At a contentious meeting Wednesday night, the Santa Clara County Office of Education's board delivered the results of a lengthy investigation into an alleged misuse of public funds by the county's former superintendent of schools - but conflicting claims by county office of education leaders made it clear that many questions still swirl around the findings. They come more than a year after former Superintendent Mary Ann Dewan was unexpectedly removed from her position in a 4-2 vote; the action was classified as "without cause."
Sri Lanka's anticorruption units have led a crackdown since President Anura Kumara Dissanayake came to power in September on a promise to fight corruption. A Wickremesinghe ally from his United National Party (UNP) proclaimed his innocence and suggested the case was politically motivated. Ranil Wickremesinghe has never misused public funds or state funds, UNP member Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe told reporters outside the court complex in Colombo where the former president appeared.