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Sri Lanka’s ex-first lady arrested over alleged misuse of children’s hospital donations

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Sri Lanka’s ex-first lady arrested over alleged misuse of children’s hospital donations

Anti-corruption authorities arrested the 73-year-old wife of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at their Colombo home on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka's former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa has been arrested over allegations that a charity she is linked to misused donations raised for a children's hospital.

Sri Lanka's current government, under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has since revived long-stalled corruption investigations involving various members of the Rajapaksa family.

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