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Sajith pitches into police for overstepping their authority in the Trinco temple incident
November 18, 2025
|The Island
Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday accused the police of overstepping their authority during Sunday's tense standoff at the Sri Sambuddha Jayanthi Bodhiraja Vihara, in Trincomalee, warning that such conduct risked inflaming communal sensitivities.
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Raising the issue in Parliament, Premadasa cited Chapter Two of the Constitution, noting that while Buddhism is afforded the foremost place, the provision also safeguards the rights of all other faiths. He stressed that the temple, established in 1951, and formally registered with the Department of Buddhist Affairs in 2010, functioned legally as a recognised place of worship.
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