Junta seals off earthquake-damaged mosque in Sagaing

Myanmar’s military regime has sealed off a century-old mosque in the city of Sagaing after it was damaged by the powerful earthquake that struck the country on March 28.

The Gattan Mosque, located next to the city’s main police station, was closed on Tuesday after the township police chief ordered that it be demolished due to damage that it sustained in the 7.7-magnitude quake, a mosque official told Myanmar Now.

“According to our religion, we’re not allowed to destroy religious buildings with our own hands. Since we don’t have the right to give, take, or transfer [the mosque] according to our will, we told the police to do as they please with it, so they have now closed it,” the official said.