Senior Ma Ba Tha members have demanded a total apology from the government’s two most senior leaders over comments made by the Yangon Region chief minister, in the latest fracas between the Buddhist nationalist movement and the National League for Democracy.
At an emergency meeting held on Thursday at the Insein Ywama Monastery, Ma Ba Tha’s Yangon headquarters, the association’s leaders said they would seek an apology from State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Htin Kyaw for comments made by Phyo Min Thein during a trip to Singapore.
Phyo Min Thein had told an audience of expatriate Myanmar nationals over the weekend that groups such as Ma Ba Tha were “not necessary” as the government-backed State Sangha Mahayanaka Committee already administered Buddhist orders in Myanmar, comments he repeated at Yangon Airport on Wednesday after his return home. (Courtesy of frontiermyanmar.net)
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