COLOMBO (Reuters) - A hardline Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against minority Muslims in Sri Lanka said on Tuesday he planned to denounce Islamist militants after he was freed from prison last week by presidential pardon.
Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara, head of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) or "Buddhist Power Force", was pardoned by President Maithripala Sirisena after serving nine months of a six-year sentence for contempt of court.
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