A massive demonstration led by Buddhist monks in Myanmar , 2007
By Ashin Mettacara
Myanmar military regime arrested another two young monks last Saturday night. The monks are pursuing Buddhist studies at Thardhu Kan Monastery, Yangon’s Kyimyindaing Township. The two monks, Ven. Ashin Dhammasara and Ven. Ashin Nandara are originally from Pyinmana, a city not far from Nay Pyi Daw, the newly administrative capital of Myanmar. Local police and authorities raided the monastery and captured the two monks at around 10 pm on August 23rd. Now they are being kept for interrogation at Insein prison. Even though the exact reason for their arrest is unknown, they reportedly will appear in court on the 29th of August. Only recently nine Buddhist monks were arrested at Yangon railway station on July 15th and sentenced to two years imprisonment. Many Buddhist monks have been arrested and kept incarcerated after a massive pro-democracy demonstrations in September 2007.
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Ashin Mettacara was born in Wun Tho, Sagaing Division, Burma in 16/04/1982. He was ordained a novice in 1994 and a monk in 2000. He studied Buddhism at Khanti Pariyatti Monastery (Wun Tho, Sagaing Division, Burma), Wayalet Pariyatti Monastery (Rangoon, Burma) and Man Aung Monastery (Rangoon, Burma). He passed Buddhist examinations known as Pathamange, Pathamalatt, Pathamagyi in Burma. He arrived Colombo, Sri Lanka on 9th May, 2004. He studied B.A and M.A programme in Colombo, Sri Lanka and has successfully completed B.A and M.A from the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka. While he was studying in the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, in September 2007, there was a Saffron Revolution in Burma. The military regime cracked down the peaceful protestors who mostly are Buddhist monks. As he could not reconcile himself with the current military regime's brutal crackdown to the Buddhist monks, peaceful protestors and human rights abuses, he became involved in the Burmese politics as an exile.
Ashin Mettacara is an independent blogger monk and contributing at OpEd to support Free Burma. He is not part of any political group, association or organization. He is helping all the groups who are working for freedom of belief and expression. His motto is "Working for equality is human values".
Visit: http://www.ashinmettacara.org/
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