Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa speaking during day two of COP26 at SECC on November 1, 2021 in Glasgow. He is expected to arrive in Thailand on Thursday to seek temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nation.
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Sri Lanka's ousted president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is expected to arrive in Thailand on Thursday, seeking temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nation last month amid mass protests, two sources said.
Rajapaksa flew to Singapore on July 14, via the Maldives, following unprecedented unrest triggered by Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis in seven decades and days after thousands of protesters stormed the president's official residence and office.
The retired military officer then resigned from the presidency, becoming the first Sri Lankan president to quit mid-term.