Sri Lanka's "bankruptcy", local Chinese lined up for two days and two nights to buy 15 liters of gasoline

Jimu News reporter Huang Jiaqi

At about 4 pm local time on the 9th, on the third day after Sri Lanka Prime Minister Victormaxinha announced the "national bankruptcy", thousands of demonstrators in Sri Lanka rushed into the presidential official residence and president's office area and asked the president to step down Essence On the evening of the 9th, Jimu Journalists connected to the local Chinese Zhang Ming. He said that Sri Lanka was experiencing a serious economic crisis and political turmoil. At present, there are only more than 1,000 Chinese in the country.

People protest at Golfis Square (the interviewed by the interview)

Zhang Ming, who is 50 years old, has been in Sri Lanka for 9 years. He is currently doing a catering business in a shopping mall in Corporal Po, the capital. After the epidemic, after the epidemic was stable and political instability, it had a great impact in all aspects. "

Since March of this year, Sri Lanka has been in a serious economic crisis, and foreign exchange reserves have also been in a very low state, and there is a serious shortage of living necessities such as food, fuel and drugs. People have stepped on the street to protest the government's negligence, but as the government has no improvement of the economic crisis, the people's angry emotions are heating up, protests often become violent incidents, and finally become riots across the country.

"Many Chinese who have invested in Sri Lanka have withdrawn and returned to China. There are about more than a thousand Chinese people who are still in Sri Lanka." Zhang Ming told Jimu Journalists, "Because of the epidemic and economic crisis, many Chinese have returned to China. Political turmoil, less people. "

On the afternoon of July 9, local time, thousands of demonstrators rushed into the presidential residence and presidential office area of ​​the capital Colombo, asking the president to resign. Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had fled the presidential residence.

Zhang Ming introduced that the scale of this parade was about 50,000 people. "Sri Lanka also had a political turmoil before, but it was not serious. At present, Sri Lanka has serious problems in the economy, and now there is no foreign exchange foreign exchange."

In addition to the affected business, Zhang Ming's daily life is also very inconvenient. He told Jimu Journalists that after two days and two nights, he added 15 liters of gasoline at the gas station yesterday morning.

"Now the demand of the Sri Lanka people is to step down and set up a new government governance." Zhang Ming said that the people of Sri Lanka are more friendly to the Chinese, and he hopes that life can return to peace and normal as soon as possible.

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