Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, head of Buddhist group Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), walks towards a prison bus while accompanied by prison officers after he was sentenced by a court for threatening Sandya Eknelygoda, wife of missing journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, in Homagama, Sri Lanka June 14, 2018. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan court on Thursday jailed for six months a Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against Muslims after finding him guilty of intimidating the wife of a missing journalist, in a case seen as a test of the independence of the judiciary.
Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara, the secretary general of the hardline Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) or "Buddhist Power Force", was found guilty of having threatened the woman, Sandhya Eknaligoda.
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