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Sri Lanka minister slams Facebook over ‘censorship’
7 years agoPassport of main opposition presidential candidate Gotabhaya Rajapakse (unseen), is showed by his lawyer Ali Sabry, as he renounced his US citizenship to contest on the upcoming polls, in Colombo November 10, 2019. - Main opposition candidate Gotabhaya Rajapakse and Sajith Premadasa from Wickremesinghe's ruling United National Party (UNP) are in a close race ahead of the November 16 polls and both said they would appoint their own PMs if they win. (Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP)
A senior Sri Lankan minister accused social media giant Facebook on Monday of censoring comments he made questioning the citizenship of presidential election frontrunner Gotabhaya Rajapakse.