If there is even the slightest suspicion of being anti-military, they are taken away and tortured.
Monks performing alms in Yangon (Photo: AP/Aflo)
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In Myanmar, the military government, which seized real power from the democratic government in a coup d’état on February 1, 2018, and armed civilians and ethnic minority armed groups who advocate “anti-military government,” are still fighting fiercely. in a state of civil war.
In Myanmar, where 90% of the population is Buddhist, people have a great deal of trust in Buddhist monks. However, independent media outlet Irrawaddy and others have revealed that since the coup, the military government has killed at least 52 Buddhist monks and has repeatedly raided, looted and destroyed Buddhist temples across the country. The news shocked the people of Myanmar.
Armed citizens disguised as monks?
Military spokesman Zaw Min Tun said in April this year:
“We have not arrested any monks, but we have taken legal action once morest armed citizens disguised as monks.”
He justified his actions by accusing him of killing, arresting and torturing “members of an anti-junta terrorist organization disguised as monks.”
