Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe was detained on Friday by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on charges of misusing state funds, according to local media.
Wickremesinghe, 76, was arrested after appearing at the CID office in Colombo to record a statement in connection with a probe investigating his trip to London to attend his wife’s graduation ceremony, according to the report.
Wickremesinghe had visited London in 2023 while returning from a G77 summit in Havana.
He and his wife were in London for a University of Wolverhampton event.
