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ARCHIVE: Colombo – 11 June 2022
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1. Various of Sri Lanka’s then-Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at start of interview with Associated Press reporter Krutika Pathi
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ARCHIVE: Colombo – 15 June 2016
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2. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu shaking hands with Wickremesinghe
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ARCHIVE: Colombo – 17 November 2005
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3. Then-opposition leader Wickremesinghe walking to polling booth with his wife
4. Various of Wickremesinghe walking to voting booth, casting vote and leaving
5. Wide of Wickremesinghe speaking to media
6. Mid of Wickremesinghe leaving showing victory sign
7. Observers in the polling booth talking to the party agents as well as the polling officer
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ARCHIVE: Exact date and location unknown
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8. Sri Lanka’s then-President Chandrika Bandaranaike-Kumaratunga next to Wickremesinghe
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ARCHIVE: Colombo -14 November 2005
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9. Mid of supporters with flags
10. Various of Wickremesinghe speaking at "New President Ranil" rally
11. Cutaway of people listening
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ARCHIVE: Colombo – 23 January 2010
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12. Cutaway of media
13. Mid of Wickremesinghe speaking
STORYLINE:
Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka’s former president and senior opposition politician was arrested by the country’s police on Friday over allegations of misusing public funds during his tenure as president, an aide said.
Wickremesinghe, who served as the island nation’s president from 2022 to 2024, was arrested on allegations of using public funds to attend his wife’s graduation ceremony in London after an official visit to the U.S.
One of his aides told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity that Wickremesinghe has been taken to a court after being arrested by the Financial Crimes Investigations Department.
Wickremesinghe is the first Sri Lankan former head of state to be arrested.
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