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Buddha and Sri Lanka - ketchim - 02-23-2012
A Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka has been sentenced to death -
the first monk in 50 years to receive such a sentence in the country.
Re: Buddha and Sri Lanka - ketchim - 02-23-2012
Gomadiye Sarana, 37, was convicted for a murder committed before
he was ordained into the clergy....
Re: Buddha and Sri Lanka - ketchim - 02-23-2012
The crime appeared to be linked to a dispute over an affair the monk had
with the murder victim's sister..... ::redface::
Re: Buddha and Sri Lanka - ketchim - 02-23-2012
The Judge ordered the defendant to remove his robes
before he delivered the judgement -
probably because he did not want to sentence a monk to death.
But the convicted man refused...... ::eek::
Re: Buddha and Sri Lanka - ketchim - 02-23-2012
Theravada Buddhist monks play a prominent public role in Sri Lanka
![[Image: _49503655_010362251-2.jpg]](http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49503000/jpg/_49503655_010362251-2.jpg)
Re: Buddha and Sri Lanka - ketchim - 02-23-2012
This is the first time a monk has been given the death sentence since
the hanging in 1962 of Talduwe Somarama :
a fierce Sinhalese nationalist
who assassinated a prime minister....
Re: Buddha and Sri Lanka - ketchim - 02-23-2012
Last year a court ordered the arrest of a Buddhist cleric in northern Sri Lanka
for allegedly sexually molesting a teenage girl.... ::eek::
Re: Buddha and Sri Lanka - ketchim - 02-23-2012
And last week police said they detained a monk in possession of heroin. :lipsrsealed:
Re: Buddha and Sri Lanka - Nargis - 02-23-2012
how long ago was the crime committed before he became a monk?
Re: Buddha and Sri Lanka - ketchim - 02-23-2012
Sarana and an accomplice were found guilty of murdering a man :
12 years ago............