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Group seeks ex-Sri Lankan president’s arrest in Singapore

Army soldiers stand guard outside the president's office, after troops and police cleared the main camp of protestors following months of demonstrations, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A man sells national flags at the protest site outside the president's office, after troops and police cleared the main camp of protestors following months of demonstrations, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) FILE - Then-Sri Lankan presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa speaks during a news conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Oct. 15, 2019. Lawyers from the International Truth and Justice Project — an evidence-gathering organization administered by a South Africa-based nonprofit foundation — filed a complaint, requesting the immediate arrest of Rajapaksa for his role as the secretary of defense during Sri Lanka’s civil war, which ended in 2009, the group said in a release on Sunday, July 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)