Monks who are students of U Wirathu, the controversial Buddhist nationalists monk and spiritual leader of the 969 Movement, study at the New Maesoeyin Monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) on May 22, 2013. U Wirathu is an abbot in the New Maesoeyin Monastery where he leads about 60 monks and has influence over more than 2,500 residing there.