Shin Gambira, one of the leaders of the All-Burmese Monks Alliance The Burmese monk Shin Gambira has been taken away by authorities, sources told the BBC's Burmese Service. Gambira, one of the leaders of the 2007 anti-government protests, was among high profile political prisoners released last month by the country's civilian, military-backed government.
He was taken from a monastery in Rangoon early Friday morning, his brother said.
It remains unclear where and why he had been taken.
Some 15 officials came in three cars at about 01:15 local time (1845 GMT Thursday), a monk who was with Gambira told the BBC.
These officials were from the government religious authority department and Rangoon division government, he added.
After he was freed last month, Gambira has reportedly been reopening monasteries that were locked up by the authorities since the ''saffron revolution'' movement led by monks in 2007.
In interviews following his release, he has expressed deep scepticism about reforms taking place in Burma, says the BBC's South East Asia correspondent Rachel Harvey.
One of the leaders of the All-Burmese Monks Alliance, the 31-year-old was arrested on 4 November, 2007, weeks after the protest was crushed.
Less than three weeks later, he was jailed for 68 years, including 12 of hard labour.
He was one of 651 people freed on 13 January in what was the most significant release of political prisoners since the country began a series of reforms aimed at encouraging the lifting of sanctions imposed by the European Union and United States.
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