COLOMBO ¨C Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country for the Maldives on Wednesday, hours before he was due to step down amid widespread protests over his handling of a devastating economic crisis.
As news of the president¡¯s flight spread, thousands of people gathered at the main protest site in Colombo chanting ¡°Gota thief, Gota thief,¡± referring to him by a nickname.
Hundreds of others stormed the prime minister¡¯s office, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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