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Probe launched into group selling nudes of children on WhatsApp

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1 year ago

October 25, 2023

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The Police Children and Women Bureau informed Colombo Additional Magistrate Keminda Perera yesterday (24) that an investigation has been launched into a complaint made by an international organization dealing with children that several Sri Lankans are selling sexually explicit content involving children using WhatsApp.

Photos and videos of children in the age group of two, three, five and seven years, containing sexual and obscene scenes, are being sold for Rs.1,000/=, Rs.2,000/= and Rs.3,000/=, it was reported.

The Bureau requested the court to issue several orders necessary for the investigation.

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Special allowance for policemen on duty at ‘Siri Dalada Vandanawa’

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3 hours ago

April 18, 2025

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A special transport allowance and a combined allowance will be provided to police personnel assigned to ensure the safety of devotees attending the exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Siri Dalada Vandanawa) in Kandy, the police said.

The measure has been taken over the instructions of the Acting IGP, in consideration of the fact that these police personnel will be on continuous day and night duty for over 10 days, away from their regular stations and incurring additional personal expenses.

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Ravi K’s Bill to repeal Online Safety Act, gazetted

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3 hours ago

April 18, 2025

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The Bill to repeal the Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024, and other regulations concerning the Act, has been gazetted.

The Online Safety Bill was passed by a majority vote in Parliament on Jan. 24, 2024.

The Bill that has been gazetted was submitted by opposition MP Ravi Karunanayake.

On Feb. 28, 2025, MP Karunanayake submitted a private member’s Bill to the Parliament Secretary-General, aiming to repeal the controversial Online Safety Act.