A demonstration took place in Batticaloa on Tuesday calling for the arrest of a Buddhist monk who was captured on video shouting racist verbal abuse to a Tamil local government official.
"You are a bloody tiger. My blood boils when I see you. You are a bloody dog. You are a Tamil Grama Sevaka," the monk, from Batticaloa Mangalaram, identified as Ampitiye Sumana said.
(Photograph - @aroarun)
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