Sri Lanka Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel stand guard near the Supreme Court in Colombo on December 14, 2018. Sri Lanka's Supreme Court opened the way for potential impeachment proceedings against the president on December 13, ruling that he broke the law by dissolving parliament last month. / AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
Sri Lanka Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel stand guard near the Supreme Court in Colombo on December 14, 2018. Sri Lanka's Supreme Court opened the way for potential impeachment proceedings aShow more
A shadowy plot to assassinate the president was at the heart of Sri Lanka's political crisis
Although the crisis seems resolved it was soaked in hearsay reports of Indian spies, Tamil snippers and a criminal underworld planned attempt against the president