Lankans based in Melbourne on the hunt for Yoshitha and his allegedly ill gotten wealth

Melbourne based Sri Lankans are super active these days trying to find the truth behind social media posts saying that Yoshitha Rajapaksa, Chief of Staff of former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, had reportedly arrived in the city a day after the May 9 unrest in Colombo.

This group which alleged that Yoshitha Rajapaksa came to Melbourne with purportedly illgotten wealth accumulated through corrupt practices also lobbied local Australian politicians to subject the former Chief of Staff to the Autonomous Sanctions Amendment Regulations 2021 to prevent the transfer of illegal funds to Australia.

They have launched digital petitions to exert more pressure on Australian authorities as well. These reports of Yoshitha Rajapaksa's whereabouts were conflicting. They all revolved around a former Sri Lanka national cricketer's marital family connections to Yoshitha Rajapaksa, including a former CEO of the national airline and his wife who have been named in a corruption case in the United Kingdom at a time when Yoshitha Rajapaksa's uncle was the chairman of the airline.