Sri Lanka’s Ex-President Ranil Wickremesinghe Arrested Over Alleged Misuse Of State Funds

| Aug 22, 2025, 04:52:57 PM | TOI.in
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Former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested over allegations of misusing state funds during his time in office from 2022 to 2024. The charges focus on a 2023 stopover in the UK, following a G77 summit in Cuba, where he and his wife attended a University of Wolverhampton event. Police claim it was a private visit paid for with public money, which Wickremesinghe denies. He gave a statement to the Criminal Investigations Department and will appear in court in Colombo on Friday. BBC Sinhala reports he made 23 foreign trips as president, costing around $2 million.

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