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Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka and arrived in Singapore on 14 July 2022 on a social visit pass. He was allowed entry into Singapore on a private visit and submitted his resignation as President of Sri Lanka shortly after his arrival. According to the Straits Times, Mr Rajapaksa arrived at Changi Airport on board a Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) flight at 7.17pm. TODAY saw a Saudia plane moving to Changi Airport’s VIP Complex two minutes after it touched down. Both newspapers reported that a convoy of three vehicles — a white BMW, a black Mercedes Vito and a black Toyota Alphard — accompanied by two Certis Cisco riders on motorbikes were seen driving out of the premises around 8pm. TODAY reported that shortly after, two cars were seen leaving the adjacent JetQuay terminal, which is catered to “commercially important persons”, with at least one police car accompanying it. It should be kept in mind that Mr Rajapaksa was still the President of Sri Lanka at the time he arrived in Singapore.
On the 1 Aug 2022 sitting of Parliament, I asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs (a) what privileges, immunities and hospitality are accorded to former Heads of State or Heads of Government who visit or transit through Singapore; (b) whether any public resources are expended in such instances; and © whether the former Sri Lankan President was accorded any privileges, immunities and hospitality in Singapore following his resignation.
The Minister gave this written reply: “In general, the Singapore Government does not accord privileges, immunity and hospitality to former Heads of State or Heads of Government. Consequently, former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was not accorded any privileges, immunity or hospitality.”

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