SB orders suspension of 16 student monks

November 17, 2011, 10:49 pm

By Norman Palihawadana, The Island.

Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake yesterday directed the administration of the Buddhist and Pali University to suspend 16 student monks pending an inquiry.

Minister Dissanayake alleged that the student monks had, under the influence of liquor, assaulted another student. Responding to a query, the MP said that this was nothing but a disciplinary issue.

According to the minister, the victim had been threatened with death if he ever stepped into the university again.