Earlier Friday, police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse students attempting to storm the national parliament demanding Rajapaksa resign. The emergency gives sweeping powers to security forces to arrest and detain suspects for long periods without judicial supervision. But protests have escalated since then, fuelling Sri Lanka's worst crisis since independence in 1948. - Storming parliament -The students' attempt to storm the tightly-guarded legislature on Friday was their second in as many days. Sri Lanka's economic crisis took hold after the coronavirus pandemic hammered income from tourism and remittances.

Source: Bangkok Post May 06, 2022 23:16 UTC