斯里兰卡前第一夫人Shiranthi Rajapaksa因涉嫌滥用为儿童医院筹集的捐款而被捕。
Sri Lanka's former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa has been arrested over allegations that a charity she is linked to misused donations raised for a children's hospital.
反腐败当局星期三在科伦坡的家中逮捕了前总统马欣达·拉贾帕克萨73岁的妻子。
Anti-corruption authorities arrested the 73-year-old wife of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at their Colombo home on Wednesday.
他们正在询问她关于Alliya Saviya慈善机构收集的1000万卢比（30，300美元; 22，800英镑）的捐款，用于为科伦坡的Ridgeway夫人儿童医院购买专门的扫描仪。但官员们说，中国政府已经捐赠了这样一台扫描仪。
They are questioning her over the 10 million rupees ($30,300; £22,800) of donations collected by the Siriliya Saviya charity, meant to be spent on a specialised scanner for Colombo's Lady Ridgeway Children's Hospital. But officials say such a scanner had already been donated by the Chinese government.
希拉蒂·拉贾帕克萨否认有任何不当行为，并表示这笔钱并未被挪用。
Shiranthi Rajapaksa has denied any wrongdoing and says the money has not been appropriated.
她于周一从新加坡返回斯里兰卡，正在那里接受治疗。她曾向法庭提交请愿书，试图阻止她被捕，但听证会定于10月12日举行。
She returned to Sri Lanka on Monday from Singapore, where she was receiving medical treatment. She had filed a court petition to try to prevent her arrest, but the hearing was set for 12 October.
前总统马欣达·拉贾帕克萨的发言人马诺伊·加马奇表示，这笔钱在阿卡利亚的账户中是安全的，没有发生欺诈行为。
Ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa's spokesperson, Manoj Gamage, has said the money is safe in Siriliya's accounts and that no fraud has occurred.
马欣达·拉贾帕克萨（Mahinda Rajapaksa）于2005年至2015年担任斯里兰卡总统，多年来，他的家人牢牢控制着该国的政治。2009年，在他担任总统的第一个任期内，泰米尔猛虎叛军被镇压，结束了近三十年的内战，他被许多人誉为英雄。
Mahinda Rajapaksa served as president of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015 and for years, his family held a tight grip over the country's politics. He was hailed by many as a hero for bringing an end to nearly three decades of civil war when Tamil Tiger rebels were crushed in 2009, during his first term as president.
但2022年，随着通货膨胀飙升，斯里兰卡燃料、食品和药品耗尽，全国各地爆发了抗议活动。
But in 2022, protests broke out across the country as inflation surged and Sri Lanka ran out of fuel, food and medicine.
马欣达的兄弟戈塔巴亚·拉贾帕克萨（Gotabaya Rajapaksa）当时担任领导人，最终被推翻。
Mahinda's brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was serving as leader at that time, was eventually toppled.
斯里兰卡现任政府在总统阿努拉·库马拉·迪萨纳亚克的领导下，恢复了长期搁置的涉及拉贾帕克萨家族多名成员的腐败调查。
Sri Lanka's current government, under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has since revived long-stalled corruption investigations involving various members of the Rajapaksa family.
马欣达和希兰蒂的长子纳迈勒·拉贾帕克萨（Namal Rajapaksa）今年早些时候因涉嫌与其父亲担任总统期间达成的飞机采购协议有关而被捕。他目前被还押候审。他的弟弟约西塔今年早些时候也因贪腐指控被捕。
Mahinda and Shiranthi's eldest son, Namal Rajapaksa, was arrested earlier this year over allegations linked to an aircraft procurement deal made during his father's presidency. He is currently held in remand. His brother Yoshitha was also arrested earlier this year on corruption charges.