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Generals, soldiers jailed for refusing to shoot monks

Wed, 2007-10-10 04:50 — ABN

October 10, 2007
Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Tachileik, Shan State, Myanmar

Myanmar's ruling junta have detained five generals and more than 400 soldiers for disobeying orders to shoot and beat monks and other activists who took part in recent protests in Yangon, an official said Monday.

The official, who asked for anonymity out of fear he would be punished by the junta, said it was the first sign of divisions in the country's secretive establishment.

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