Security tight as Sri Lankan MPs meet to elect new president amid first fuel arrival

Legislators set to choose within a week after former president flees to Singapore to escape anti-government protests

Sri Lanka's parliament began meeting on Saturday to begin the process of electing a new president, as a shipment of fuel arrived to provide some relief to the crisis-hit nation.

The resignation of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was accepted by parliament on Friday, after he fled to Singapore via the Maldives to escape anti-government protesters who had occupied his official residence and offices.