Hard-line Buddhist monk jailed for 6 months in Sri Lanka
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Sri Lankan court has sentenced a hard-line Buddhist monk to six months imprisonment for threatening the wife of a missing journalist.
Galagoda Atte Gnanasara was convicted on two counts — harassing and intimidating — the wife of missing journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda. The conviction was announced Thursday.
He was charged for statements he made in 2016 during a court hearing into the disappearance of Eknaligoda, who is believed to have been abducted by government forces in 2010.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The monk was found to have used abusive language.
Gnanasara is the leader of a Buddhist group that has been blamed for instigating attacks on Muslims.