PM orders to impose curfew in Western Province
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Jul 13, 2022 01:09
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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, as the Acting President, has ordered to impose curfew in the Western Province with immediate effect and to impose emergency law island-wide, the Prime Minister’s Office said.
PM Wickremesinghe has also ordered the security forces to arrest those engaging in unruly behaviour and to take into custody the vehicles they travel in, the PM’s Office said in a statement.
Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters near the Prime Minister’s Office in Colombo.
Protesters had marched from the Galle Face protest site towards the Prime Minister’s Office on Flower Road and engaged in a protest outside the premises.
Police had then resorted to firing tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters who attempted to breach the barricades and enter the PM’s Office.
