Sri Lankan here. This is misleading. Mods, please change the title. What you're seeing here is not some wealthy person being attacked.

This is an old (month or so) video of a Sri Lankan Police Service officer being chased away by protesters against the political class. Our police service still retained the Khaki uniform from the British Empire days.

The officer tried to do his "I'm a big shot" routine and got clobbered by all sorts of things. This video has been remade with some funny game music and was a meme on Facebook groups in Sri Lanka.

ATM, yes, people are hungry and becoming poor. But, they haven't started going in hordes and attacking wealthy people. Sure people get robbed in dark alleys, crafty daylight robberies, but for the most part (even before the crisis) robbery is less prevalent than other countries.

Our people tend to have an automatic giving response and our Buddhist temples with enough money have been feeding as many people as they can in the vicinity. People like me who are a little well off are also trying as much as we can to provide for the less fortunate (I don't have much time because work has become more hectic with the power cuts, so I provide my mom with the finances and she takes care of the rest).

People right now have had their fawning over the Armed Forces shattered, so all the anger is now being (rightfully) directed at the political class, enforcement class, and wealthy class that supported the political class.

For the time being, life will be hell. In the end though, after all these veils are lifted, I see better times ahead.

WWG1WGA

PS: If anyone is interested, I can compile a list of videos like these of Police and Provocateurs being given the beat down.