Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Admitted to ICU

Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was admitted to a hospital for urgent medical care on Monday and is under observation in the ICU.

The 80-year-old leader's hospitalisation comes amid ongoing investigations into alleged financial irregularities involving his wife and elder son.

Mahinda Rajapaksa served as President from 2005 to 2015 and oversaw the defeat of the LTTE in 2009, ending the country's civil war.