Off the wire
• Weather forecast for world cities -- July 18  • Major news items in leading Kenyan media outlets  • Singapore stocks end up 0.12 pct on Monday  • Roundup: Afghan forces adopt aggressive mode as over 100 militants killed in 3 days  • UN chief calls for collective action on South Sudan  • Xinhua China-related world news summary at 0900 GMT, July 18  • Gunman kill 3 policemen, 1 civilian in Kazakhstan  • Armed man killed outside Turkish courthouse holding coup suspects  • Turkish lira rises against U.S. dollar after huge drop due to coup bid  • 10 Yemeni soldiers killed in two suicide attacks  
You are here: 　 Home

Sri Lankan investigators arrest former economic development minister over fraud

Xinhua, July 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

Sri Lanka's former Economic Development Minister and a brother of the former President, Basil Rajapakse, was arrested by investigators on Monday over the misappropriation of funds amounting to millions, the police said.

Rajapakse appeared before the Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) to record a statement and was arrested after he was questioned by the officers.

He is expected to be produced before a local court later on Monday.

Rajapakse was arrested on charges of misappropriating millions of ruppees of the Divi Neguma funds which came under his ministry during the previous government.

This is the third time he has been arrested after his brother's defeat in a presidential election early last year. Endit