Sri Lanka’s ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who returned residence after seven weeks of exile The forcible disappearance of activists might now face authorized motion, after protests in opposition to financial hardships, a lawyer mentioned on Saturday.
Rajapaksa flew from Thailand to Colombo at midnight on Friday and was taken to his new residence within the capital underneath navy guard.
He doesn’t have any pending courtroom instances as he was protected by constitutional immunity as President. The corruption case in opposition to him as a prime protection officer was withdrawn quickly after he was elected in 2019.
However, Rajapaksa can be despatched a summons subsequent week to look within the Supreme Court, difficult his immunity from testifying on the pressured disappearance of two younger political activists, mentioned lawyer Nuwan Bopez, who serves the victims’ households. signify. He mentioned Rajapaksa fled the nation in July when he was to be summoned.
The disappearance occurred 12 years in the past shortly after the top of the nation’s lengthy civil struggle when Rajapaksa was a strong official within the Defense Ministry headed by his older brother.
At the time, Rajapaksa was accused of overseeing a kidnapping squad that drove away insurgent suspects, essential journalists and activists, a lot of them by no means to be seen once more. He has beforehand denied any wrongdoing.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
