KURUNEGALA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - On May 23 Sri Lankan newspaper Divaina, known for its nationalist stance, published a front page article alleging a Muslim doctor had secretly sterilised 4,000 Sinhala Buddhist women after caesarean deliveries. Police are also probing the sterilisation claims and have called on any potentially affected women to come forward. More than 600 women have lodged statements about Shafi, that hospital authorities refer to as "complaints," since the accusations were made public. But Jayasumana, a professor at the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, stressed Shafi's case was not political. Neither Wickremesinghe nor President Maithripala Sirisena have publicly spoken about the case, which has provoked a media storm in Sri Lanka.

Source: The Star June 06, 2019 11:48 UTC