Sri Lanka's ousted President Rajapaksa gets govt residence, security on return

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was provided Saturday with an official residence and security by the government after he returned to the country he fled in July during an economic unrest, two senior officials said.

Mr Rajapaksa fled in the early hours of July 13 after massive protests engulfed Colombo and demonstrators enraged with the economic devastation stormed his official residence and office.A Sri Lanka government spokesman and the president's office did not immediately reply to e-mails seeking comment on Mr Rajapaksa's return.

The former president met with a group of ruling party members and lawmakers at the airport early Saturday before being whisked to the residence allocated by the government."What he told us last night was that he needs some time, as he wasn't even allowed to step out of his room due to security reasons," one official said, adding Mr Rajapaksa was not even allowed to go to the gym.

"Once he has spent some time at home, he will let us know what he wants to do," said the official, who asked not to be named. Sri Lanka, grappling with one its worst economic crises since independence, this week reached a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a loan of US$2.9 billion . REUTERS

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