Former MP monk remanded for child abuse

A monk who was elected to Parliament at the 2004 General election from the Gampaha district has been arrested on the charge of abusing an underaged boy.

The monk was remanded till July 26 by the Gampaha Magistrate upon being produced before the Gampaha Magistrate's court.

The arrest was made based on a complaint received to the Gampaha Police and the boy in question is receiving treatment at a government hospital.