A Sri Lankan hardline Buddhist monk who is accused of inciting violence against ...
COLOMBO - A Sri Lankan hardline Buddhist monk who is accused of inciting violence against ethnic minority Muslims and was convicted of contempt of court walked free from jail on Thursday after a presidential pardon.
Some followers carried a distorted national flag which excluded the green and orange color strips which represent ethnic minority Tamils and Muslims who together account for nearly a quarter of the country’s 22 million population. He thanked Sri Lanka’s influential Buddhist clergy and President Maithripala Sirisena for his release. There was no immediate answer from the president’s office when Reuters sought comment.
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