INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested entry into Thailand for a temporary stay in a second Southeast Asian country
after fleeing his island nation last month amid mass protests, the Thai foreign ministry said on Wednesday.Rajapaksa fled to Singapore on
sources said, asking not to be named
Rajapaksa holds a diplomatic passport that allows him entry into the country for 90 days
of the influential Rajapaksa family, the 73-year-old served in the Sri Lankan military and later as defence secretary.During his time as
defence secretary, government forces finally defeated Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009 to end a bloody civil war
Some rights groups now want accusations that Rajapaksa committed war crimes to be investigated
Rajapaksa has previously strenuously denied the allegations.Some critics and protesters also accuse Rajapaksa and his family of mishandling
1948.His elder brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, is a former president and prime minister
filed against him, legal experts have said.Source: Reuters#13;
-Agencies
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