Nationalist monks have demanded an apology from Myanmar’s government and ruling party over a senior official’s comment against an ultra-nationalist organization that rights group have accused of inciting anti-Muslim violence in past years.
The Association for the Protection of Race and Religion, better known as Ma Ba Tha in its Burmese acronym, held a contingency meeting Thursday in its headquarters in Yangon after the commercial capital’s chief minister Phyo Min Thein criticized its existence.
Ma Ba Tha’s firebrand monk Wirathu told reporters after the gathering, “we demand an apology from the government and the National League for Democracy [NLD] party within one week… Otherwise they would face a series of activities against them.” (Courtesy of aa.com.tr)
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