LET’S GET PHYSICAL Protesters try out gym equipment at Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence in Colombo on Monday, July 11, 2022 after storming it over the weekend. They vowed not to leave until the resignations of Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe are deemed official. AP PHOTO
LET’S GET PHYSICAL Protesters try out gym equipment at Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence in Colombo on Monday, July 11, 2022 after storming it over the weekend. They vowed not to leave until the resignations of Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe are deemed official. AP PHOTO

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's embattled leader was considering using a navy patrol craft to flee the South Asian island nation on Tuesday following a humiliating standoff with airport immigration officials, according to official sources.

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