If there is even the slightest suspicion of staying antimilitaries, they are taken away and tortured.
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Monks providing alms in Yangon (Image: AP / Aflo)
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In Myanmar, fierce combating continues nowadays involving the army authorities, which took genuine ability absent from the democratic government with the coup of 1 February very last yr, and armed citizens and armed groups of ethnic minorities who aid the “anti-army government” . in a point out of civil war.
In Myanmar, exactly where 90% of the population is Buddhist, persons have a great deal of religion in Buddhist monks. On the other hand, independent media Irrawaddy and some others exposed that due to the fact the coup the military services government has killed at least 52 Buddhist monks and has frequently raided, looted and wrecked Buddhist temples across the country. The news stunned the people today of Myanmar.
Armed citizens disguised as monks?
Army spokesman Zaw Min Tun said in April this 12 months:
“We have not arrested any monks, but we have taken lawful action against armed citizens disguised as monks.”
He justified his actions by accusing him of killing, arresting and torturing “associates of an anti-junta terrorist firm disguised as monks”.
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