Sri Lanka, Oct. 9 -- A man who is said to be the Kalutara District Organiser of the Ape Jana Bala Pakshaya was rescued by Fire Department personnel after he fell asleep on top of a coconut tree which he had climbed in protest of the current economic difficulties being faced in the country.

The incident took place in the Elagahawatta area. when the man, who was reportedly in a drunken state, climbed a coconut tree about forty feet high.

A group of his friends were searching for the individual, only to find him asleep atop the tree, and fearing that the man was in serious danger, informed Police, who then alerted the Kalutara Municipal Council Fire Department.

Officers of the department then proceeded to lower the man to safety, after...