News Forum - Monks were amongst those who fled to safety in eastern Myanmar conflicts

[Thaiger]

Hundreds of monks were among the thousands of people who fled two major towns in Mynamar’s Kayah (Karenni) State last week as fighting has intensified in the southern region between the military and local militia groups, known as the People’s Defense Forces which oppose the regime, The United Nations estimates that over 90,000 individuals have left Loikaw city in the region where more than half of the population has been displaced, with local NGO’s putting the total at 170,000. One monk told AFP in anonymity, said “It was impossible for us to stay there. It was hard to make the […]

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[Stardust]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

Hundreds of monks were among the thousands of people who fled two major towns in Mynamar’s Kayah (Karenni) State last week as fighting has intensified in the southern region between the military and local militia groups, known as the People’s Defense Forces which oppose the regime, The United Nations estimates that over 90,000 individuals have left Loikaw city in the region where more than half of the population has been displaced, with local NGO’s putting the total at 170,000. One monk told AFP in anonymity, said “It was impossible for us to stay there. It was hard to make the […]

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The junta animals and gangster locked fleeing woman and children in a bus and burned them alive and they killed nuns and monks. They killed also catholic nuns who tried to give first aid to injured victims.

[Ynwaps]

I would have had a hard time accepting the decision, but it would have been a great learning experience. Maybe the Thailand can learn something from their experience, if they can be brought into temples instead of refugee camps.