“Burma Clamps Down on Traveling Monks”
by Danny Fisher
"Monks collect alms in Monywa, central Burma." Photo by Reuters.
This from the Democratic Voice of Burma:
Suspension of passports for monks in Burma has begun amid suggestions that the Burmese government is attempting to block the influential community from going abroad in the run-up to elections.
Monks have also complained that the government’s passport issuing board in Rangoon is also refusing to extend nearly-expired passports and implementing restrictions on applications for new ones.
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