Dissident Monk Is Said to Be Under House Arrest
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Vietnam’s Communist authorities have put prominent Buddhist dissident Thich Quang Do under house arrest for two years and arrested three other monks after they vowed a showdown on rights, a Buddhist support group said.
Penelope Faulkner, spokeswoman for the Paris-based International Buddhist Information Bureau, said three other monks from Ho Chi Minh City who had intended to accompany Do on a mission Tuesday to take their detained 83-year-old patriarch Thich Huyen Quang for medical treatment had been arrested.
Do, 73, is the deputy head of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, which Quang heads.
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