Plane Carrying Sri Lanka's President Lands In Singapore

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa landed in the city-state on board a Saudia airlines flight from the Maldives, which he had fled to early Wednesday.

Sri Lanka's president arrived in Singapore Thursday, as protestors who chased him from his residence demanded he keep his promise to step down over his country's worst-ever economic crisis.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa landed in the city-state on board a Saudia airlines flight from the Maldives, which he had fled to early Wednesday.

As president, Rajapaksa enjoys immunity from arrest, and he is believed to have wanted to go abroad before stepping down to avoid the possibility of being detained. 

But there was still no announcement of his resignation, more than 36 hours after he left his country.