Warrant Against Radical Buddhist Monk

Yangon: The Myanmar police have issued an arrest warrant against Wirathu, an ultra-nationalist Buddhist monk known for his anti-Muslim stance. The warrant was issued on Tuesday under Article 124(a) of the legal code, which forbid incitement of hatred or contempt against the government and carried a three-year jail sentence, the police said. The monk, dubbed by Time magazine as “The Face of Buddhist Terror”, is accused of making defamatory remarks against Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The police are yet to locate Wirathu, who, according to reports, was not at the Masoeyein Monastery in central Myanmar on Tuesday as he was due to appear before the governing body of the Buddhist clergy in Yangon, a day later. The monk is known for his tirades against Muslims, including comments that sparked a wave of sectarian violence against the community in central Myanmar in 2013. (IANS)

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