited as managing shareholder during the tenure of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.SriLankan Airlines said in March that it completed the restructuring of US$175 million (S$221.8 million) government-guaranteed bonds after securing over 99 per cent participation in an exchange and tender offer.
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Sri Lanka Police today reported to the Fort Magistrate's Court that former SriLankan Airlines Chief Executive Officer Kapila Chandrasena has died under suspicious circumstances. His body was discovered this morning at a residence on Pedris Road, Colpetty. Police said he was found in a bedroom, while the Colombo Judicial Medical Officer and Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasekara visited the scene ...
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Former Sri Lankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena was found dead this morning at a residence on Pedris Road in Culpiti under suspicious circumstances. An object ...
