Protest started

Latest Coverage on Mass Monk Rally
30-Sep-2008 - KN Island
Monks shifted to cruise gear in stepping up the pressure on police to retract the most damaging remarks on guruji and his followers. "Its totally uncalled for ... for them to make such disgraceful, irresponsible statement by authorities regarding our guruji and his followers... Now the moron will know power of Ahimsa!!" said .

"I feel so sorry to see the monks walking in heavy rain and taking such trouble on behalf of the guruji. I feel so grateful as well," said a 50-year-old woman with tears rolling down her face. Like most onlookers, she asked not to be named for fear of drawing the unwelcome attention from authorities.

Traffic Stagnant

The world wide rallies caused massive traffic jam and inconvenience to the public. Few prominent roads were closed due to high turnout of protesters. Some business entities were closed citing security as a reason. A businessman, Picchai said he lost around daily sales of USD750.00. He said he did not regret for the lost because the rally is for a 'just' cause and willing to loose more for this fight.

Another businessman, Ambulimama criticised the police to use exessice force to control the crowd. He said acid laced water and tear gas are unwarrented. He condemned the authorities for misusing public funds unnecessarily.