July 14, 2016

Myanmar's leading hardline monk calls Aung San Suu Kyi a 'woman dictator'

A firebrand monk slammed Aung San Suu Kyi as a "woman dictator" on Wednesday, accusing Myanmar's civilian-led government of trying to destroy an ultra-nationalist Buddhist group blamed for a surge in sectarian violence across the country.

The attack came after the body representing Myanmar's top monks distanced itself from the hardline Ma Ba Tha movement, a blow to its clerical legitimacy.

The Ma Ba Tha is a noisy, monk-led group at the forefront of virulently anti-Muslim protests in Myanmar in the three years since it was founded. (Courtesy of yangon.coconuts.co)

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