Phoney claims swirl around Sri Lanka's holiest tree

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 07, 2023 4:10 pm

ANURADHAPURA, Sri Lanka: When social media was inundated with rumors that Sri Lanka's holiest tree was being harmed by 5G mobile signals, Colombo's cash-strapped government pulled out all the stops.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe dispatched a high-powered team of experts to the 2,300-year-old Sri Maha Bodhi tree in the sacred city of Anuradhapura, an ancient capital of the South Asian nation.

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