The speaker of the Sri Lankan parliament says the president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is attempting to flee the country.
Military sources say his getaway ship is still in Sri Lankan waters. Demonstrators stormed his official residence at the weekend in protest of the economic crisis facing the country.
A member of the president's governing party insists the president will return by Wednesday, when he's promised to resign.
Colombo-based human rights lawyer Bhavani Fonsenca spoke to Susie Ferguson.
