British Instagrammer informed to leave SL

By Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya

The British national, Kayleigh Fraser whose passport was taken in for examination by the Immigration and Emigration Department for posting content about protests on Social Media, has been informed to leave Sri Lanka before August 15.

 The passport of the British national who posted about the protests at Galle Face had been seized by the Immigration and Emigration officers on August 2 after visiting her house.

She was informed to visit the Immigration and Emigration Department within 07 days for an investigation.
Earlier, the Immigration Department said that Fraser had been in Sri Lanka for medical reasons and that they were investigating whether she had violated her visa conditions, whilst staying in the country.

Accordingly, the Department had decided to terminate the visa issued to Fraser and had informed her to leave Sri Lanka.

Earlier media reports claimed that Kayleigh Fraser had been quite active on her Instagram account in airing photographs and videos pertaining to the recent mass protest campaigns on the ‘GotaGoHome’ struggle. 

• The Department had decided to terminate the visa issued to Fraser and had informed her to leave