Tense situation as police attempt to remove canopy erected outside Presidential Secretariat

Temporary huts erected outside Sri Lanka’s Presidential Secretariat were being removed after a court order, according to Ada Derana and Hiru News. Hiru News reported that Buddhist monks took them down in compliance with the order.

Other Ada Derana reports described a tense situation as police attempted to remove a canopy outside the Secretariat. A Sinhala-language report also said tension arose when people tried to put up a canopy near the presidential office.

Hiru News reported that the monks who removed the huts then moved to an area near the Ministry of Buddha Sasana. The reports provided no further details about the court order or what action would follow.

Written automatically by AI from the outlets’ own reports, and not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original report is the authority.