The former head of Lanca, former Lanca, was arrested on charges of financing the personal journey with state funds

Police said that on Friday, the Sri Lankan police arrested the former head of the country and the opposition chief Raniel Wekmising over allegations of misuse of public funds during his term as president.

Police spokesman Federick and Tiller told Associated Press that the head of the head of the island’s nation from 2022 to 2024 was arrested on allegations using public funds to attend his wife’s graduation ceremony in London after an official visit to the United States.

Danoshka Ramanaaki, assistant Wekrimsing, said that the former president had been transferred to the court after his arrest by the Ministry of Investigations in Financial Crime.

Wickremesinghe is the first former state president in Sri Lankan to be arrested and is the largest high -ranking leader under the investigation of corruption during the government of President Anura Kumara Devaniaki, who reached the authority last year to punish those accused of corruption under previous governments.

Dissanayake won the presidential elections in September last year in elections that witnessed voters who reject an old guard accused of leading the country to an economic crisis. Two months later, his party won the landslides in the parliamentary elections that enabled him to form a strong government.

Indeed, more than ten political leaders from the former government and former government officials have been arrested under investigation due to the alleged corruption and poor practice.

Wickremesinghe became president after Sri Lanka’s economic turmoil led to a political crisis that forced President Goutabaya Rajapaxa to resign in 2022.

Wickremesinghe attributes the deteriorating economy, as inflation has decreased, the local currency has been strengthened and foreign reserves have increased. But he was severely criticized for the implementation of strict measures for austerity, including raising taxes and utilities, which came as part of the rescue package that entered his government with the International Monetary Fund.