By HTUN HTUN
11 March 2017
Burma’s infamous nationalist Buddhist monk U Wirathu was
banned from delivering sermons across the country for one year, starting from
March 10, due to his religious hate speeches.
The decision was made at a special meeting of the
country’s 47 senior Buddhist monks who run the the state Buddhist authority
State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee. in Naypyidaw on Thursday, according to U
Myint Zaw Win, a director of the Ministry for Religious Affairs and Culture.
The statement from the meeting released on Friday warned
U Wirathu that any breech of the order will lead to legal action. The ban will
be in effect until March 9 next year.
The State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee said in the
statement that the nationalist monk was repeatedly delivering hate speeches
against religions to cause communal strife, hinder rule of law, and that he
took sides with political parties to inflame tensions.