INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A total of 21 protesters including a Buddhist monk have been arrested by the police for obstructing two entrances of the Finance Ministry in
Colombo.Police said that the arrested protesters includes a Buddhist monk, four females and another 16 males.They had been engaged in a
protest this morning (20) blocking the entrance to the Ministry of Finance while the protesters had also erected tents near the entryway.The
Police Media Unit said that this had resulted in officials of the Finance Ministry, Presidential Secretariat and the Treasury facing various
these institutions also had to face various difficulties.Police said that even the meeting of the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance with
the IMF representatives who have arrived in the country, had also been delayed due to the blockade at the entrance to the ministry.The
police and STF personnel had been deployed subsequently to disperse the protesters while they had arrested 21 protesters.The arrested
suspects are to be produced before courts later today (20).The protest had been organised by those protesting at the Galle Face Green
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