Burmese monk leader arrives in
Bangladesh - website
Publisher: BBC Monitoring South Asia
Story date
:
26/01/2008
Publisher: BBC Monitoring South Asia
Story date
:
26/01/2008
Text of report by Bangladesh-based
Burmese website Narinjara News on 26 January
Burmese monk leader arrives in Bangladesh – website
[Text of report headlined "Young monk leader and colleague arrive in Bangladesh " published by Bangladesh-based Burmese website in English
on 26 Jan 08]
Cox's Bazar: A young monk who was a leader in the recent Saffron Revolution protests in Burma arrived in Bangladesh along with his colleague on 22 January after travelling in secret from the delta region of Burma for nearly two months.
The two monks have been identified as U Htawara, aged 24, and U Panya Disa, 29 years old, from Irrawaddy Division in the delta region of Burma.
U. Htwara said that "the Burmese military authority wanted to
arrest me for leading in the Saffron Revolution so I was hiding in my native
village of Wra Tan Shi in Irrawaddy's Wakhema Township, but at last I left my
village for Bangladesh with my friend, U Panya Disa, to avoid being arrested by
the government."
In their journey to Bangladesh, the two monks travelled by foot from one village to another, sometimes sleeping in the jungle, and sometimes removing their easily identified robes to don civilian dress.
U Htwara said, "Why I came to Bangladesh is to avoid arrest by the authority because the authority sent my picture
and name to the border check points along the Thai-Burma border as well as the
China-Burma border. There are over 60 checkpoints on both borders. It would
have been impossible to cross any checkpoint on the eastern side, so I came
here."
The two monks are now continuing
to the Bangladesh capital Dhaka to seek asylum with the UNHCR as refugees.
U Htawara said, "I have to apply
as a refugee at UNHCR for security reasons, but we are going to carry out our
movement from here to organize monks from Bangladesh. There are some monk
organizations in Bangladesh and they are supporting our movement."
It has also been learned that U Htwara is the general secretary of the recently formed monk organization, the All Myanmar Thinga Delegation, which is intended to work in cooperation with the Sasana Moli formed by monks in exile to carry out monks' affairs in Burma.
Source: Narinjara News website, Dhaka, in English 0000 gmt 26 Jan 08
Burmese monk leader arrives in Bangladesh – website
[Text of report headlined "Young monk leader and colleague arrive in Bangladesh " published by Bangladesh-based Burmese website in English
on 26 Jan 08] Cox's Bazar: A young monk who was a leader in the recent Saffron Revolution protests in Burma arrived in Bangladesh along with his colleague on 22 January after travelling in secret from the delta region of Burma for nearly two months.
The two monks have been identified as U Htawara, aged 24, and U Panya Disa, 29 years old, from Irrawaddy Division in the delta region of Burma.
U. Htwara said that "the Burmese military authority wanted to
arrest me for leading in the Saffron Revolution so I was hiding in my native
village of Wra Tan Shi in Irrawaddy's Wakhema Township, but at last I left my
village for Bangladesh with my friend, U Panya Disa, to avoid being arrested by
the government." In their journey to Bangladesh, the two monks travelled by foot from one village to another, sometimes sleeping in the jungle, and sometimes removing their easily identified robes to don civilian dress.
U Htwara said, "Why I came to Bangladesh is to avoid arrest by the authority because the authority sent my picture
and name to the border check points along the Thai-Burma border as well as the
China-Burma border. There are over 60 checkpoints on both borders. It would
have been impossible to cross any checkpoint on the eastern side, so I came
here." The two monks are now continuing
to the Bangladesh capital Dhaka to seek asylum with the UNHCR as refugees. U Htawara said, "I have to apply
as a refugee at UNHCR for security reasons, but we are going to carry out our
movement from here to organize monks from Bangladesh. There are some monk
organizations in Bangladesh and they are supporting our movement." It has also been learned that U Htwara is the general secretary of the recently formed monk organization, the All Myanmar Thinga Delegation, which is intended to work in cooperation with the Sasana Moli formed by monks in exile to carry out monks' affairs in Burma.
Source: Narinjara News website, Dhaka, in English 0000 gmt 26 Jan 08
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