London, Dec.16 (ANI): A senior Burmese monk has been ordered to leave his monastery in Rangoon because of a speech he gave at a pro-democracy event.
According to the BBC, Shwe Nya War Sayardaw, a well-known critic of the government, addressed the National League for Democracy at a recent event in Mandalay.
He was among several figures who met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when she visited Burma in December.
The actual order to leave came from the monks' governing body, but this is backed by the Burmese authorities.
Shwe Nya War Sayardaw, who is an abbot at Rangoon's Sadhu monastery, received a letter from the monks' governing body informing him that he was being disciplined for delivering a speech to pro-democracy leader Aung Sun Suu Kyi's political party, the National League for Democracy (NLD). (ANI)
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