Scot in Sri Lanka has passport confiscated by authorities

Kayleigh Fraser was also threatened with arrest after filming protests

A woman from St Andrews living in Sri Lanka has described the terrifying moment government officials seized her passport after threatening to arrest her.

Kayleigh Fraser says six men from immigration services surrounded her, telling her she’d be arrested if she didn’t hand the document over.

It’s after she’s spent months recording protests against the handling of the country’s political and economic turmoil.

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