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Lanka Ex-President Gets Official Residence, Security On Return: Report

Gotabaya resigned after arriving in Singapore and later traveled to Thailand.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 barged into his official residence and office.He resigned after arriving in Singapore and later traveled to Thailand.A Sri Lanka government spokesman and the president's office did not immediately reply to emails seeking comment on Rajapaksa's return.The former president met with a group of ruling party members and lawmakers at the airport ear...