Colombo (TIP): Sri Lanka’s police summoned former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa on September 16 for questioning over allegations that her charity misused donations, tightening authorities’ anti-corruption drive.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government has revived long-dormant graft investigations involving members of the once powerful Rajapaksa family, which dominated Sri Lankan politics for nearly two decades.
The Financial Crimes Investigation Division served the summons shortly before Shiranthi, 73, boarded a flight to Singapore for medical treatment, family spokesman Manoj Gamage told reporters in Colombo.
‘She was given the FCID notice minutes before she boarded the aircraft,’ Gamage said, rejecting suggestions she was attempting to leave the country to evade investigators.
‘She is not trying to flee the country but travelling for medical treatment.’
Police said the FCID wanted to question Shiranthi over the 10 million rupees ($30,750) collected in donations by her Siriliya Saviya charity for a PET scanner intended for a local cancer hospital.
Investigators have told a court that the scanner had already been donated by the Chinese government, but the charity allegedly continued to solicit donations and misused the funds.
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