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Abbot of biggest monastery in Pegu sends home monks
Thu 27 Sep 2007,
IMNA
The abbot of the biggest monastery in Pegu sent monks involved in protests back to their home town.
The abbot from Tharthana Mern Daing monastery sent back more than 400 monks who were studying in the temple and were involved in leading the protests in Pegu. The monks who were sent back have been supporting the protest and have not been accepting the government's donation.
"Now only novices remain in the temple. The abbot is now accepting donations from military officers," a monk said.
Recently the Thartana Mern Daing abbot and abbot of Kyat Khat Wine accepted donation from military officers why others boycotted. Before sending monks back home the abbot stopped them from joining the protests.
The military regime also used the Kyat Khat Wine case alleging that the protestors broke the doors and windows in Kyat Khat Wine monastery, to show protesters in bad light and as terrorists. The junta even alleged that the protesting monks were not monks at all.
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