The case, filed under Section 291 of the Penal Code, accused Gnanasara Thero of disrupting ethnic harmony. The charges stemmed from his statement during a press conference in Kirulapone on July 16, 2016, where he referred to Islam as a “cancer” that “must be eradicated.”
Colombo Additional Magistrate Pasan Amarasena delivered the verdict, also imposing a fine of Rs. 1,500 on the defendant.
