Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka is granted asylum in Singapore

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has obtained shelter in Singapore, Republic TV has learned, as protests and unrest in Sri Lanka continue. According to sources who spoke to the channel, Rajapaksa is now in the Maldives and will fly to Singapore later this evening. The Singapore Airlines SQ 437 flight will depart Male, the capital of the Maldives, at 23:25 on July 13 and arrive in Singapore at 7:05 on July 14.

The besieged President, who ....