Quotation of the Day: Monks Once Led Protests. Myanmar’s Coup Changed That. - The New York Times

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Saturday, August 28, 2021

“As a monk I couldn’t kill them, so I decided to become a soldier. It’s like going down from heaven to hell. But I think it was necessary.”

U KAY THA YA, who led a monastery in Yangon, Myanmar, before joining the rebels when the police tried to arrest him for joining protests against the government.

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