Thread: Aung San Suu Kyi appears at protest in Burma

Originally Posted by Mid

Myanmar prime minister enters intensive care unit
Oct 4, 2007, 6:05 GMT

Yangon - Myanmar's prime minister, Lieutenant General Soe Win, who has been seriously ill for more than a year, has been placed in an intensive care unit at a Yangon hospital, sources said Wednesday.

Soe Win, who arrived in Yangon on Monday from Singapore where he was receiving medical treatment for an undisclosed disease, was visited at Mingalardon Hospital's ICU on Tuesday by three of the country's senior leaders, including military chief Senior General Than Shwe, sources close to the ruling junta said.

snip

monstersandcritics.com


and yet there are plenty of earlier reports of his death ................................

Correction

News - Mizzima News
Friday, 05 October 2007

Mizzima on Tuesday (October 2, 2007) inadvertently reported that the Burmese Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win died at Rangoon's Mingalardon hospital at about 5 p.m. (local time), based on information provided by sources close to the Burmese premier and the military establishment.

However, on careful follow up, family sources of Soe Win told Mizzima that the premier is not dead and is currently in the Intensive Care Unit of Mingalardon hospital in Rangoon. He was reportedly, visited by three senior leaders of the Burmese military junta including Snr. Gen. Than Shwe on Tuesday.

"He is still in the Mingalardon hospital. But doctors said his condition is critical," the family source told Mizzima.

However, the Mingalardon hospital authorities refused to answer Mizzima's queries.

Mizzima sincerely apologizes to all our readers for the wrong reporting and pledges to continue to provide more accurate information in the future.

Troops despatched to Man Aung to quell demonstrations
Friday, 05 October 2007

Military junta authorities despatched troops to Man Aung on Man Aung Island , western Burma to quell demonstrations that have broken out in the town. The demonstrations have continued for three days.

A clerk in the Inland Water Transportation Corporation told Narinjara over telephone that about 60 soldiers from a battalion based in Akyab were despatched on Wednesday to Man Aung by Aung Takhun ferry ship number two.

In Man Aung, demonstrations were staged for three days from September 30 to October 2, with a number of townspeople joining the protest against the military regime.

The demonstrations began in the town after the army cracked down on protesters in Rangoon and Mandalay where at least 35 protesters, including monks, were reportedly killed by security personnel.

The troops were sent to Man Aung, an isolated town in Arakan State , as there is no army battalion stationed in Man Aung Township to deal with the protests.

It is learnt that many demonstrations broke out repeatedly in recently in Arakan State, despite the army's crackdown on protests across the country.

bnionline.net

More monks arrested at Bangladesh-Burma Border
Friday, 05 October 2007

Teknaf, Bangladesh : Fifteen monks were arrested from Bangladesh-Burma border area by BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) on September 3 and 4 while they were entering Bangladesh from Burma , said a local from border side.

Now, the Burma ’s Border Security Force (Nasaka) has been tightened the Burma-Bangladesh border since September 19, as of there was continue protests in Burma . Some of the protesters have been started to flee from the country to avoid the arrest after crack downed the demonstrators in Burma.

On September 3,4 fifteen-monks entered Bangladesh through the border of Taungbro, Goondon, Baish Pari and Whykong. They were arrested by BDR of Taungbro, Goondon and Whykong BDR camps which are under the Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar districts, said a close assistant to BDR.

After the arrest, they were taken away by the concerned authorities for further investigations. The arrested monks claimed that they are citizens of Bangladesh . They went Burma to achieve religious language. But, of them, six monks do not know how to write and speak Bengali. The BDR and intelligent members of Bangladesh believe that they maybe involved recent demonstrations in Burma and so they flee to Bangladesh to fear of arrest.

If they are proofed to be Burmese citizens, they will need international and concerned Burmese exiled organizations’ help, said a Rakhine who was unwilling to be named, from Cox’s Bazar

According to people of border areas, BDR also taking tight security on Bangladesh-Burma border to stop people from Burma entering Bangladesh .

bnionline.net

Situation in Myanmar poses no threat to peace, security: China says
11:32, October 06, 2007

China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Wang Guangya said Friday that the current situation in Myanmar does not pose any threat to international or regional peace and security.

snip

english.people.com.cn

Worldwide Burma protests expected
Saturday, 6 October 2007,

Campaigners are to gather in more than 30 cities worldwide to demonstrate against the suppression of the anti-government protests in Burma.

People are to wear red headbands in solidarity with the Buddhist monks who are demanding an end to the military regime in the country.

snip

news.bbc.co.uk

Originally Posted by sledge

Originally Posted by Mid

Singapore's elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew has warned that the entire region could be affected by instability in Burma. The former Prime Minister says Burma is a ticking time bomb which must be defused. Lee Kuan Yew, who holds the post of Minister Mentor in his son's government, said that leaders of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) know if the situation in Burma deteriorates there will be a breaking point when much more brutal force would be needed to put the people down.

Originally Posted by Mid

there will be a breaking point when much more brutal force would be needed to put the people down.

What's he suggesting here though; the way I read this and other statements from Singapore is that Singapore would be on the Burmese junta side if the shit hits the fan. They don't give a shit about the people as long as it doesn't effect the outside pristine image of Singapore that they want the naive people from the outside world to believe Singapore is.

I see it as a pure statement of fact, with him basically putting himself in their shoes & predicting their future actions.

In other words, if Asean does not act NOW, in order to diffuse the situation & move it towards a negotiated solution, the next step from the genocidal Junta would be absolute & utter annihilation of their enemies - the people of Burma.

He is predicting another Cambodia.

Originally Posted by Mid

Situation in Myanmar poses no threat to peace, security: China says
11:32, October 06, 2007

China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Wang Guangya said Friday that the current situation in Myanmar does not pose any threat to international or regional peace and security.

snip

english.people.com.cn

Boycott the 200late Smog Games... that's it!!! F.uck them & their fake goods.

PTT to continue natural gas purchase from Myanmar
Saturday 6 October 2007

BANGKOK, Oct 6 (TNA) – Thailand's largest oil and gas conglomerate PTT Public Co. Ltd. will continue procuring natural gas from Myanmar despite an outcry from the international community and calls for foreign companies to switch investments elsewhere following the Myanmar junta's crackdown on the country's pro-democracy citizens and monks.

Chitrapongse Kwangsukstith, senior executive vice-president for PTT's Exploration & Production and Gas Business Group, said he was confident that the company would sign a purchase agreement for natural gas from the M9 petroleum field in the Gulf of Martaban with concerned Myanmar authorities before the end of the year.

Under the initial agreement, PTT will buy between 300-400 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) and the volume could be increased if the exact amount of natural gas of the M9 field is known, Mr. Chitrapongse said.
Despite calls by the international community for foreign firms to boycott business dealings with military-ruled Myanmar, he said that PTT would continue purchasing natural gas from the Yadana and Yetagun fields which now supply about 1,000 mmcfd to Thailand.

The two fields also help develop Myanmar's economy and procurement must continue, he said.

In another development, Mr. Chitrapongse said PTT's investment in the natural gas business this year at its sixth gas separation plant in Thailand's eastern province of Rayong will be delayed some three months and its operations would not start until early 2010 due to a late started environment impact assessment.

The delay would affect a new olefins plant of PTT Chemical Pcl, he said, adding that concerned executives were now discussing on what alternative energy could be used so that production of petro-chemicals is not delayed. (TNA)-E111

MCOT Public Company Limited.

ASEAN Backs Neither U.S. nor China over Burma
Sat, 2007-10-06 12:59
By Thalif Deen - Inter Press Service

United Nations, 06 Octeber, (IPS): The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which Burma (Myanmar) is a member, is refusing to see eye-to-eye either with the United States or China on how the international community should deal with the ongoing crisis in the politically-troubled military-run country.

Speaking as chair of ASEAN, Ambassador Vanu Gopala Menon of Singapore told the Security Council Friday the military repression in Burma "cannot just be an internal matter" -- a view diametrically opposed to that of China.

snip

asiantribune.com

Myanmar Internet down again after curfew: residents
Posted: 06 October 2007

YANGON : Internet links in Myanmar abruptly broke off as a curfew ended early on Saturday, computer users said, just hours after they were restored for the first time in a week.

Residents said they could only use the Internet during the night after the network returned late on Friday, restricting the flow of information in and out of the country.

"The Internet only worked during the curfew, from about 10:00 pm to 5:00 am," one Internet user said.

snip

channelnewsasia.com

Originally Posted by Mid

Speaking as chair of ASEAN, Ambassador Vanu Gopala Menon of Singapore told the Security Council Friday the military repression in Burma "cannot just be an internal matter" -- a view diametrically opposed to that of China.

How right he is.

The recent issues in Burma should perhaps be seen against the backdrop of the recent coup in Thailand, beginning a gradual de-stabilisation of the S.E. Asian region.

Continued instability may grow in the region as various groups decide to refocus their predicted future horizons. Especially in China!!!

In the light of this, the Burma genocide should no longer be considered as a purely 'internal matter'.

Suu Kyi appears on state TV as under-fire Myanmar frees monks
October 6, 2007

Myanmar's military regime Friday broadcast rare footage of detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on state television for the first time in at least four years.

snip

The TV report showed Aung San Suu Kyi with UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari and said he met the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) twice and held talks with regime leader General Than Shwe during his four-day visit this week.

snip

The TV report -- broadcast as UN members were discussing Myanmar's crackdown on protesters -- referred to her as "Daw Aung San Suu Kyi," using a respectful form of address, rather than just her name, as was common in the past.

snip

The state media report said Gambari had told Myanmar "to find a political solution by avoiding a violent crackdown," to pull back troops and end an overnight curfew, and to "start solid steps for the democracy process."

snip

terra.net.lb

wow ...........................

Myanmar releases over 400 monks
Posted: 2007/10/06

YANGON, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar authorities have released 404 monks out of 513, who were taken away by the security forces for questioning during recent raids on 18 monasteries in the country's biggest city of Yangon, according to state-run press media Saturday.

The release up to Friday also included one novice, 158 men and 30 women during the raids, the New Light of Myanmar said, adding that 109 other monks and 9 men are still held for interrogation.

The 18 monasteries, on which the security forces carried out search, were in 8 townships in the city, it also said, adding that the operation uncovered some anti-government materials.

The report accused the head monks of these 18 monasteries of leading, generating, participating and supporting the demonstrations.

The report also charged with presence of some bogus monks in these monasteries.

Meanwhile, the Myanmar authorities said earlier that it has freed so far 692 other people out of 2,093 arrested for their involvement in the protest despite curfew and a ban of demonstration.

snip

mathaba.net

Global Protests for Myanmar
Oct 6


An activist protests against Myanmar's ruling junta, outside the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007. People around the world planned to march Saturday to protest Myanmar's brutal crackdown on pro-democracy activists, as the military regime admitted hundreds of Buddhist monks were detained after troops turned their guns on last week's peaceful uprising.
(AP Photo/Wally Santana)

ap.org

Activists march during a demonstration to call for Amnesty International Day in Bangkok October 6, 2007.

The UN Security Council and the international community want Myanmar's generals to end a violent crackdown on popular protests that started in August with small marches against fuel price hikes and expanded to Buddhist monks and regular people demonstrating in the streets against the military's repressive rule.
REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

Myanmar protests fail to ignite in Asia
Sat Oct 6, 2007

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A global day of demonstrations against Myanmar's violent suppression of pro-democracy protests failed to spark in Asia, with a Tokyo rally cancelled and one in Bangkok drawing only around 100 people.

The turn out was slightly better in Australia, where around 250 mainly Burmese expatriates staged a march to the Sydney Opera House and around 200 protesters gathered in Melbourne.

snip

reuters.com

A reporter's rare look inside Burma
David Jimenez from Spain's El Mundo newspaper, one of the few foreign reporters to slip into Rangoon, witnessed the junta's brutal crackdown on monk-led Burmese protesters
Oct 06, 2007 04:30 AM
David Jimenez
SPECIAL TO THE STAR

RANGOON–He is just a teenager, with his head shaved and his body draped in the red-saffron tunic that has given its name to the revolution. The monk gets up from the floor in a cloud of tear gas and picks up his glasses, broken by the impact of a rifle to his head. Disoriented, he asks me: "Who is going to help us?

snip

thestar.com

Originally Posted by Mid

Myanmar protests fail to ignite in Asia
Sat Oct 6, 2007

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A global day of demonstrations against Myanmar's violent suppression of pro-democracy protests failed to spark in Asia, with a Tokyo rally cancelled and one in Bangkok drawing only around 100 people.

The turn out was slightly better in Australia, where around 250 mainly Burmese expatriates staged a march to the Sydney Opera House and around 200 protesters gathered in Melbourne.

snip

reuters.com

Myanmar global day of protest kicks off in Asia
10-06-2007,

Hundreds rallied outside Sydney's iconic Opera House in Australia, while in Melbourne 1,000 people marched, some carrying red banners that read "no more bloodshed."

Around 500 people marched through Wellington's main thoroughfare in New Zealand, with smaller protests held in other cities across the country in an expression of solidarity with Myanmar's pro-democracy protesters.

Dozens also gathered in front of the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok,

snip

turkishpress.com



maybe them Melbourne ites ain't too shabby after all ......................................

history is being made in Singapore as the protest in Singapore enters it's sixth day ...............


Is what we are doing right? That's the question
05 Oct 07

snip

The police officers change shifts. By now, we have become accustomed to their presence and, we're sure, they ours.

As the petition campaign enters its sixth day, our determination to carry on doing our part for Burma remains undiminished. In fact, with the Free Burma International Day scheduled for tomorrow (see here), we look forward to more people turning up to sign the petition and/or post a message for the Burmese military rulers. Wear something red.

snip

singaporedemocrat.org

Protesters hold posters against a powerful gust of wind generated by Typhoon Krosa during a rally to protest against Myanmar's recent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, Saturday, in Taipei, Taiwan.
By Chiang Ying-ying, AP

A Storm That Won’t Be Stilled
By Naomi Mann/Rangoon
October 6, 2007

snip

What I did not know then was that the army units the demonstrators were about to confront had been brought in from outside Rangoon, most likely from Karen state, scene of the world’s longest-running civil war, a conflict characterized by many as genocide.

These battle-hardened soldiers were not Buddhists and, unlike those regiments based in Rangoon, could have no family ties to the protestors capable of weakening their resolve.

Many would have started their military careers as child soldiers, conditioned from a young age to obey orders without question. The conspicuous absence of either police or troops as the marches gained momentum, superficially read as hesitation, or even restraint, on the part of the regime, can now be seen as simply a pause for thought during which the most effective tactics to quash the uprising were being calculated and the pieces put into place to carry them out.

snip

irrawaddy.org

Gary Player under fire over Burma links
Johannesburg, South Africa
06 October 2007 02:35

Legendary golfer Gary Player has come under fire in South Africa over his company's business ties with Burma, where a golf course he designed is allegedly used by members of the brutal ruling junta.

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an outspoken critic of human rights abuses in Burma, has called for a boycott of all foreign companies doing business in the Asian country, the Saturday Star newspaper in Johannesburg.

Tutu also urged fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela to "listen to what is being said" after a prominent British newspaper columnist called on Mandela to remove his name from a charity golfing tournament next month, to be headlined by Player.

snip

mg.co.za

Burma-protester over hele verden
Først publisert: 06.10.07



Burmesiske munker demonstrerte i London lørdag. ( Foto: STEPHEN HIRD/REUTERS )

aftenposten.no

"Be Careful With Some News And E-Mails. It Can Be Harm For All Media Services."

Some of you recently might had an e-mail regarding some photos of a peaceful protestor was hid by a big truck. It was not a concern of Burmese related news, and only accidental issue probably from outside of Burma. It seemed to be systematically creation of a person or group, and intentionally giving wrong message to be harmful to all democracy activists and foreign media services. Because those photos are not appropriate to see for children, we attached photos with an attach file. So you may download and see those photos from attach file. Those photos were one of an incoming message that received by Burmese Democratic Information Department in August 9, 2007. Since then, we realized it was a big gasoline truck as an accidental hid an accident of two motorcyclists. Otherwise, we assumed that those photos wouldn't be the issue of Burma seeing by condition of road from photos.
So, we believe that those of e-mails such giving wrong messages are purposely attack of a person or group to all foreign media services to be harm the dignity. All democracy activists should careful not to send any wrong news or messages those are harmful for media services because they can be sue if they use wrong messages or news. Therefore, we would like to request you to keep the specific data and information of your receiving e-mail regard of those photos from attach file if you send already to any media services recently.

Respectfully,
Burmese Democratic Information Department
Fort Wayne, Indiana
U.S.A

d3g4.com