Excerpt from report by Norway-based Burmese Democratic Voice of Burma on 30 May

Dear listeners, the Mandalay Division National League for Democracy (NLD) held a religious service and offered food to monks in memory of the victims of the brutal assault at Depayin.

Although the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) also insisted on holding the religious service at the same time, the NLD was successful in completing the function because of the supervision by the abbots.

Democratic Voice of Burma Correspondent Ko Aye Naing filed this report.

[Begin recording] [DVB] The Mandalay Division NLD held a religious service and offered food to monks of Masoyein Monastery in Mandalay in memory of the victims of the brutal assault at Depayin and the USDA insisted on joining in. Mandalay Division NLD Organizing Committee member Daw Win Mya Mya who had her arm broken in the assault and was imprisoned later had this to say:

[Daw Win Mya Mya] The USDA said they wanted to join in the merit-making and it was completed today. About 1,000 USDA members were there and around 200 NLD members of different rankings were there too. The NLD members sat in the places reserved for them and the USDA were there too. But, there was no untoward incident. The USDA members were standing en masse as if to show force and the NLD members went about doing their own business. [Passage omitted] [End recording]