Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- It has now become a norm to have extremely sensitive videos, either of fatal road accidents, CCTV footage of robberies, murders and various other crimes aired on mainstream media. What is even more disturbing is that these videos can now be uploaded to social media platforms, and users have the chance to watch them on repeat.

The recent saga over the arrest of the main suspect who gunned down the Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman speaks volumes about the danger associated with revealing faces of suspects and members of the general public who assist the police in such instances.

Immediately after this incident, Former President of the Bar Association and Sri Lanka President's Counsel Saliya Pieris emphasised in a...