Ex-Sri Lanka president's son barred from entering US after monitoring Russia polls


Namal Rajapakse, the son of former Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapakse, says Emirates was instructed by US officials not to allow him to board a flight from Moscow to Texas. – AFP pic, March 22, 2018.

A CONTROVERSIAL Sri Lankan opposition legislator today said US authorities prevented him from taking a flight to Texas from Moscow, where he was an observer for the Russian presidential election.

Namal Rajapakse, the son of former strongman president Mahinda Rajapakse, said an airline was instructed not to allow him to board a flight to Houston.


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