COLOMBO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's former Housing Minister Wimal Weerawansa was arrested on Tuesday by a special police unit investigating fraud.
The police said that Weerawansa was arrested by the Financial Crimes Investigations Division after he was asked to appear to record a statement.
An opposition member of parliament, Weerawansa was questioned over the alleged misuse of government vehicles when he was a minister.
Weerawansa was the housing minister in the government of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and was known as an outspoken figure in parliament.
The Sri Lankan authorities have begun a crackdown on opposition members accused of fraud and corruption.
Some key members of the former government had been arrested over the past several months.
