Lankan president plans to flee by sea after airport shutdown: Report
Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced his resignation on Wednesday and paved the way for a "peaceful transfer of power" following widespread protests against him over the country's worst economic crisis. Colombo: Sri Lanka's president planned to use a navy patrol boat to leave the island on Tuesday after a humiliating standoff with immigration at the airport, AFP official sources told AFP. know. Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced his resignation on Wednesday and paved the way for a "peaceful transfer of power" following widespread protests against him over the country's worst economic crisis. The 73-year-old leader fled his official residence in Colombo shortly before tens of thousands of protesters flooded it on Saturday. He then wants to travel to Dubai, officials said. As president, Rajapaksa enjoys immunity from arrest, and is said to want to travel abroad on business before resigning to avoid the possibility of detention. But immigration officers refused...