Sri Lanka, Oct. 23 -- Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama today rejected a motion filed by Buddhist monks participating in a Satyagraha protest at Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo, seeking to challenge or vary a court order issued yesterday directing the protesters to vacate the premises.

The Magistrate also rejected a separate request seeking the issuance of arrest warrants, made pursuant to a motion filed by the Attorney General.

The court further ruled that if the order was violated, the police were empowered to take appropriate legal action under the Penal Code.

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