CHINESE REDS DRAFT BUDDHIST MONKS INTO ARMY
HONG KONG, March 30 (Rec. 10.0 a.m.) —An abbot of a leading Buddhist monastery at Nanking said that the Communists had forced 400,000 Chinese monks and nuns to give up active practice of their religion. The abbot, who had just arrived in Hong Kong, said that many monks had been drafted into the army or into forced labour. Some had become street hawkers. He alleged that the Communists had taken over most of the temples and monasteries.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 April 1950, Page 5
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