Sri Lanka Cultural Affairs and National Heritage Ministry has decided to bring in new laws to combat the growing spread of pornographic material in the country, official Daily News reported Thursday.

The ministry had already completed several studies on this vexed problem and that they would soon introduce a countrywide program designed to wipe out pornographic material, the Ministry Secretary A.P.A. Gunasekera was quoted by the paper as saying.

"Accordingly steps will be taken to clamp down on those responsible for publishing, producing and sale of pornographic material through video cassettes, video compact discs, posters, magazines and newspapers," he said.

He said a survey on the spread of pornographic material in the country by the Kelaniya University is now available to determine what action should be taken.

"This was a comprehensive study and we requested from the Speaker to present the report of this survey to Parliament so that MPs could get an idea on the nature of the problem for appropriate action," he said.

Source: Xinhua