Sri Lanka, Oct. 20 -- Justice and National Integration Minister, Attorney-at-Law Harshana Nanayakkara, has rejected as false claims circulating on social media that the proposed Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill would allow people to be arrested simply for growing long hair or having tattoos.

The minister made these remarks while participating in the adjournment debate moved by the Opposition in Parliament on the current situation in the country.

Nanayakkara said the bill received its first reading in Parliament today and that a detailed debate would ordinarily take place at the second-reading stage. However, he said he felt compelled to respond to what he described as distorted interpretations circulating widely on social media.

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