A year after the saffron revolution, Buddhist monks are still finding it extremely difficult to travel in Burma because the Burmese military junta authorities are checking them thoroughly all the time, a source said.

Monks who want to travel from Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State in northern Burma to Rangoon, the former capital, are being checked by the police at railway stations and are being asked detailed address of places in Rangoon where they intend to stay, said a resident in Myitkyina.

The monks are being subjected to more checks by the police than other travellers not only in railway stations but also on the roads and highways.

Meanwhile, residents in Myitkyina claimed that the police have intensified checking people as they are all being viewed with suspicion. The police are still guarding Buddhist temples.

According to a Rangoon resident, one cannot see monks on the road like earlier even in buses and there are many policemen on the roads especially at the bus station.