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80-Year-Old Monk's Reappearance Brings Solace In Coup-Hit Myanmar : Rashtra News Buddhist monk Maha Bodhi Myaing Sayadaw with his followers.Sagaing, Myanmar: When dawn arrives in normal times, 80-year-old Buddhist monk Maha Bodhi Myaing Sayadaw emerges from his meditation on the plains of northern Myanmar to silently receive food offerings from a handful of followers.Now each
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Development comes as military struggles with recruitment — at least 4,500 soldiers have defected from the army
The ruling military, which is struggling with recruitment, denies abducting young men and boys to fill its ranks. But five men say it happened to them.
The men were accused of murder and membership of an anti-junta militia.
Sources say that the military has planted mines in areas specifically meant to target civilians.