{"id":28444,"date":"2025-07-04T11:22:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T05:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28444"},"modified":"2025-07-04T11:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T05:52:18","slug":"former-minister-s-m-chandrasena-arrested-by-bribery-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=28444","title":{"rendered":"Former Minister S.M. Chandrasena Arrested by Bribery Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former cabinet minister S.M. Chandrasena was arrested today by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) following a summons requiring his appearance. He was taken into custody upon arrival at the Commission&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chandrasena has held key ministerial roles in the administrations of Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and Ranil Wickremesinghe. His arrest adds to growing public scrutiny, as both his wife and brother, S.M. Ranjith, are currently serving prison sentences related to government financial fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have yet to release full details of the charges, but the arrest marks a significant development in ongoing anti-corruption efforts.<\/p>\n<div class='saic-wrapper saic-default saic-comments-closed saic-border' style='overflow: hidden;'><div class='saic-wrap-link'><a id='saic-link-28444' class='saic-link saic-icon-link saic-icon-link-true auto-load-true' href='?post_id=28444&amp;comments=0&amp;get=30&amp;order=DESC' title='0 Comments'><i class='saico-comment'><\/i><span>0<\/span> Comments<\/a><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-link--><div id='saic-wrap-commnent-28444' class='saic-wrap-comments' style='display:none;'><div id='saic-wrap-form-28444' class='saic-wrap-form saic-clearfix'><div class='saic-form-avatar'><\/div><div id='saic-container-form-28444' class='saic-container-form saic-no-login'><p>Comments are closed<\/p><\/div><!--.saic-container-form--><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-form--><div id='saic-comment-status-28444'  class='saic-comment-status'><\/div><ul id='saic-container-comment-28444' class='saic-container-comments saic-order-DESC ' data-order='DESC'><\/ul><div class='saic-holder-28444 saic-holder'><\/div><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-comments--><\/div><!--.saic-wrapper-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former cabinet minister S.M. Chandrasena was arrested today by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[94,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest","category-smartphones","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28445,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28444\/revisions\/28445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}