Sri Lanka arrests presidential aide for graft
9 years agoIn this handout photograph taken and released by the Sri Lankan President's Office on May 1, 2018, Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena (R) swears in former justice minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe (L) into cabinet with the higher education and culture portfolios, during a ceremony in the capital Colombo. Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena on May 1 reinstated his justice minister who was sacked nine months ago for publicly criticising a billion-dollar deal to lease a loss-making harbour to China. / AFP PHOTO / SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT'S OFFICE / Handout
[vvideo code="EZUR09RP" autoplay="yes"] Sri Lankan police caught a top aide of President Maithripala Sirisena in the act of allegedly accepting a bribe from a foreign investor on Thursday, an anti-corruption…