Gotabaya Rajapaksa
SRI LANKAN presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been served notice of two civil lawsuits against him relating to torture and assassination.
Acting on behalf of the torture victim, lawyers and activists from rights organisation the International Truth & Justice Project (ITJP) handed the notice to Mr Rajapaksa in a US supermarket car park after hiring private investigators to track him down.
The former Sri Lankan defence secretary is a US-Sri Lanka joint citizen.
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