Sri Lanka ex-leader's arrest sought in Singapore

By Associated Press

Jul 26, 2022 12:13 am

COLOMBO: A human rights group said on Sunday it had filed a criminal complaint with Singapore's attorney general to seek the arrest of Sri Lanka's former president for alleged war crimes during the South Asian country's civil war.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa was ousted from office over his country's economic collapse and fled to Singapore earlier this month. He was defense secretary during the said war, which ended in 2009.

A WANTED MAN This Oct. 15, 2019 file photo shows then-presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa during a news conference in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo. AP PHOTO

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