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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Uditha Jayasinghe

Sri Lanka's ousted President Rajapaksa gets govt residence, security on return -officials

Sri Lanka's ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's party members welcome him and his wife Ioma Rajapaksa at the Bandaranaike International Airport as he returns to the country after he had fled during the July economic unrest and protestors stormed in the president's house in Katunayake, Sri Lanka, September 2, 2022. PR Media Unit/Handout via Reuters

Sri Lanka's ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was provided on Saturday with an official residence and security by the government after he returned to the country he had fled in July during economic unrest, two senior officials said.

Rajapaksa fled in the early hours of July 13 after massive protests engulfed Colombo and demonstrators enraged with the economic devastation stormed his official residence and office.

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