COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police have rounded up hundreds of
young lovers for kissing in public following complaints that the
overt displays of affection caused embarrassment to others, an
official said Thursday.
Nearly 200 couples have been briefly detained in the districts of
Matara and Kurunegala over the past two weeks, police spokesman
Prashantha Jayakody said.
"We have taken them into custody for indecent behaviour at a public
place," Jayakody said. "Usually we free them after informing their
parents. Charges are not pressed."
A resident in the town of Matara, 160 kilometres (100 miles) south
of Colombo, said young couples were sometimes acting intimately on
the beach as many could not afford the privacy of hotels.
Sri Lankan police are also known to occasionally round up so-called
"umbrella lovers" who shelter under parasols in scorching sun along
the coastal promenade in the capital.
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