“HOLD ON, I THINK HE’S GOT A WEAPON! IT’S A BOMB! STAY BACK, HE GOT A BOMB! NO WAIT…. IT’S A RICE BOWL. REPEAT, SUSPECT HAS A RICE BOWL!”
Seven years ago, Buddhist monks in Rangoon led street protests in what came to be known as the “Saffron Revolution.” Despite the religious status of monks in Burma, the security forces were under instructions to treat them as common criminals. This year, as the seventh anniversary of the revolution that took place in August and September 2007 is marked, The Irrawaddy posts a cartoon by Harn Lay that we first published at that time.