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Tense situation outside court after ruling on ex-President
22 Aug, 2025
A tense situation arose outside the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court after former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was ordered to be remanded.
Riot Police was deployed to control an angry crowd that had gathered outside the court premises.
The crowd expressed anger at the arrest of the former President and began to abuse the Government.
Wickremesinghe was ordered to be remanded until 26 August and was later taken to the prison hospital on the advise of doctors.
Wickremesinghe was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over allegations he misused Government funds to travel to London to attend a private function.
The former President appeared before the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and was questioned over the allegations.
Wickremesinghe was accused of misusing Government funds to travel to London to attend a graduation ceremony of his wife, Professor Maithree Wickremesinghe in 2023 when he was President.
His arrest came hours after a YouTube host “predicted” that Wickremesinghe will be arrested and remanded.
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