{"id":45444,"date":"2022-05-12T14:30:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T09:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=45444"},"modified":"2022-05-12T15:03:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T10:03:49","slug":"sri-lanka-bans-ex-pm-allies-from-leaving-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/top-news\/sri-lanka-bans-ex-pm-allies-from-leaving-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka bans ex-PM, allies from leaving country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colombo, May 12 (AFP\/APP): A Sri Lankan court on Thursday banned former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, his politician son Namal and 15 allies from leaving the country over violence against anti-government demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>The magistrate in capital Colombo ordered police to investigate Monday&#8217;s mob attacks on peaceful protesters, which led to retaliatory violence that claimed nine lives and caused widespread destruction.<\/p>\n<p>A petition to the court had also asked for an arrest warrant against Rajapaksa and his associates, a court official told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But the magistrate turned it down because police anyway have powers to detain any suspect,&#8221; the official added.<\/p>\n<p>Victims of Monday&#8217;s violence say that Rajapaksa and key aides had bussed around 3,000 of their supporters into the capital and instigated them to attack peaceful protesters.<\/p>\n<p>The loyalist mob poured out of his residence and assaulted anti-government demonstrators with sticks and clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Buddhist monks and Catholic priests were among at least 225 people hospitalised after the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Reprisals soon spread across the country, with dozens of homes of Rajapaksa loyalists set ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>The premier resigned and had to be evacuated from his home by heavily armed troops.<\/p>\n<p>The 76-year-old former leader is currently holed up at a naval facility in the east of the island nation.<\/p>\n<p>His former minister son Namal told AFP on Tuesday that the family had no intention of leaving the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombo, May 12 (AFP\/APP): A Sri Lankan court on Thursday banned former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, his politician son Namal and 15 allies from leaving the country over violence against anti-government demonstrators. 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