Fifteen Missing Monks From Ngwe Kyar Yan Monastery

(Moe Aye, DVB)
Seven out of at lest fifteen missing monks from Ngwe Kyar Yan Monastery has been listed as ;
U Agga
U Gaw Thita
U Zar Nay Ya
U Nan Da
U Za Ti La
U Wi Lar Tha and
U Ei Thar Ri Ya.

It is understood that there are about 20 monks in Insein Prison. When the members of the monks' families tried to visit them at Insein Prison Special Unit, they were all rejected by the door as they did not have census (IDs) with them.

Ngwe Kyar Yan was one of the monasteries that raided and attacked most brutally by junta during September.

Here are some of the eyewitness accounts of what happened on Thursday 27 September from BBC news.

[I live near the Ngwe Kyar Yan monastery in south Okkalapa. They came to the monastery last night. Only 20 monks escaped out of 200. One monk from this monastery passed away at the demonstration yesterday. The soldiers came at the middle of the night and beat up the monks. The head monk and the other 19 escaped. They beat the monks and loaded them onto a truck like animals. We could hear gunshots, screams and shouting. Soldiers shouted that they are not just going to shoot in the air, but also on people. Anonymous eyewitness, Rangoon]

[At a monastery at midnight) The soldiers ran up to the first floor of the monastery and grabbed the head monk by the neck and dragged him downstairs. They beat up the other monks with batons and sticks. They kicked the sleeping novices to wake them up and ask them if any monks are hiding. The novices are shaking with fear. It is as if they are raiding a rebel camp. Anonymous eyewitness, Rangoon]