Myanmar: Military raids monastery to find anti-coup monk
Event- Country
- Myanmar
- Initial Date
- Apr 24, 2021
- Event Description
The junta’s forces raided a monastery in Sagain Region’s Yinmabin township on Saturday afternoon in search of a monk who has led anti-coup protests in the area.
Soldiers destroyed a bamboo building in the compound and confiscated 20 computers that were being used to teach students IT skills during the raid at Thabyay Aye village.
The monk they were searching for, Thaw Pa Ka, was not at the monastery at the time.
“The compound is covered with military boot prints,” Thaw Pa Ka told Myanmar Now. “A load of them showed up and started searching the place, even in the toilets.”
They also searched through boxes where novice monks kept their belongings, he added.
Thaw Pa Ka took part in the Saffron Revolution in 2007. He has lived in Thabyay Aye for about 10 years.
Saturday’s raid was the second time this month that the regime’s forces have tried to capture the monk.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Raid
- Rights Concerned
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- HRD
- Pro-democracy defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Armed forces/ Military
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 21.86842119032367
Longitude: 95.95640888910008
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On April 24, 2021 the monastery where pro-democracy monk Thaw Pa Ka used to stay was raided by the soldiers looking for him in Sagaing Region, Myanmar