Sri Lanka, May 26 -- Sri Lanka Police have issued a clarification regarding a viral video circulating on social media that appears to show a Sri Lankan man assaulting a Filipino national.

A statement issued by the Police Media Division notes that the video in question is from an incident which took place within the Weligama Police Division in February 2024.

According to the statement, a Filipino national lodged a complaint at the Weligama Police Station on February 14, 2024, alleging that he was assaulted by a Sri Lankan man while visiting Weligama.

The video in question shows the Filipino national was doing a Vlog and while he was recording the footage at a surf training facility on the Polhena beach in Weligama, an employee of the sa...