The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa
The Government stated that it maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward physical and psychological violence against children and is pursuing action through coordination among the Education, Women and Children’s Affairs, Health, Justice, and Public Security Ministries. Regarding the specific incident raised, the Ministry of Education has intervened, investigations have begun, and the Police are involved. He said he would address the matter at the post-Cabinet media briefing and urged the media to report such cases sensitively to avoid revictimizing children.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, this Government takes a zero-tolerance approach to any physical or psychological violence against children. Beyond legal action, we pursue inter-ministerial coordination involving the Ministries of Education; Women and Children’s Affairs; Health; Justice; and Public Security.
¶ 02 On this specific case, the Ministry of Education has intervened; investigations have commenced; the Police are engaged. I will also address this at today’s post-Cabinet media briefing. We do not minimize such incidents and will take all possible measures. I also urge media to report sensitively to avoid revictimizing children, as was responsibly done in the past in a case involving a doctor at Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 October 2025. No. 22638. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/12306