Dhammaloka Thera Allowed To Travel To UK

Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera is on bail over the illegal possession of an elephant calf and his passport was impounded by the High Court over the case. The next hearing of the case is on September 20.

He filed an application seeking permission from the courts to undertake a foreign trip to UK. When the case was taken up for inquiry in Colombo High Court yesterday, the Attorney General made a request to inspect the necessary documents before giving his opinion.

Followed by the request of the AG,  the court granted one day to make his observation known.  Today, the AG informed that there was no objection for letting Dhammaloka Thera travel abroad during the said period.

Hence, the  High Court today allowed Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera to travel to UK for a Buddhist programme to be held in that country next week.

The High Court ordered Dhammaloka Thera to hand over the passport on September 13 and ordered it to be released. If the passport is not handed over in time, his bail will be cancelled and he could be remanded, the High Court also said.