….now Rajapaksa opposes China’s Hambantota plans
In a surprise U-turn, former Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has joined the critics of China’s plans for Hambantota. “I will scrap the deal once I return to power”, he said in a statement as reports filtered in that 21 persons were injured in a protest against Chinese-funded industrial park in Hambantota. Locals apprehend that …