Sri Lanka Arrests Ex-First Lady in Charity Graft Probe
Investigators say her charity collected 10 million rupees for a scanner already donated by China, and she denies wrongdoing.
- On Wednesday, Sri Lanka's anti-graft authority arrested First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa in Colombo over allegations that her Siriliya Saviya Foundation misused donations collected for a children's hospital.
- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's government has revived long-dormant corruption investigations into The Rajapaksa family, which dominated Sri Lankan politics for nearly two decades.
- Investigators claim the charity solicited 10 million rupees for a PET scanner already donated by the Chinese government, yet the Siriliya Saviya allegedly continued collecting funds.
- Shiranthi returned to Sri Lanka on Monday after filing a court petition seeking to prevent her arrest; the anticipatory bail hearing is set for October 12. She has denied any wrongdoing.
- Other family members face legal troubles, including opposition lawmaker Namal Rajapaksa, who remains in remand custody over a 2013 Airbus aircraft deal. The Rajapaksa consistently dismisses these cases as politically motivated.
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Sri Lanka’s former first lady is arrested on corruption allegations
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The wife of Sri Lanka's powerful former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was detained Wednesday on allegations of misusing donations received for her charity when she was first lady.
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Sri Lanka's former first lady is arrested on corruption allegations
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The wife of Sri Lanka's powerful former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was detained Wednesday on allegations of misusing donations received for her charity when she was first lady.
Sri Lanka ex-first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, two others arrested in graft cases - The Tribune
Former Sri Lankan first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa was arrested on Wednesday in a corruption case for allegedly misusing LKR 10 million public fund, as the country’s anti-graft authority also arrested an ex-foreign minister and a former state bank chief in separate cases. The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) arrested 73-year-old Rajapaksa, […]
Sri Lanka's former first lady, Shiranthi Rajapaksa, was arrested on Wednesday over allegations that a charity she is affiliated with misused donations intended for a children's hospital. The charity specifically raised more than 10 million rupees (2.3 million crowns) for a specialized scanning machine that had previously been donated to the hospital by the Chinese government.
Sri Lanka ex-first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa held in graft case
Sri Lanka's anti-graft agency arrested former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa over alleged misuse of public funds. The move deepens scrutiny of the Rajapaksa family and widens a politically sensitive corruption probe.
Shiranthi Rajapaksa denies misusing donations of around 30 thousand US dollars.
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