Woman held for anti state act

25 March 2010 11:47 am

By Gandhya Senanayake


A Sri Lanka national who is a resident of Bahrain, has been held under detention orders pending further investigations over suspicions she was allegedly involved in anti state activities, police spokesman SP Preshantha Jayakody told Daily Mirror online. 

The police spokesman however did not have further details on the case. When contacted the Mirihana police confirmed that the lady was being held at their police station.

A Bahrain daily reported yesterday that the lady had been arrested after she had converted to Islam and published two books against Buddhism. The report claimed that the lady in question Mrs. S.M .Perera was arrested when she was about to dispatch two books she had written while in Sri Lanka regarding the teachings of Islam and Buddhism.

Relatives of the woman in Bahrain feared she may not be allowed to return to Bahrain as her residence permit expires on the 24th of March this year  (Daily Mirror online)