Shwe Nya War Presiding Monk’s Request Letter

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foreign-based Burmese Buddhist monks issued a statement on Thursday, saying the Sangha should set up a genuine Maha Nayaka Committee that would support the Buddhist religion and the people.

“In fact, truth should be given the priority. Now, the State Sangha Committee is just doing what the authorities tell them to do. I think they will send the abbot to a rural area,” Ashin Zawana, who was involved in issuing the statement, told Mizzima.

The statement urged the state Sangha committee to protect monks’ rights to speak freely and move around to other monasteries freely.

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