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    Quote Originally Posted by DrB0b View Post
    ^^His death was filmed from a mobile phone. Shown on Japanese TV last night. You can see it here.

    zSHARE - how_japanjournalist_died.wmv

    The shooting looks VERY deliberate.
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    Myanmar: Blogging the bloodshed
    By Richard S Ehrlich
    Sep 29, 2007

    BANGKOK - Dodging a deadly military crackdown, bloggers in Myanmar are now on the front lines providing news and photos of death and insurrection.

    Their weblogs, written in Burmese and grammatically flawed English, are mostly by people living in the commercial port of Yangon, where Buddhist monks, pro-democracy activists and residents have been defying security forces during more than a week of protests.

    The bloggers rely on word of mouth, mobile telephones, online chat groups, instant messaging, and first-hand experience in barricaded streets amid tear gas and gunfire.

    The best blogs provide photos, video and text updates purportedly
    by witnesses, which are later confirmed by news organizations or, in some cases, can't be verified.

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    Security forces fire on school pupils
    Sep 28, 2007


    (DVB)–Government security forces beat up and fired upon young students in front of a school during yesterday’s brutal crackdown on large-scale protests in Rangoon, according to witnesses.

    A group of students was marching from Pansodan bridge to the high school in Tamwe township, while many other students were inside the school compound. Soldiers and government guards fired automatic weapons into the air and at chest-level to prevent marching students from reaching the school.

    “There were primary-grade students studying inside the school and some of them were hit as well,” said one of the witnesses.

    Parents waiting to collect their children from school were also among those hit by bullets.

    “They also rammed a truck with its headlights on into a crowd of students before arresting them at gunpoint,” said another witness, who stated that about 300 students were arrested in the crackdown.

    “Teachers at the school had to take all the children and their parents inside the school building and give them shelter,” the witness continued.

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    Thai-Burma Tachilek border stays open


    CHIANG RAI - It was business as usual at the Chiang Rai-Tachilek border crossing Friday and Thai authorities confirmed that the border checkpoint in this province remained open despite the Burma regime's violent crackdown on popular protests against military rule.

    Col. Sompong Chaengchamras, chairman of the Thai-Burma Township Border Committee (TBC) said the Burma TBC assured that the Tachilek border crossing, at the Thai-Burma town well-known for its low-cost market. will remain open.

    Both Burmese and Thai nationals needed to cross the border for trade while tourists travelling in the northern provinces of Thailand also intended to visit the bustling Tachilek market in Burma.

    Burmese authorities stressed that tourists remained safe in Burma's Tachilek province, and that the violence being shown elsewhere had not affected the border area.

    Meanwhile, some Burma nationals were seen crossing the border to buy necessities in Thailand's Mae Sai district as usual, while tourists travelled from Thailand into Tachilek.

    Persons and vehicles must pass tight inspection at the Chiang Rai-Tachilek bordercrossing before entering Burma.

    Security forces swept through Yangon (formerly known as Rangoon), Burma's main city on Thursday, killing nine people including a Japanese journalist, and arresting hundreds more in a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests.

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    September 28, 2007
    Protests in Rangoon



    (Burmese Standard Time)
    2:50 p.m
    "People are now shouting slogans on Pansodan Street. And from the corner the street, the soldiers are watching. The people are shouting and running. Now there are more than 10,000 people here. But soldiers' strength remains the same. What we fear is they will come form behind and block us," a protester told Mizzima.

    2:45 p.m
    Police this morning seized a fighting peacock flag brought by students on the 27th Street in Rangoon.

    2:20 p.m
    Protesters defy junta's order for the third day
    More than 100 protesters have gathered on Pansodan Street and begun to demonstrate. More people are seen joining the demonstration.

    2:10 p.m
    Protesters versus troops in Sule
    There are about 1500 protesters who have gathered near the Thamada cinema hall.Soldiers are waiting for them to come to Sule pagoda.

    2:00 p.m
    Military trucks leave North Okklapah
    About 17 military trucks, was positioned at Maelahmu pagoda in North Okklapah, were seen moving out of the township through the Kabba Aye Pagoda Street.

    An eyewitness said:
    "I heard that there were military trucks in our locality, so I went out to look and saw 17 military trucks positioned at Maelahmu pagoda.

    But from there all the trucks moved back at about 1 p.m. (local time) towards Rangoon. They went through the Kabba Aye pagoda road.

    In one truck there were about 30 to 40 soldiers.

    No soldiers were left behind. I heard rumours that there is diverse opinion in the military. But it cannot be confirmed. Because they just came here and there are no shootings and it is difficult ot find out what is going on between them."

    "The soldiers were stationed at Maelahmu pagoda at about 9:30 or 10 this morning. But now there are no more soldiers. All of them went back. And everything is normal now, and there are no protests here"

    "At the Mealahmu pagoda there is a monastery. We thought that the soldiers must have come to the monastery. But they did nothing to the monastery, and they all headed to Rangoon through Kabba Aye Pagoda road."

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    Protests across Burma


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    As witnessed by a local resident
    "They are patrolling all over Mandalay town. The commander is leading the patrol. There are about 10 trucks doing the rounds. They stopped at 84th Street and requested the monks there to remain inside the monastery."
    The commander requested monks in Mya Taung and Ma Soe Yein Monasteries not to come out.
    "They are from the 33 regiment. More fire engines are positioned near the monasteries. Monks in the monasteries said they saw some troops who looked like Chinese or Wa troops taking up positions near the monasteries. There are about 300 soldiers."
    "They drove off to the 84th Street. There were about ten to twelve trucks."

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    Notice the soldiers doing the murdering are wearing sandals... The understanding is that these are criminal elements given uniforms & ordered to kill.

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    Fears over second photographer 'killed' in Burma
    Friday 28th September 2007

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    There are fears that a German photographer has become the second journalist to be killed while covering the anti-government demonstrations in Rangoon, Burma.

    The news follows the death of Kenji Nagai, a video journalist for Tokyo-based agency APF News, who is believed to have been killed by security forces yesterday as he tried to get through a blockade of soldiers.

    Pictures of the attack reveal that Kenji continued to record images, even after apparently being caught up in gunfire from Burmese troops.

    He was one of at least nine people who died in the violence, according to Burma's state-run TV station.

    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said it is now 'concerned for the safety' of a German photographer who, according to The Bangkok Post newspaper, was among the victims.

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    Myanmar junta extends curfew in north Yangon
    28 Sep 2007
    Source: Reuters

    YANGON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military junta extended a night-time curfew on Friday in a restive district of north Yangon where eight people were reported killed by soldiers in protests a day earlier.

    Witnesses said crowds of protesters were gathering in South Okkalapa district despite the presence of troops and riot police and broadcasts from loudspeaker trucks announced a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

    The whole of Yangon and Mandalay, the former Burma's second city, were placed under a 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfews on Tuesday in a bid to quell the biggest anti-junta protests in nearly 20 years.

    The Asia Human Rights Commission said eight people were shot dead in the Okkalapa area during a crackdown on Thursday on thousands of people protesting against 45 years of military and intensifying economic hardship. Citing a source in the city, the Hong Kong-based group said bodies of the victims were taken to houses in the neighbourhood but security forces searched the area and took them away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by watterinja View Post
    Notice the soldiers doing the murdering are wearing sandals... The understanding is that these are criminal elements given uniforms & ordered to kill.
    We noticed that, too

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    Soldiers charge Burma protesters
    Friday, 28 September 2007,




    Protests in Burma

    Burmese soldiers and police are baton charging small groups of protesters who are trying to gather in Rangoon.
    Security forces are trying to prevent more mass protests and have sealed off the five main monasteries that had been focal points of previous marches.
    Official media said nine people were killed on Thursday as troops fired tear gas and bullets to clear protesters off the streets of Rangoon.
    But Australia's ambassador in Burma said the toll was probably higher.
    The security presence in Rangoon is the heaviest yet on Friday, says the BBC's Jonathan Head in neighbouring Thailand.
    Troops have sealed off the key monasteries and pagodas in Rangoon, including Shwedagon and Sule pagodas - the focal point for some of the larger protests earlier in the week.
    Every civilised nation has a responsibility to stand up for people suffering under a brutal military regime like the one that has ruled Burma for too long


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    All the main roads into central Rangoon have been blocked and soldiers have been progressively moving the barricades to seal off central neighbourhoods.
    Some small groups have managed to assemble in the face of the heavy security only to be broken up by soldiers wielding batons.
    There are reports of shots being fired, but it is not clear if they are being fired into the crowds or overhead in warning.
    Another report, from AFP news agency, said shots were fired in warning after a crowd of 10,000 people had ignored a five-minute warning to disperse.
    Loudspeaker trucks have been criss-crossing the city, warning people not to protect anyone fleeing arrest.
    Communications cut
    Burmese sources say internet access has been cut in Rangoon and is only partially available elsewhere.
    Dissidents have been making use of the internet to get pictures and video of the protests and the bloody crackdown to international news outlets - who have then fed them back to Burma on the internet and satellite TV.



    What next for the regime?
    Burma rulers cut media flow


    BBC sources in Burma have said that international mobile phone signals have been interrupted and soldiers are searching people for cameras and mobile phones.
    One of the people killed on Thursday was a Japanese video journalist. According to the official accounts, eight protesters were also killed. One man was reported killed on Wednesday.
    Japan said it would make an official protest over the death in Rangoon of Kenji Nagai, a video journalist for Tokyo-based news agency APF News.
    Australian Ambassador Bob Davis told his country's ABC radio that the death toll might be "several multiples of the 10 acknowledged by the authorities".
    He said witnesses had told embassy officials they had seen "significantly more than that number of dead being removed from the scene of the demonstrations" in Rangoon on Thursday.
    Monks seized
    On Thursday, soldiers and police fired into crowds of demonstrators in Rangoon and gave them 10 minutes to clear the streets or face the consequences, the Reuters news agency reported.
    Eleven demonstrators and 31 soldiers were hurt, according to the official account.
    Authorities were trying to stamp out the largest uprising in two decades, as it continued for its 10th day.

    Key flashpoints in Rangoon

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    The popular defiance has been led by Buddhist monks but there were fewer on the streets on Thursday following overnight raids on monasteries. There have been reports of monks being severely beaten with many arrested.
    Pictures from Burma showed ransacked monasteries with pools of blood on the ground.
    US President George W Bush has condemned the crackdown and has tightened sanctions on Burma's military leaders.
    In talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the White House, Mr Bush called on China, one of Burma's closest neighbours and a main trading partner, to put more pressure on the country.
    He said: "Every civilised nation has a responsibility to stand up for people suffering under a brutal military regime like the one that has ruled Burma for too long."
    Beijing has urged all parties to "maintain restraint", but has refused to condemn the junta.
    Burma's other neighbours from Asean (the Association of South East Asian Nations), have expressed their "revulsion" over the violence at a meeting of the group's foreign ministers in New York.
    BBC United Nations correspondent Laura Trevelyan says Asean members do not usually interfere in each other's internal affairs but the group is too embarrassed to ignore the world focus on what is happening on its doorstep. In a sign that the international pressure may be having some effect, the Burmese authorities have agreed to let UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari visit the country. He has stopped in Singapore on his way to Burma.

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    forthecountry: (source: http://drlunswe.blogspot.com/) Witnesses saw a Dyna car carried away the bodies of the monks and threw them into the Yangon River yesterday.Car plate number ( sa/7270).
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    September 28, 2007
    (Burmese Standard Time)

    3:40 p.m
    Junta seals off Rangoon general hospital compound.
    3:30 p.m
    WHO officials said they have rush to the Rangoon general hospital to donate medicines after hearing that several people have been injured after troops shot protesters. However, the hospital authorities rejected the donation and sent them back.
    When Mizzima contacted the Rangoon general hospital, to confirm of the information, officials of the hospital did not deny or confirm the information but cut off the telephone
    An eyewitness account of a local who reached near the Sule pagoda
    "Students numbering about 30,000 holding the flag of a fighting peacock started marching from Nyaungpinlay market on the Lanmadaw street but did not come to Sule pagoda side and headed for the other side. And inside the Sule Park people with batons and machetes are preparing to attack. All together there are about 3000 to 4000 people waiting to attack near the Sule area. People are also gathering near the Sule pagoda and are defying the junta in their own way."
    "In most of the street corners near the Sule, people are waiting with batons and machetes to attack any members of Swan Arrshin if they would appear."
    Security in Rangoon has been entrusted to the regiment 66 and 77. Both the regiment divided areas of control with regiment 77 taking care of north and south Okklapah townships, while regiment 66 takes care of downtown Rangoon

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    September 28, 2007
    (Burmese Standard Time)
    2:45 p.m
    Situation in Mandalay

    Soldiers placed on roads where monks are likely to stage protest
    "On the roads in an interval of about 50 feet, military trucks are stationed. Another 50 feet away soldiers stood guard. They have surrounded the monasteries, and blocked it. Soldiers have blocked the Phayagyi and Mya Tuang monasteries so that monks cannot come out. The people are looking forward to monks coming out," said a local resident in Mandalay.
    Situation is near normal in Mandalay and schools and office remain open.

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    Burma Protests: the Situation on September 28

    Downtown Rangoon; Afternoon—At least two people were hit by gunfire when military troops opened fire on demonstrators on Friday afternoon in Kyauktada Township in central Rangoon, according to a witness, who said she narrowly escaped by hiding under a vehicle. She said the demonstrators were boxed in between Anawrahta Road and Maha Bandoola Road. Dozens of protesters were arrested, bound and beaten. The troops pursued fleeing people into buildings, she said, singling out people with cameras. If they were arrested, the troops beat them while shouting, “Is it you who sends those pictures out?”

    Rangoon, 12:30p.m.—Burmese authorities announced they are to make house-by-house calls on homes in the area round the Sule Pagoda in downtown Rangoon, checking on residents. The Sule Pagoda is a rallying point of the demonstrations rocking Rangoon, and many protesters seek shelter in nearby homes. Residents were warned by loudspeaker on Friday morning to remain at home while the check takes place.

    Rangoon; around 1 p.m.—Thousands of protesters have confronted soldiers and security forces near Sule Pagoda in Rangoon, a witness said. He added that he did not see any monks in the crowd, but when one monk came to support the demonstration, the protesters cheered the monk and raised him above their heads with their bare hands. The witness said that protesters appeared incensed over the recent crackdown on the monks and raids on monasteries.

    Rangoon, Midday—Demonstrators gathered in front of the Trader Hotel around noon on Friday to start a peaceful march, a source told The Irrawaddy. The demonstration will be lead by politicians elected in the 1990 election that was nullified by the junta. A source said they will try to talk to the soldiers and ask them not to shoot at peaceful demonstrators. A large number of soldiers have been positioned around Sule Pagoda.

    Rangoon, Morning—About 10 fire trucks took up positions around
    Rangoon’s City Hall on Friday morning, and about 12 empty military trucks were positioned at Bandoola Park, according to witnesses. Authorities have also blocked a main road with barbed wire leading to Sule Pagoda. Authorities also positioned security forces at Kandawgyi Park and the Livestock and Fisheries office in Kyeemyindaing Township, witnesses said. According to sources in Rangoon, representatives elected in the 1990 election (nullified by authorities) plan to lead a demonstration march on Friday.

    Chanmyathazi Township, Mandalay; Thursday, 7:30 p.m.—Military troops raided Pauk Myaing Monastery in Mandalay at about 7:30 p.m. on Thursday while about 50 monks were praying in front of a Buddha image, sources close to the monastery said. The monks were knelling in prayer when attacked, beaten with batons and kicked with boots before being taken away by troops. The source said numerous monks were bleeding from the beatings. Most of the monks were arrested, but a few managed to escape.
    When news of the raid spread, monks from other local monasteries began collecting weapons such as knives, spears and slingshots in an effort to defend themselves from raiding troops, the source said. Monks at all monasteries were urged to stand 24-hour guard to protect the monasteries. The monks said they will defend themselves if security forces attack monasteries, and they urged the public to join them.

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    This is all very devestating. How can the outside world allow this to continue? I just hope that it hasn't been a waste of life and nothing is achieved. Sanction threats mean absolutly nothing; it only effects the people who will miss out on the aid that is being given. Japan gives a huge amount of aid in lots of different ways, from education to planting crops. GWB is a huge soft cock with all his empty threats when it comes to this part of the world; he's proberly worked out that it would be to expensive to take all Burmas oil and gases back to the States so won't do shit. I lived 3 years in Rangoon fom 2002 to 2005 and made Burmese friends and I reconise landmarks in the photos and videos and it just makes me fuckin angry and extremly sad for Burma. They really do deserve better.

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    Friday, 28 September 2007


    Latest news burma time 16;17

    i got news that 3 groups of protester are marching on the Ahnawrahta Street(which is near Sule pogada) toward Sule. it is around 4000 people. .................. in this group we found some foreigners, as well. ..... said eyewitness

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    In pictures: Global protests over Burma
    Friday, 28 September 2007, 09:42 GMT 10:42 UK


    Burmese embassies across Asia have been targeted by protesters angered by events in the military-run country.


    Thousands gathered in the capitals of Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Australia among others on Friday.


    They are protesting over the Burmese military's bloody crackdown on recent anti-government protests, that left at least nine people dead on Thursday.


    Many fear a repeat of 1988, when the regime brutally suppressed the last popular uprising, killing around 3,000 people.


    The crackdown on monks, who have led the protests, has outraged many. This Filipino man's head is shaved beside a poster of Burmese leader Than Shwe.


    Workers at the foreign ministry in Indonesia tied red bands around each other's arms before holding a silent protest.


    This protest in the centre of Kuala Lumpur was watched by a man from inside the Burmese embassy.


    Many protesters carried pictures of Aung San Suu Kyi, who has become a symbol of resistance in Burma.


    Posters of Than Shwe were attacked by protesters in the Philippines.
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    forthecountry: ICRC (International Redcross) members are helping the injured.
    28 Sep 07, 18:31
    Admin: witnesses accounts: there are pools of bloods on the Pansoedan Road, protesters were chased and beaten with iron batons
    28 Sep 07, 18:29
    Admin: witnesses accounts: there are pools of bloods on the Pansoedan Road, protesters were chased and beaten with nightsticks.
    28 Sep 07, 18:18
    Ko Hla: There are 2 groups are protesting in downtown Yangon. One group marching from Pazuntaung (east of downtown Yangon) and another is from Alone (west of downtown Yangon). The military force is surrounded the group from Alone.
    28 Sep 07, 18:16
    Ko Hla: There are about 100,000 monks and people are protesting on 84th street in Mandalay. The military force pullback a bit and there is not gunshot until now.
    28 Sep 07, 18:08
    Ko Hla: The military forces has fully controlled of Pansodan Road in downtown Yangon. People are still protesting near Mingalar Market, Yuzana Plaza. All smaller roads are blocked by the military and only main roads are open to access in the city.
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    From Yangon Thu Blog reporting on an incident yesterday

    Some one sent me this report and I've translated it for you in the best of my ability (it is sometimes hard to discern facts as the witnesses seem to be talking at a fast speed) and you can see the original in Burmese below the post. s the witnesses seem to be talking at a fast speed) and you can see the original in Burmese below the post.

    Students and children shot at, beaten, hit with army trucks and arrested in front of State High School 3, Tar Mway (S.H.S 3 TM) in Yangon

    Sept 27, 2007 - Some of the crowds, that consisted mainly of students, were dispersed from their protests in Pan So Dan Street in Yangon were heading past the S.H.S 3 TM and it happened to be the same time as the school releasing the students for the day. The army trucks barricaded the area and then when the students were caught running in the middle of the barricade and the Army trucks, the soldiers are said to have tried to run over the students from behind. 1 student was killed this way as the headlights from the truck fell on him.
    In the commotion of Mothers, teachers and children and other students running for their lives (to hide inside the school or just away from), the soldiers fired shots at them and also into the air. The reports says that many children from Primary School ages(1st grade to 4th grade - 5 to 9 year olds) were hit by the bullets and arrested.
    Witnesses have said that many bystandars tried to protect the children and mothers but in trying so, were hit and/or arrested.
    I am not sure how many were hurt but at gunpoint 300 students (the articles said children) were arrested.
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    Shots fired at new Burma protest
    From correspondents in Rangoon | September 28, 2007

    BURMESE security forces have fired warning shots and launched baton charges on protesters again, trying to quell the biggest demonstrations against the junta in 20 years.
    With at least 13 people killed since the crackdown began on Wednesday, the regime appeared to have cut the main Internet link to block the images and reports of the violence that have galvanised world opinion.
    The bloodshed has triggered intense international criticism of the country's ruling generals, who have been trying to reassert their control and stifle the outpouring of public anger and frustration.
    In the main city of Rangoon, protesters played cat-and-mouse with security forces, moving as close as possible before being confronted by advancing police and soldiers - and then regrouping to advance again.
    "This is a non-violent mass movement," one student leader shouted as demonstrators clapped and shouted while trying to move towards the Sule Pagoda, one of the focal points of the street demonstrations.
    "The monks have done their job and now we must carry on with the movement," he said.
    With many monks now behind bars, the protests have been taken up by thousands of civilians who have taunted security forces and sometimes pelted them with rocks.
    At a separate protest in the capital, around 500 people marched in the streets, singing the national anthem as thousands of people applauded them from the sidewalks.
    Monks, revered figures in this devout Buddhist nation, helped transform what began as a scattered series of protests over a hike in fuel prices to the stiffest challenge to the junta's military rule since 1988.

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    Hackers exploit crisis in Burma to spread Trojan horse Email links to Dalai Lama's genuine website, but attachment is malicious

    Taking advantage of international concern regarding the daily demonstrations in Burma, IT security and control firm Sophos has cautioned computer users to be wary of a malicious email which claims to be a message of support for monks and other protesters in Burma from the Dalai Lama. In reality, however, it carries a malicious attack designed to infect the recipient's PC.

    The email reads as follows:

    Dear Friends & Colleagues, Please find enclosed a massage from His Holiness the Dalai Lama in support of the recent pro-democracy demonstrations taking place in Burma. This is for your information and can be distributed as you see fit.
    Best wishes.
    Tenzin Taklha
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    Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

    When users open the attached document (filename: hhdl burma_001.doc), it attempts to exploit a Word vulnerability which in turn tries to download a Trojan horse onto the victim's PC. Sophos proactively detects the malicious document as Exp/1Table-B and the Trojan it tries to download from the internet as Agent-CGU.

    Sophos experts note that to add even more credibility to the message and to encourage a greater number of victims to open the attachment, a link to official website of the Dalai Lama was included.

    "The Burmese regime is said to have tried to stop news from coming out of the country by shutting down internet cafes and controlling computer users' access to the net. People around the world are hungry to hear about the latest situation in the country and support the pro-democracy movement, and may be tempted to read this so-called letter from the Dalai Lama,"

    Hackers exploit crisis in Burma to spread Trojan horse

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    Local residents thwart monastery raids

    Sep 28, 2007

    (DVB)–Army troops attempting to raid monasteries in Mandalay and Rangoon last night were forced to withdraw by local residents.
    Troops approaching the monasteries backed off after seeing people from the surrounding areas armed with sticks and slingshots preparing to stop them.

    In Mandalay, Masoyein (Old and New), Mya Taung, Veitthudayon, Phayagyi and Dhammikarama monasteries were targeted.

    Residents had heard rumours of impending raids and made preparations to thwart the security forces’ approach.

    “We set up an alert system of banging pots and pans when anyone saw soldiers approaching the monastery, and we prepared ourselves with any available weapons to stop these unholy people from harassing the monks,” said a Mandalay resident.

    However, despite the residents’ efforts, Pauk Myaing monastery was raided by government troops at around 7pm yesterday.

    “They kicked the monks with their army boots and beat them up before arresting about 40 monks,” said another local resident.

    “If we just stood by, not even dogs would survive in Burma under these bastards’ brutality and inhumanity,” the resident continued, pledging that residents were ready to assist the monks whenever their help was needed.

    In Rangoon, troops encountered resistance from local residents as they approached Sasana Alin Yaung, Sanana Wuntha and Min Nanda monasteries in Daw Pon and Tharkayta townships.

    At Min Nanda monastery, which backs on to Pazuntaung creek, troops tried to approach from both land and water but retreated when they saw the strength of local resistance.

    “There were not only Buddhist people but also Muslims, Christians and Hindus defending the monasteries,” said a resident of Tharkayta township.

    A similar story has been played out in other townships in Burma, as residents take action to resist government raids on monasteries.

    At Myin Chan monastery in New Dagon (South), residents prepared to guard the monastery with the support of the abbot.

    The monastery was visited last night by government officials who told the abbot to send all novice monks back to their townships outside Rangoon. The order was refused by the abbot.

    Reporting by Maung Too

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    An emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council based in Geneva is being called to discuss the Burma crisis amid crackdown on the anti-regime protesters.

    The crackdown on opposition marches led by Buddhist monks has drawn condemnation from Burma’s neighbours and Western powers, and UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon has dispatched a special envoy to the Southeast Asian nation to seek a solution to the crisis.

    US administration has decided to introduce partial sanctions against members of the Burma government.

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