Lankan police arrest man for sitting on President’s chair during anti-Govt protests

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Lankan police arrest man for sitting on President’s chair during anti-Govt protests

Thursday, 04 August 2022 | PTI | Colombo

A 28-year-old man has been arrested for illegally entering the Sri Lankan President's House and taking photographs while sitting on the President's chair, a media report said on Wednesday.

Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) in Deraniyagala arrested the man for illegally entering the President's House here on July 9 when anti-government protesters stormed the iconic building, the Daily Mirror reported.

The then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa had vacated his official residence a day before the protesters stormed the building.

A video circulating on social media platforms showed the man emulating Presidential credentials while sitting on the President's chair as anarchy mounted in Sri Lanka amid an unprecedented financial crisis.

The protesters, who had been occupying the presidential office building along with the president's house, the prime minister's official residence, and the office, later vacated the sites, leaving only the presidential office under their grasp.

Sri Lankan troops on July 22 forcibly cleared the presidential office building and the gate, receiving widespread international condemnation of the action.

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