Protesting monks warned
24/09/2007 17:01  - (SA)  

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Yangon - Myanmar's ruling junta threatened on Monday to "take action" against Buddhist monks who led more than 100 000 people in Yangon in the biggest protest here in nearly 20 years, state media reported.

In the first official reaction to a week of escalating protests led by the monks, state media reported that the Religion Minister, Brigadier General Thura Myint Maung, had met with senior clergy on Monday to deliver the warning.

"If the monks go against the rules and regulations in the authority of the Buddhist teachings, we will take action under the existing law," state television quoted the minister as saying.

- AFP

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