Sri Lanka jails extremist Buddhist monk for six months over threats to woman

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Sri Lanka jails extremist Buddhist monk for six months over threats to woman
Ranga Sirilal

COLOMBO (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan court on Thursday jailed for six months a Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against Muslims after finding him guilty of intimidating the wife of a missing journalist, in a case seen as a test of the independence of the judiciary.

Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara, the secretary general of the hardline Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) or “Buddhist Power Force”, was found guilty of having threatened the woman, Sandhya Eknaligoda.

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