Myanmar dissident Buddhist monk Gambira attends a ceremony at a Yangon monastery on February 19, 2012. (AFP)
Myanmar dissident Buddhist monk Gambira attends a ceremony at a Yangon monastery on February 19, 2012. (AFP)

Buddhist monks in Myanmar split on anti-junta movement

Myanmar's Buddhist monkhood led an earlier struggle against military rule but is split on the February 1 coup that ended the country's nascent democracy, with some prominent religious leaders defending the new junta.

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