90 percent of the population in Chin state in Burma are Christians. Since 1998, this region has seen a regular "abduction" of children between the ages of 8-17 by Buddhist monks. Most of the children being "abducted" belong to poor families and are lured away from their parents with the pretext of giving them education in bigger cities. However, the children were instead placed in Buddhist monasteries and made to study Buddhist texts and live as Buddhist monks.
Five children who recently ran way from various monasteries said that they were  placed in different monasteries so that no one knew where the other child was. This has made it difficult for the parents of the children to trace them. Few parents can afford to travel from one monastery to the other in search of their children.
The children who escaped allege that  they were forced to learn about Buddhist percepts and principles, put on robes and follow strict monastic disciplines.
Since 1997, Burma’s ruling military junta, State Peace and Development Council had imposed various restrictions on the activities of Christians and made life hell for the Christian population in Chin State and in Burma. [Reported: Chin Human Rights Organization]