Video: Police to probe Watareka Thera’s statement if complaint received

26 July 2015 01:38 pm

Police said today that it would launch a probe if a complaint is received regarding a statement allegedly made by Nava Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) Colombo district candidate Watareka Vijitha Thera that he would to tear the National Flag and trample it.

A video footage of the statement made by the Thera at the launching of the NSSP election manifesto has gone viral in social media websites. He had also threatened to burn the National Flag because it had only provided 75 per cent of the surface area for the Sinhalese community. (Lakmal Sooriyagoda)