Buddhist structure erected on Baptist church land

HPA-AN, MYANMAR — An influential Buddhist monk in southern Burma (also called Myanmar) has erected Buddhist structures in a Baptist church compound. Ethnic Karen Christians in Hpa-An, capital of Karen state, have protested a Buddhist pagoda and a stupa, a structure containing Buddhist relics, since building began in August. Myaing Kyee Ngu Sayadaw, a revered Buddhist abbot and founder of…