Amid rising incidents of child rape, the BBC reports 'several cases' involve politicians from Sri Lanka's ruling UPFA coalition.
In one case, a 13-year-old victim has identified on local government politician as one of four men who gang-raped her last month.
According to BBC Sinhala the past decade has seen over 100 Buddhist monks also charged with sexual assault, however very few have been convicted.
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