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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

BBC: Burmese monks 'to be sent away'

"...Thousands of monks detained in Burma's main city of Rangoon will be
sent to prisons in the far north of the country, sources have told the
BBC.

About 4,000 monks have been rounded up in the past week as the military
government has tried to stamp out pro-democracy protests.

They are being held at a disused race course and a technical college.

Sources from a government-sponsored militia said they would soon be
moved away from Rangoon.

The monks have been disrobed and shackled, the sources told BBC radio's
Burmese service. There are reports that the monks are refusing to eat.

The country has seen almost two weeks of sustained popular unrest, in
the most serious challenge to the military leadership for more than two
decades..."
 

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