The results of the government's anti-corruption drive are now beginning to show, President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday.

His observation coincided with the arrest of five people including former President Mahinda Rajapaksa's second son, for alleged financial fraud at Carlton Sports Network.

People did not appoint the government to take the law into its hand, Sirisena said, adding that they need the rule of the law established so that wrongdoers could be punished legally.

Yoshitha Rajapaksa and four others were arrested yesterday and were charged under the Money Laundering Act. They were remanded by the Kaduwela Magistrate last evening.