Five Buddhist monks were acquitted of a religious defamation charge on Thursday in the latest hearing in the high-profile Mahasantisukha Monastery case.

Five Buddhist monks were acquitted of a religious defamation charge on Thursday in the latest hearing in the high-profile Mahasantisukha Monastery case.
Four monks facing charges of defaming religion and insubordination to the state monastic council appeared in Burma’s Supreme Court on Thursday.
Former Minister of Religious Affairs Hsan Hsint was found guilty of sedition and criminal breach of trust on Friday for mishandling a raid on Mahasantisukha Monastery.
Five Buddhist monks from the Mahasantisukha Monastery in Rangoon are attempting to countersue the National Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee.
Religious Affairs Minister Hsan Hsint was removed from his position due to his “mishandling” of the Mahasantisukha Monastery raid and also faces charges.
Five disrobed monks from Rangoon’s Mahasantisukha Monastery have been released on 20 million kyat bail each from Tamwe Township Court on Friday afternoon after facing a hearing on charges of…