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Sri Lankan Defence Minister Kamal Gunaratne clarified that the military forces will not be deployed to suppress democratically held peaceful protests as the economic and political crisis deepens in the country
The Sri Lankan government has imposed a 36-hour curfew and blocked access to social media amid calls for countrywide protests over the economic meltdown in the island nation.