The nationalist group known as Ma Ba Tha and one of its leading members, U Wirathu, have reacted defiantly to moves aimed at curbing their malevolent influence, posing a delicate problem for the NLD government.
A beauty queen’s Buddhist-themed costume at a pageant in Yangon sparked calls for her arrest, reviving old debates about the role of nationalist monks in policing religion and influencing politics in Myanmar.
BY Frontier
