Each year, only a handful of offenders are ever brought to book, and the Westerners are usually deported. They are seldom charged. Negombo’s most notorious paedophile, Victor Baumann, was allowed home in 1996, despite fifteen years of abuse (although, back in Switzerland, he was soon clapped in irons). At least, after that, Sri Lanka upgraded its punishments. Until then, the maximum fine for violating a child would barely have paid for a decent breakfast.
Turns out Sri Lanka is a pedophile shelter...
