Few names move Sri Lankan social media like Rajapaksa. So, when the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) arrested SLPP National Organizer and MP Namal Rajapaksa on September 4, 2026, over the Airbus aircraft deal, the story raced online and quickly mutated. Within hours, posts were claiming that a court had already released him on bail. Here are the posts that carried that claim.
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Mainstream media reported every stage of the incident, from Namal Rajapaksa’s arrival at the Bribery Commission on September 4. According to those reports, he was taken into custody at the Commission and produced before court the same day. No mainstream outlet or official source has reported or confirmed that he was granted bail after being produced before court.
Officially confirmed sources reported that Namal Rajapaksa arrived at the Bribery Commission on the morning of September 4, after a summons to record a statement on the Airbus procurement scandal. Investigators questioned him for nearly five hours and recorded a lengthy statement. Taking the evidence into account, they arrested him that afternoon and produced him before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court. Related media reports are available here, here, and here.
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