US EditionFormer Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe arrested on allegations of misusing state funds
Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's former president, is the first ex-leader arrested for allegedly misusing state funds for a 2023 private London visit, officials said.
- Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested in connection with the alleged misuse of state funds during his time as president from 2022 to 2024.
- Wickremesinghe is accused of using government money for a private visit to the UK in 2023 to attend his wife's graduation ceremony, and for paying his bodyguards with state funds.
- Wickremesinghe denies the allegations, claiming his wife paid her own travel expenses and no state funds were used.
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The former President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was placed in pre-trial detention on Friday by a court, after his arrest earlier in the day for embezzlement of public funds on a trip abroad in 2023. ...
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In Sri Lanka, former President Wickremesinghe has been arrested for embezzlement of public funds.
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