Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former President, is again fleeing to Sri Lanka seeking asylum in Thailand.
Sri Lanka:
Sri Lanka’s ousted president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is expected to arrive in Thailand on Thursday seeking temporary asylum in another Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nation amid massive protests last month, two sources said. Were were
Following unprecedented unrest triggered by Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis in seven decades, and raids on the president’s official residence and office by thousands of protesters, Rajapaksa flew to Singapore via the Maldives on July 14.
The retired military officer then resigned from the presidency, becoming the first Sri Lankan president to leave mid-term.
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