New public complaints desk to deal with abuses of women, children

Police have opened a new public complaints desk to deal with abuses of women and children.

It is accessible via the telephone hotlines 109 and 0112 444 444, and email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

These facilities are available especially for the young, who are reluctant to go to a police station to lodge a complaint.

Open 24 hours a day, the public complaints desk is supervised by the director of the Bureau for the Prevention of Abuse of Children and Women and acts in coordination with all police stations and agencies.

Present at its opening were public security minister Tiran Alles and acting IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon.