The Colombo District Court has today(05) issued a interim injunction order to be effective until 19th of October against the screening of a Documentary Film "Usaviya Nihandai"(Silence In The Courts) made by an award winning Film Director Prasanna Vithanage which based on an incident occurred in June 1996 where a sitting Magistrate has sexually assaulted a female .The 57 minute Documentary Film is earlier scheduled to be screened in local theaters from tomorrow(06).
The Colombo District Judge M.U Gunawardena has issued the interim injunction today(05) against screening of the Documentary Film after considering a petition filed by former Magistrate Lenin Ratnayake .
Through the petition the former Magistrate has stated that the Documentary Film is based on a false news story claiming he had sexually abused a female.
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