Authorities have closed the Phahon Yothin 1 exit from Si Rat Expressway as protesters occupy the Victory Monument area. Drivers are advised to divert via Din Daeng Soi 1 and avoid the area entirely due to heavy congestion.

During the mass protest on fateful Saturday morning when almost everyone in Sri Lanka was on the roads against the regime blaming it for putting the country in massive economic turmoil, one thing that connected the country was the angst against a single name that ended with ‘Rajapaksa’.