COLOMBO -- Things were looking up for Tharaka Kevin in February 2020. The housekeeping executive at a luxury resort in southern Sri Lanka, famous for its blue waters and pristine beaches, had made his first down payment of 150,000 rupees ($470) to a friend on a Honda Hornet motorbike.
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