COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Thursday that he has become the victim in the alleged abduction of a Swiss Embassy employee who was reportedly threatened and sexually abused to disclose embassy-related information.
"Now it is very clear. Actually in this case the victim is me, it is not that lady," Mr Rajapaksa said in comments to foreign media. The Swiss Foreign Ministry has called the alleged Nov 25 abduction of embassy employee Garnier Banister Francis a"very serious and unacceptable attack" and summoned Sri Lanka's ambassador to demand an investigation. It also criticised a lack of due process in the case.
A Sri Lankan statement said Mr Gunawardena emphasised that the government has"fully complied with national law and international judicial standards, and that any assertion to the contrary was factually inaccurate".
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