According to the letter, the auto the abbot was traveling on had no spiritual markings on it and had never slowed down at a checkpoint, causing junta troops to start fire.
The junta may carry out an analysis and “act based on the facts” in a “factual investigation.”
The abbot’s cremation may take place on Thursday
The army has long tried to present itself as a savior of Buddhist personality, which is the country’s main religion.
In its extensive assault on dissent that resulted in thousands of people being imprisoned or killed since it took control in 2021, it has arrested and imprisoned locals and foreigners who are accused of “harming” Buddhism, according to a local monitoring group.
However, social protests have also taken place among the clergy.
Monks led the large demonstrations that were sparked by the 2007 gas price increase, and the clergy even mobilized aid in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, a former junta’s inaction, in 2008.