A Prophet Day celebration was forced to cut short after monks disrupted the event held on 8 January in Botathaung Township. To disrupt the event in YMCA hall in Botathaung Township, the monks blocked the entrance. Haji U Aye Lwin who was one of the preachers at the event in YMCA said, “We can resolve any thing though dialogue. Therefore, we have organised the event successfully after having discussion to dispel misunderstanding and suspicions. However, the event had to cut short. We decided to cut short the event as the other side has concerns that it could trigger conflict so that is why we have decided to cut short the event this time. The authorities have issued permission so we could have organised as we wanted but we did not do according to our wish only”. The organisers of the events have permission from the respective township or regional level General Administration Departments to hold the events despite of that they were disrupted by the ultra-nationalist groups. Also the officials of the administration department have not taken any action to prevent the disruption of the event. Source of BHRN