COLOMBO, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The son of former president and opposition parliament member, Namal Rajapakse, was arrested by Sri Lankan investigators on Monday over financial fraud.
Rajapakse, was arrested by the Financial Crimes Investigations Division and was questioned by investigators for hours.
He was alleged to have recorded a statement over the misplacement of funds amounting to 70 million Rupees (480,000 U.S dollars) during the previous government.
Rajapakse is the eldest son of Mahinda Rajapakse. The former first family are all under a corruption probe over allegations of fraud and corruption alleged to have taken place in the Rajapakse government.
Mahinda Rajapakse was ousted out of power in the presidential poll in January last year.
