Nasaka Commander arrested for taking bribe
Written by Webmaster
Thursday, 03 January 2008
Maungdaw, Arakan State: A Commander of Nasaka Burma’s border security force was arrested on December 28, 2007, for taking bribe from parents of a student.
He took the payment to ensure that the student was not expelled from school and was not arrested for getting involving in a quarrel with a female student, according to an aide of Nasaka.
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Written by Webmaster
Thursday, 03 January 2008
Buthidaung, Arakan State: Nasaka, Burma’s border security force confiscated farm lands from Rohingya villagers in Buthidaung Township in Arakan State for maintaining their families and their business.
snip Price of rice touching new high in Bangladesh-Burma border
Written by Webmaster
Friday, 04 January 2008
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Consumers from lower and middle income brackets have been hard hit by the skyrocketing price of rice in the last two days in Teknaf border areas because Burma stopped exporting rice to Bangladesh after arresting two Bangladeshis who were taking photographs on January 1, according to our correspondent.
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kaladanpress.org
.............................................. from the blog world ............... Condition of the Political Prisoners Seriously Deteriorate
Source: Dr. Lun Swe:
4 January 2008
Link:
URGENT ACTION NEEDED
Burmese Bloggers, Your Help is much Needed !
The condition of Political Prisoners at Insein Prison is Seriously Deteriorating, all the media and the blogs please spread this news as much as possible and as soon as possible, to get the world wide attention for taking action and help.
(This was requested by Political Prisoners Watch Group inside Burma.)
At Blk 1, Ko Minn Ko Naing, Ko Jimmy, Ko Tin Htu Aung, Ko Zaw Lin Aung, Ko Myo Thant and Ko Pud Khan Kwar are held together with others criminals and Junta appointed the Kywe Gyi aka Khin Maung Thaik who was a 2 times murder case criminal as the supervisor of that Blk 1.
At Blk 2, Ko Ko Gyi, Ko Mya Aye, Ko Myo Khin aka Mone Khet and Ko Kyaw Kyaw Htwe aka Mar Kee are held together with death sentence criminals.
At Blk 3, Ko Dee Nyein Linn and Ko Thein Swe are held together with death sentence criminals.
At Blk 5, Ko Htwe Kywe is held together with other 30 criminals.
At Prison Hospital, Ko Hla Myo Aung and Ko Htin Kyaw are held together with ex army officer Hla Win Aung who is already mentally abnormal and another mad criminal.
Ko Myo Khin is going to sentence under Section 505/143 and Ko Thein Swe is going to sentence under Section 6.
Posted by Dr. Lun Swe
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Think Piece
Why there is tightened security in Burma
When people are engaged in something they are not proud of, they do not welcome witnesses. Saying and Words of Wisdom in English, Chulalongkorn University Press (2005)
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'Authorities' Try To Stop Independence Day Celebrations
3 January 2008
Original report by Naw Say Paw and Maung Too, DVB
The chairman of National League for Democracy Party, Ye' Nan Chaung and one of his colleagues were advised not to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Independence Day by the chief police official of Magwe', it is reported.
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4 January 2008
Original report : DVB
Miss Htet Htet Aung from South Dagon and
Ko Kyaw Kyaw Linn from Dawbone, both members of the National League for Democracy (Youth) Party were arrested this morning, it is reported. They were taken away for questioning and the families are still waiting for their return.
Similarly,
Ko Ko Maung from Mingala Don and
Ko Min Han from North Okkalapa were arrested on 2nd January.
Three other people and
a monk were also arrested on 3nd January, it is reported.
Posted by Goldie Shwe
whoiswhoinburma.blogspot.com
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Thailand, UN form 'Friends of Burma' group
New York (dpa) - UN special envoy for Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, plans to visit China and India next week to continue discussion on building up efforts to bring democracy to Burma, an official of the European Union said Friday.
Gambari intends to seek another visit to Burma following talks in Beijing and New Delhi, Piero Fassino, the EU special envoy for Burma, told reporters at UN headquarters following lengthy talks with Gambari and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Fassino said a group of so-called "friends of Myanmar" was created before Christmas which aims to end the Burma crisis.
The group includes the five UN Security Council permanent members - the US, Russia, China, France and Britain - the European Union and the main Asian nations like Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam.
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bangkokpost.com
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Suu Kyi Plea Raised on Myanmar Holiday
Friday, January 04, 2008
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's Independence Day was marked Friday by opposition calls for the freeing of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners as the military rulers urged national discipline.
"The essential first step toward building a democratic state and achieving national reconciliation is the process of political dialogue," said a statement by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy at its party headquarters. It called for the immediate release of all political prisoners, and monks who "peacefully demonstrated their beliefs and wishes" in last year's pro-democracy protests.
Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace laureate, has been under house arrest for 12 of the past 18 years.
About 300 party members, diplomats and activists attended an NLD gathering as plainclothes officers videotaped their arrival and departure from across the street.
Two NLD youth members of were arrested on the eve of the holiday, bringing the total of jailed NLD members to 97, said party spokesman Nyan Win.
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foxnews.com
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Martial Arts Odyssey: Part Two Training with Shan State Army
By Dante Scott
In the latest episode of “Martial Arts Odyssey” host, Antonio Graceffo, returns to the war zone of Burma, and goes on a jungle patrol with the Shan State Army (SSA) rebels.
Myanmar then and now Despite widespread poverty, families of Myanmar's military elite live a lavish lifestyle
At independence...
One of the richest countries in South-East Asia with highly educated population
World's largest rice exporter, regarded as "rice basket of Asia"
Largest teak exporter, producing about 75 per cent of world's teak
...and 60 years on
One of Asia's poorest nations, with rising poverty levels and sky-rocketing inflation
One-third of all children are malnourished, with 132,000 children under five dying every year because of avoidable diseases according to Save the Children
Major heroin trafficker and world's second-largest opium producer
Designated "least developed country" status by UN since 1987
Ranked world's most corrupt country in 2007 Transparency International index
english.aljazeera.net
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Yunnan opens methadone clinics in border areas
Updated: 2008-01-05 19:08
(Xinhua)
KUNMING - Southwest China's Yunnan Province set up seven more methadone mobile clinics in 2007 in the rural areas bordering the Golden Triangle in an effort to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
The province had intended to open 22 new clinics early last year but only 14 were set up by the end of 2007, bringing the total number of methadone clinics to 67 including eight mobile ones, said Zhang Ruimin, deputy director of the Yunnan Provincial Institute for Drug Abuse.
The seven new mobile clinics provide treatment for people in Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong, Hani-Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Honghe, Lincang City and Baoshan City, which cover most of the rural border areas.
Bordering the Golden Triangle drug-producing area which covers parts of Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, Yunnan has suffered from crippling heroin addiction in recent years.
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chinadaily.com.cn
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