14 July 2022 12:13 pm
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has departed from the Maldives a short while ago, on board a Saudi Airlines flight, the Daily Mirror learns.
He is now on his way to Singapore along with his wife and two security officials who flew with him from Colombo.
He had been escorted to the plane by special forces of the Maldives Defence Force. (Jamila Husain)