Srilanka, March 12 -- An aspiring Sri Lankan politician - who was sidelined because she was a woman - found her house surrounded by gunmen, and was also a victim of sextortion, a tribunal has heard.

The 32-year-old has been granted refugee status in New Zealand.

She said a prominent MP's associates suggested she should have sex with him to further her career and now held a grudge against her, after a friend posted on social media about the incident.

He ran in presidential elections in 2020 in Sri Lanka, but did not succeed.

After her brother-in-law died in a motorcycle crash, a note was found on his coffin at his funeral, saying she would be next to be killed.

She received two threatening phone calls and a motorbike was ridden direc...