Moulmein residents worried about monks

Tue 23 Oct 2007
IMNA

Moulmein city residents are anxious about monks who were sent back to their home towns in upper Burma because they did not reach home but were detained by the military junta authorities.

A rumour is doing the rounds that about 200 monks from Moulmein were arrested in Thaton after they were ordered to go home following last months protest.

"But nobody confirmed the arrests. They just heard that the monks were arrested," an abbot in Moulmein said.

The 200 monks were sent by trains with travel documents from the Military Southeast Command based in Moulmein. The command also arranged for two rooms for the monks.

The monks are from Shin Phuu monastery and Ye monastery in Moulmein.

Monks from all monasteries in Moulmein were ordered to go home after they protested against military regime for four days last month.

Almost all the monasteries the capital Mon state were investigated by the authorities for their involvement in the protest.

According to traveller many monks who traveling by bus and train were dragged down and arrested in Thaton