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'''Lakshman Namal Rajapaksa''' ({{lang-si|ලක්ශ්මන් නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ}}; born 10 April 1986; known as '''Namal Rajapaksa''') is a son of [[Sri Lanka]]n [[President of Sri Lanka|President]] [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]] and a Member of Parliament.<ref>{{cite news|title=Namal Rajapaksa’s law exam cheating case goes to Geneva|url=http://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/namal-rajapaksas-law-exam-cheating-case-goes-to-geneva/|newspaper=Colombo Telegraph|date=30 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Namal Rajapaksa to open Mihin Lanka Airlines office in Jaffna|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=32584|newspaper=[[TamilNet]]|date=10 September 2010}}</ref> It is widely believed that Rajapaksa is being groomed to succeed his father.<ref name=eco170311>{{cite news|title=The son also rises|url=http://www.economist.com/node/18389199|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=17 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sriskandarajah|first=Usha|title=Sri Lanka: A look at the Rajapaksas prior to the UPR|url=http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/node/1034|publisher=[[South Asia Analysis Group]]|date=29 October 2012}}</ref>
  
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==Early life and family==
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Rajapaksa was born on 10 April 1986.<ref>{{cite web|title=NAMAL RAJAPAKSA|url=http://www.parliament.lk/directory_of_members/ViewMember.do?memID=3179|work=Directory of Members|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]}}</ref> He is the son of Mahinda Rajapaksa and [[Shiranthi Rajapaksa]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Carrots like carat: Johnnie eats humble vegetable pie|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/111218/Columns/cafe.html|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=18 December 2011}}</ref> He has two younger brothers - Yoshitha and Rohitha.<ref>{{cite news|last=Perera|first=Amantha|title=The Long Reach of Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa Dynasty|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1984484,00.html|newspaper=[[Time (magazine)]]|date=28 April 2010}}</ref> His paternal grandfather [[D. A. Rajapaksa]] was a Member of Parliament and Minister of  Agriculture and Land in [[Wijeyananda Dahanayake]]'s government.<ref name=IT080811>{{cite news|title=South Asia's other Rahuls|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/political-heirs-in-south-asian-countries/1/146462.html|newspaper=[[India Today]]|date=8 August 2011|author=Aditi Khanna|author2=Namini Wijedasa|author3=Saleem Samad|author4=Shafi Rahman}}</ref>
  
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Rajapaksa was educated at [[S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia]].<ref name=DFT161211>{{cite news|title=Namal begins a new chapter|url=http://www.ft.lk/2011/12/16/namal-begins-a-new-chapter/|newspaper=[[Daily FT]]|date=16 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=ST180410>{{cite news|last=Kotelawala|first=Himal|title=New Faces in Parliament|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100418/News/page8.pdf|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=18 April 2010}}</ref> After school Rajapaksa joined [[Cardiff University]] to study law.<ref>{{cite news|last=Madawala|first=Tissa|title=Surprise birthday boy at London Temple|url=http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2006/04/13/life/04.asp|newspaper=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=13 April 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mahinda reacts to Kebetigollewa, Mervyn clowns on a chopper|url=http://www.island.lk/2006/06/18/politics2.html|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=18 June 2006}}</ref> He then went to [[City University London]] from where he graduated in September 2009 with a [[third-class degree]] [[Bachelor of Laws|law degree]].<ref name=IT080811/><ref name=TT220210>{{cite news|last=Page|first=Jeremy|title=Rise of Sri Lankan President’s son Namal Rajapaksa sparks concern|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/asia/article2611973.ece|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=22 February 2010}}</ref><ref name=EPW081212>{{cite journal|last=Mendis|first=Patrick|title=The Colombo-Centric New Silk Road|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|date=8 December 2012|volume=XLVII|issue=49|url=http://www.epw.in/notes/colombo-centric-new-silk-road.html|authorlink=Patrick Mendis}}</ref>
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Rajapaksa then joined [[Sri Lanka Law College]] in order to qualify as an [[attorney at law]]. He sat the college's preliminary exam in October 2009 and passed with second class honours.<ref>{{cite web|title=Awards Ceremony Sri Lanka Law College 2010|url=http://www.llc.ac.lk/sub_pgs/Book%202010%20_16%2012%2010_.pdf|publisher=[[Sri Lanka Law College]]}}</ref> It was alleged that Rajapaksa sat the exam in a special cubicle that was set aside for him and the college's principal accompanied him.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gunasekara|first=Tisaranee|title=Spurious Claims and Real Agendas|url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/12/13/spurious-claims-and-real-agendas|newspaper=[[Asian Tribune]]|date=13 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Some Are More Equal|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2009/11/29/in-a-nutshell-5/|newspaper=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=29 November 2009}}</ref>
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In December 2010, several media sources reported that Rajapaksa had allegedly received special treatment during his final examination at Sri Lanka Law College.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2011/01/110109_law_college.shtml |title=Law College initiates probe on 'exam cheat' |last1=Pathirana |first1=Saroj |date=9 January 2011 |newspaper=[[BBC]] Sinhala service |accessdate=3 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="coltel">{{cite news |url=http://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/namal-rajapaksas-law-exam-cheating-case-goes-to-geneva/ |title=Namal Rajapaksa’s law exam cheating case goes to Geneva |date=30 October 2011 |newspaper=Colombo Telegraph |accessdate=3 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="rnw">{{cite news |url=http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/above-law |title=Above the Law |last1=Sujan |first1=Dheera |date=19 January 2012 |newspaper=[[Radio Netherlands Worldwide]] |accessdate=3 January 2013}}</ref> A fellow law student, Thushara Jayarathna, alleged that Rajapaksa had been given a separate room along with an internet enabled computer, later filing a complaint with the Law College examination system, Keselwaththa police station and the [[Supreme Court of Sri Lanka|Supreme Court]].<ref name="coltel" />
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Media and NGO sources reports that Jayarathna's complaints were largely ignored or rejected,<ref name="ahrc5-1-11">{{cite web |url=http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/AHRC-UAC-002-2011 |title=SRI LANKA: Police refuse to conduct investigation into malpractice during the Sri Lanka Law College exam and threaten the life of the complainant |date=5 January 2011 |publisher=[[Asian Human Rights Commission]] |accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref> although he appeared before the college authorities early in January 2011.<ref name="coltel" /> After the incident, sources reported that Jayarathna had been allegedly abducted and beaten up by the [[Sri Lanka Police Service|police]], and that he also received multiple death threats traced to the police<ref name="rnw" /> and the college.<ref name="ahrc5-1-11" /><ref name="ahrc29-12-10">{{cite web |url=http://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-STM-269-2010 |title=SRI LANKA: A whistle-blower who exposed the leakage of a question paper at Sri Lanka Law College forced into hiding |date=29 December 2010 |publisher=[[Asian Human Rights Commission]] |accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="slg">{{cite news |url=http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2011/10/he-was-abducted-tortured-plotted-to-be.html |title=He was abducted, tortured & plotted to be killed but he continues to fight for justice |date=31 October 2011 |newspaper=Sri Lanka Guardian |accessdate=3 January 2013}}</ref>
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According to the principal of the college, an investigation had been held but it concluded that the allegations ''"were based on hearsay''" and ''"unfounded"''. <ref name="sundayleader">{{cite news |url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/04/24/law-student-goes-underground/ |title=Law Student Goes Underground |last1=Wickrematunge | first1=Raisa |newspaper=[[The Sunday Leader]] |accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref> Although the official investigation didn't find anything irregular, the threats against Jayarathna have not been investigated.<ref name="ahrc5-1-11" /> The Colombo Telegraph reported that the consequences of Jayarathna's reporting wasn't unusual and that he is one of several others who have been harassed or persecuted after filing complaints against the ruling family or the police.<ref name="coltel" /> [[Chief Justice of Sri Lanka|Chief Justice]] [[Asoka de Silva (justice)|Asoka de Silva]] also questioned the investigation, saying ''"We have only one Law College in Sri Lanka. If there are suspicions over its credibility, it will affect the whole profession."''<ref name="bbc" />
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Rajapaksa was sworn in as an attorney at law on 15 December 2011 before a panel of Supreme Court judges including Chief Justice [[Shirani Bandaranayake]].<ref>{{cite news|title=That’s My Boy|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/12/18/thats-my-boy/|newspaper=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=18 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Two stories:Namal Rajapaksa took oaths as Attorney-at-Law and two students arrested for exam fraud|url=http://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/two-storiesnamal-rajapaksa-took-oaths-as-attorney-at-law-and-two-students-arrested-for-exam-fraud/|newspaper=Colombo Telegraph|date=16 December 2011}}</ref>
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Rajapaksa contested the [[Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010|2010 parliamentary election]] as one of the [[United People's Freedom Alliance]]'s candidates in [[Hambantota Electoral District|Hambantota District]] and was elected to [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/GE2010_preferences/Hambantota_pref_GE2010.pdf|title=Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Hambantota Preferences|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref> Rajapaksa's father was an MP for Hambantota District for 16 years before becoming president in 2005. It is widely believed that Rajapaksa is being groomed to succeed his father.<ref name=bbc070410>{{cite news|last=Haviland|first=Charles|title=Rajapaksas out in force for Sri Lanka election|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8607301.stm|newspaper=[[BBC News]]|date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Saturn Affects Three Main Parties|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/11/06/saturn-affects-three-main-parties/|newspaper=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=6 November 2011}}</ref> Rajapaksa is often seen at state events and is the chief guests at ceremonies inaugurating new roads, bridges, schools and other government buildings.<ref name=eco170311/><ref name=IT080811/> Although Rajapaksa holds no government position, he has made numerous official foreign trips, sometimes accompanying his father.<ref name=eco170311/> In January 2011 Rajapaksa led a parliamentary delegation to [[Libya]] and met with [[Muammar Gaddafi]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Pathirana|first=Saroj|title=Gaddafi calls President Rajapaksa|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2011/03/110304_mahinda_gaddafi.shtml|newspaper=[[BBC]] Sinhala|date=4 March 2011}}</ref> Rajapaksa has also made official trips to [[United Nations Headquarters]] (September 2010), [[Nepal]] (March 2011), [[Palestine]] (February 2012),<ref>{{cite news|title=Namal and Abbas discuss conflict|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/02/20/namal-and-abbas-discuss-conflict/|newspaper=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=20 February 2012}}</ref> [[Japan]] (March 2012)<ref>{{cite news|title=Namal meets leading Japanese dignitaries in Tokyo|url=http://www.ft.lk/2012/03/14/namal-meets-leading-japanese-dignitaries-in-tokyo/|newspaper=[[Daily FT]]|date=14 March 2012}}</ref> and [[South Korea]] (April 2012).<ref>{{cite news|title=Korea signs deal for $ 200 m support for Sri Lanka|url=http://www.ft.lk/2012/04/25/korea-signs-deal-for-200-m-support-for-sri-lanka-2/|newspaper=[[Daily FT]]|date=25 April 2012}}</ref> Rajapaksa also led [[Hambantota]]'s [[Hambantota bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games|unsuccessful bid]] to host the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]].<ref name=eco170311/><ref name=IT080811/>
  
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[[Carlton Sports Network]], a sports, lifestyles and business television channel, is owned by Rajapaksa and his brother Yoshitha.<ref name=BBC150612>{{cite news|last=Pathirana|first=Saroj|title=Sri Lanka Cricket defends TV deal|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/18456920|newspaper=[[BBC Sport]]|date=15 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Cricket Chief exposes Nishantha Ranatunga|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=54270|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=12 June 2012}}</ref> Rajapaksa was a shareholder in Ascot Holdings PLC - as at 30 September 2011 he owned 92,000 shares (1.15%) in the company.<ref>{{cite news|last=Laduwahetty|first=Ravi|title=President’s sons in Ascot’s Top Twenty lis|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=43669|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rajapaksa Sons Among Top 15 Shareholders Of Ascot Holdings|url=http://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/rajapaksa-sons-among-top-15-shareholders-of-ascot-holdings/|newspaper=Colombo Telegraph|date=28 January 2012}}</ref>
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Rajapaksa and his brother Yoshitha started Tharunyata Hetak (A Tomorrow for Youth), a youth organisation, in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title=Coca-Cola Partners with Tharunyata Hetak to Drive Forward Youth Entrepreneurship|url=http://archives.dailymirror.lk/2007/09/24/ft/13.asp|newspaper=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=23 September 2007}}</ref> Rajapaksa is chairman of Tharunyata Hetak, Yoshitha is vice-chairman.<ref name=TISL>{{cite book|title=Electoral Integrity: A Review of the Abuse of State Resources and Selected Integrity Issues During the 2010 Elections in Sri Lanka|year=2010|publisher=Transparency International Sri Lanka|isbn=978-955-1281-32-8|url=http://www.tisrilanka.org/pub/reports/PPPR_BOOK.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Workshop on English Language and Personality Development by Tharunyata Hetak|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100214/Education/edu07.html|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=14 February 2010}}</ref> According to Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) Tharunyata Hetak spent [[Sri Lankan rupee|Rs]]. 172 million promoting Rajapaksa's father and his party during the 2010 [[Sri Lankan presidential election, 2010|presidential]] and parliamentary elections.<ref>{{cite news|title=TISL puts Rs. 824 m Ad spend for Presidential polls|url=http://www.ft.lk/2010/09/30/tisl-puts-rs-824-m-ad-spend-for-presidential-polls/|newspaper=[[Daily FT]]|date=30 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Wickrematunge|first=Raisa|title=Namal’s Tharunyata Hetak Beats Them All|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2010/01/17/namal%E2%80%99s-tharunyata-hetak-beats-them-all/|newspaper=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=17 January 2010}}</ref> Tharunyata Hetak receives significant funding from public bodies including the [[Bank of Ceylon]] and National Lotteries Board both of which are under the control of Rajapaksa's father.<ref name=TISL/>
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Template:POV Template:Infobox officeholder Lakshman Namal Rajapaksa (Template:Lang-si; born 10 April 1986; known as Namal Rajapaksa) is a son of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and a Member of Parliament.[1][2] It is widely believed that Rajapaksa is being groomed to succeed his father.[3][4]

Early life and family

Template:See also Rajapaksa was born on 10 April 1986.[5] He is the son of Mahinda Rajapaksa and Shiranthi Rajapaksa.[6] He has two younger brothers - Yoshitha and Rohitha.[7] His paternal grandfather D. A. Rajapaksa was a Member of Parliament and Minister of Agriculture and Land in Wijeyananda Dahanayake's government.[8]

Rajapaksa was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia.[9][10] After school Rajapaksa joined Cardiff University to study law.[11][12] He then went to City University London from where he graduated in September 2009 with a third-class degree law degree.[8][13][14]

Rajapaksa then joined Sri Lanka Law College in order to qualify as an attorney at law. He sat the college's preliminary exam in October 2009 and passed with second class honours.[15] It was alleged that Rajapaksa sat the exam in a special cubicle that was set aside for him and the college's principal accompanied him.[16][17]

Final exams controversy

In December 2010, several media sources reported that Rajapaksa had allegedly received special treatment during his final examination at Sri Lanka Law College.[18][19][20] A fellow law student, Thushara Jayarathna, alleged that Rajapaksa had been given a separate room along with an internet enabled computer, later filing a complaint with the Law College examination system, Keselwaththa police station and the Supreme Court.[19]

Media and NGO sources reports that Jayarathna's complaints were largely ignored or rejected,[21] although he appeared before the college authorities early in January 2011.[19] After the incident, sources reported that Jayarathna had been allegedly abducted and beaten up by the police, and that he also received multiple death threats traced to the police[20] and the college.[21][22][23]

According to the principal of the college, an investigation had been held but it concluded that the allegations "were based on hearsay" and "unfounded". [24] Although the official investigation didn't find anything irregular, the threats against Jayarathna have not been investigated.[21] The Colombo Telegraph reported that the consequences of Jayarathna's reporting wasn't unusual and that he is one of several others who have been harassed or persecuted after filing complaints against the ruling family or the police.[19] Chief Justice Asoka de Silva also questioned the investigation, saying "We have only one Law College in Sri Lanka. If there are suspicions over its credibility, it will affect the whole profession."[18]

Rajapaksa was sworn in as an attorney at law on 15 December 2011 before a panel of Supreme Court judges including Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake.[25][26]

Political career

Rajapaksa contested the 2010 parliamentary election as one of the United People's Freedom Alliance's candidates in Hambantota District and was elected to Parliament.[27] Rajapaksa's father was an MP for Hambantota District for 16 years before becoming president in 2005. It is widely believed that Rajapaksa is being groomed to succeed his father.[28][29] Rajapaksa is often seen at state events and is the chief guests at ceremonies inaugurating new roads, bridges, schools and other government buildings.[3][8] Although Rajapaksa holds no government position, he has made numerous official foreign trips, sometimes accompanying his father.[3] In January 2011 Rajapaksa led a parliamentary delegation to Libya and met with Muammar Gaddafi.[30] Rajapaksa has also made official trips to United Nations Headquarters (September 2010), Nepal (March 2011), Palestine (February 2012),[31] Japan (March 2012)[32] and South Korea (April 2012).[33] Rajapaksa also led Hambantota's unsuccessful bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[3][8]

Business career

Carlton Sports Network, a sports, lifestyles and business television channel, is owned by Rajapaksa and his brother Yoshitha.[34][35] Rajapaksa was a shareholder in Ascot Holdings PLC - as at 30 September 2011 he owned 92,000 shares (1.15%) in the company.[36][37]

Tharunyata Hetak

Rajapaksa and his brother Yoshitha started Tharunyata Hetak (A Tomorrow for Youth), a youth organisation, in 2005.[38] Rajapaksa is chairman of Tharunyata Hetak, Yoshitha is vice-chairman.[39][40] According to Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) Tharunyata Hetak spent Rs. 172 million promoting Rajapaksa's father and his party during the 2010 presidential and parliamentary elections.[41][42] Tharunyata Hetak receives significant funding from public bodies including the Bank of Ceylon and National Lotteries Board both of which are under the control of Rajapaksa's father.[39]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Namal Rajapaksa's law exam cheating case goes to Geneva". Colombo Telegraph. 30 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Namal Rajapaksa to open Mihin Lanka Airlines office in Jaffna". TamilNet. 10 September 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "The son also rises". The Economist. 17 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Sriskandarajah, Usha (29 October 2012). "Sri Lanka: A look at the Rajapaksas prior to the UPR". South Asia Analysis Group.
  5. ↑ "NAMAL RAJAPAKSA". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  6. ↑ "Carrots like carat: Johnnie eats humble vegetable pie". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 18 December 2011.
  7. ↑ Perera, Amantha (28 April 2010). "The Long Reach of Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa Dynasty". Time (magazine).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Aditi Khanna; Namini Wijedasa; Saleem Samad; Shafi Rahman (8 August 2011). "South Asia's other Rahuls". India Today.
  9. ↑ "Namal begins a new chapter". Daily FT. 16 December 2011.
  10. ↑ Kotelawala, Himal (18 April 2010). "New Faces in Parliament" (PDF). The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
  11. ↑ Madawala, Tissa (13 April 2006). "Surprise birthday boy at London Temple". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
  12. ↑ "Mahinda reacts to Kebetigollewa, Mervyn clowns on a chopper". The Island (Sri Lanka). 18 June 2006.
  13. ↑ Page, Jeremy (22 February 2010). "Rise of Sri Lankan President's son Namal Rajapaksa sparks concern". The Times.
  14. ↑ Mendis, Patrick (8 December 2012). "The Colombo-Centric New Silk Road". Economic and Political Weekly. XLVII (49).
  15. ↑ "Awards Ceremony Sri Lanka Law College 2010" (PDF). Sri Lanka Law College.
  16. ↑ Gunasekara, Tisaranee (13 December 2009). "Spurious Claims and Real Agendas". Asian Tribune.
  17. ↑ "Some Are More Equal". The Sunday Leader. 29 November 2009.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Pathirana, Saroj (9 January 2011). "Law College initiates probe on 'exam cheat'". BBC Sinhala service. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 "Namal Rajapaksa's law exam cheating case goes to Geneva". Colombo Telegraph. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Sujan, Dheera (19 January 2012). "Above the Law". Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 "SRI LANKA: Police refuse to conduct investigation into malpractice during the Sri Lanka Law College exam and threaten the life of the complainant". Asian Human Rights Commission. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  22. ↑ "SRI LANKA: A whistle-blower who exposed the leakage of a question paper at Sri Lanka Law College forced into hiding". Asian Human Rights Commission. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  23. ↑ "He was abducted, tortured & plotted to be killed but he continues to fight for justice". Sri Lanka Guardian. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  24. ↑ Wickrematunge, Raisa. "Law Student Goes Underground". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  25. ↑ "That's My Boy". The Sunday Leader. 18 December 2011.
  26. ↑ "Two stories:Namal Rajapaksa took oaths as Attorney-at-Law and two students arrested for exam fraud". Colombo Telegraph. 16 December 2011.
  27. ↑ "Parliamentary General Election - 2010 Hambantota Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  28. ↑ Haviland, Charles (7 April 2010). "Rajapaksas out in force for Sri Lanka election". BBC News.
  29. ↑ "Saturn Affects Three Main Parties". The Sunday Leader. 6 November 2011.
  30. ↑ Pathirana, Saroj (4 March 2011). "Gaddafi calls President Rajapaksa". BBC Sinhala.
  31. ↑ "Namal and Abbas discuss conflict". The Sunday Leader. 20 February 2012.
  32. ↑ "Namal meets leading Japanese dignitaries in Tokyo". Daily FT. 14 March 2012.
  33. ↑ "Korea signs deal for $ 200 m support for Sri Lanka". Daily FT. 25 April 2012.
  34. ↑ Pathirana, Saroj (15 June 2012). "Sri Lanka Cricket defends TV deal". BBC Sport.
  35. ↑ "Cricket Chief exposes Nishantha Ranatunga". The Island (Sri Lanka). 12 June 2012.
  36. ↑ Laduwahetty, Ravi (21 January 2012). "President's sons in Ascot's Top Twenty lis". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  37. ↑ "Rajapaksa Sons Among Top 15 Shareholders Of Ascot Holdings". Colombo Telegraph. 28 January 2012.
  38. ↑ "Coca-Cola Partners with Tharunyata Hetak to Drive Forward Youth Entrepreneurship". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 23 September 2007.
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 Electoral Integrity: A Review of the Abuse of State Resources and Selected Integrity Issues During the 2010 Elections in Sri Lanka (PDF). Transparency International Sri Lanka. 2010. ISBN 978-955-1281-32-8.
  40. ↑ "Workshop on English Language and Personality Development by Tharunyata Hetak". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 14 February 2010.
  41. ↑ "TISL puts Rs. 824 m Ad spend for Presidential polls". Daily FT. 30 September 2010.
  42. ↑ Wickrematunge, Raisa (17 January 2010). "Namal's Tharunyata Hetak Beats Them All". The Sunday Leader.

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