Answer:
(i) Hoa Hao
movement began in 1939 and gained popularity in the fertile Mekong delta area.
(ii) The founder of
this movement was a man called Huynh Phu So. He performed miracles and helped
the poor.
(iii) He
opposed the sale of child brides, gambling and the use of alcohol and opium.
(iv) The
French tried to suppress the movement and declared him the Mad Bonze and put
him in a mental asylum.
(v)
Interestingly, the doctor who treated him, became his follower and in 1941,
declared him sane.
(vi) Later
on, the French authorities put him into exile at Laos and sent many of his
followers to the concentration camps.
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