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Sri Lanka ex-president claims ‘witch hunt’ over kidnap probe
8 years agoSri Lanka's ex-president Mahinda Rajapakse (C) jokes around with his supporters after police investigators visited him in Colombo on August 17, 2018 to record a statement on the abduction and assault of a journalist. Keith Noyahr of The Nation newspaper was abducted by a group believed to be part of military intelligence in 2008 during the Rajapakse presidency. / AFP PHOTO / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapakse said he was the victim of a "witch hunt" as investigators questioned him for the first time Friday over the abduction of a newspaper editor.
