Sri Lanka’s ousted President Rajapaksa returns home: Official
Rajapaksa had resigned after protesters angered by a debilitating economic crisis stormed his office and residence. Sri Lanka’s then president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, presenting his national statement during the World Leaders’ Summit at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 1, 2021. REUTERS
Sri Lanka’s ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned home in the early hours of Saturday after fleeing the country in July, a senior security official said.
Rajapaksa resigned after protesters angered by a debilitating economic crisis stormed his office and residence.
He had fled to Singapore via the Maldives and then spent the past few weeks in Thailand.
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