Speaking to The Morning, TRCSL Director General (DG) Oshada Senanayake said that the TRCSL cannot block websites at its own discretion, as the order should come from the law enforcement authorities or the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA). We need to update the legislation as the laws we currently have are very archaic. A spate of arrests followed the arrest of a man by the Mount Lavinia Police on 7 June over suspicion of having sold a 15-year-old girl via a website – www.lanka.ads.com. The Police said that the girl had been sold to various people for Rs. The Morning learnt this week that the offending website had been under surveillance of the relevant authorities for some time before the tipoff about the child being sold on the website alerted the Police to make the necessary arrests.

Source: The Nation July 08, 2021 18:56 UTC