Sri Lanka, Jan. 20 -- The Court of Appeal has ordered that the writ petition seeking the annulment of the order issued by the Trincomalee Magistrate's Court to remand two Buddhist monks, including Venerable Balangoda Kassapa Thero, be taken up for consideration on January 22.

The petition was filed by Venerable Balangoda Kassapa Thero and another Buddhist monk in relation to an incident involving a Buddha statue in Trincomalee, said Ada Derana reporter.

The petition was presented before the Court of Appeal bench today, and court subsequently ordered it to be recalled on January 22 for the submission of supporting facts.

Yesterday, four Buddhist monks, including Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thero, and six other individuals who were arrested a...