SRI LANKA-POLITICS-THONDAMAN

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (R) attends a laying in state ceremony for late tea plantation trade union leader and government minister Arumugam Thondaman at the national Parliament in Colombo on May 28, 2020. - Thondaman, a leader of minority Tamils of recent Indian origin and former minister, died at the age of 56 of a heart attack on May 26. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) / The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: full caption [a laying in state ceremony for late tea plantation trade union leader and government minister Arumugam Thondaman at the national Parliament in Colombo on May 28, 2020]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)