Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa, who is currently in remand custody, has been brought to the Colombo Magistrate's Court by prison officials. He has been summoned to court in connection with a case filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.

The case is being heard today (23) before Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. He is scheduled to be summoned before Mr. Bodaragama. Addressing Parliament yesterday, MP Namal Rajapaksa who is currently in prison remarked that the country's prisons are akin to hell.