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Sri Lanka’s ousted president Rajapaksa arrives in Thailand

Published August 11, 2022 Updated August 11, 2022 07:08pm
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Sri Lanka’s former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has arrived in Thailand on Thursday for a temporary stay, according to The Straits Times.

Rajapaksa is believed to have arrived in Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport around 8 p.m. (1300 GMT), via charter plane from Singapore’s Seletar Airport, the report said.

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Rajapaksa had fled Sri Lanka for Singapore on July 14 and resigned from office shortly afterwards.