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In Gota ‘Palace’: Awestruck families, volunteer guards
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In Gota ‘Palace’: Awestruck families, volunteer guards

Wearing a t -shirt with 'I Need Wifi' graffiti, Nishang who was 13 years old roaming in the living room of the President's "Palace", home for Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled from Sri Lanka in the early days of Wednesday. The boy's parents were among the protesters who had "controlled" the "palace" since then invaded on July 9, the morning after the president slipped into the night. The weather outside is hot, but the interior offers large BG pauses humming all day, the cooling room with high ceilings and wooden floors. When Indian Express entered, Gehan Melroy, 30, headed to the beige sofa, where Gotabaya had been relaxed, to watch a flat screen television. With him is another protester, a surfing channel for news about protests outside the residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. But...