Sri Lanka arrests ex-first lady in graft probe

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Sri Lanka's anti-graft authority has arrested former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa over allegations that her charity misused donations collected for a children's hospital. 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 73-year-old wife of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa was arrested in Colombo on