Gotabaya Rajapaksa expected to return to Sri Lanka, minister says
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#61VB9)
Ex-president fled the crisis-hit country earlier this month after protesters took over his house and offices, demanding he resign
Sri Lanka's beleaguered former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country after mass protests and resigned this month, is expected to return home, according to a cabinet minister.
Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka under the cover of darkness in a military jet earlier this month after protesters took over his house and presidential offices, demanding he resign.
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