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May 14, 2008 (DVB)–Refugees from Cyclone Nargis who had taken shelter in Dawpon township in Rangoon division have been ordered to leave, one of those affected told DVB.
The cyclone victims were told they would be forced out if they did not leave of their own accord.
“The refugee rescue people are driving refugees out of here,” the refugee said.
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“We get no international aid, we only hear about it. We have nowhere to stay and are living on the streets, and the children are suffering from dysentery.”
May 14, 2008 (DVB)–Cyclone victims taking refuge in Bogalay are still suffering food shortages and being forced to relocate, a villager from Bogalay township told DVB yesterday evening.
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While local shops have been selling relief supplies, refugees have received only small amounts of rice and some wards were given cooking oil yesterday, but poorer people have received less, the villager said.
Cyclone survivors who had fled to Bogalay continue to be forced to go to Ma-Upin or told to return to their villages.
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Some refugees are afraid of being sent to Ma-Upin, due to rumours circulating that around 500 women and 1000 men were forced to work in quarries there.
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“The other day, a helicopter came over and five boxes of tinned fish and five boxes of instant noodles were dropped - that’s all. People have to beg for food.”
May 14, 2008 (DVB)—Four abbots from Maha Gandaryon monastery in Mandalay arrived in Rangoon today with two vanloads of aid to help victims living in cyclone-devastated Rangoon and Irrawaddy divisions.
More monks from Bago and Magwe are due to arrive this evening and tomorrow morning, according to famous comedian Zaganar.
He said that monks had planned to go on the ground to join relief efforts in person and cooperate with celebrities from Burmese film industry who have been working effectively to provide aid to people in the worst-hit areas.
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Maungdaw, Arakan State: A Rohingya disappeared after Nasaka, Burma's Border security force took him into custody for being in possession of anti-referendum papers written in Burmese while he was crossing the Bangladesh-Burma border on May 9, said a relative of the victim on condition of anonymity.
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His father said, "I don't know whether my son is dead or alive."
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Corpse robbers and angry villagers
May 14, 2008
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(Latest roundup of some news on Cyclone Nargis in Burmese language media)
There have been a few reports about corpses of cyclone victims found with ears and fingers cut off, apparently to take the jewelry. Now the Yoma 3 News Service has alleged that soldiers of Infantry Division 66 are among those responsible. According to an eyewitness from Bogalay who spoke by phone:
“Division 66 officers and soldiers are removing everything from the bodies of the dead. If wearing bracelets, they’re cutting off the hands.”
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New Delhi - The Indian Meteorological Department on Wednesday said though a low pressure swirl has formed on Burma's southwestern coastal area adjoining the Bay of Bengal, it is unlikely to intensify into a cyclone.
The IMD, which is designated the Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) recognized by the World Meteorological Organization said, the low pressure area currently forming in the Bay of Bengal will not form into a cyclone in the next 24 hours.
"We have not issued any alarm, as it is clear that within the next 24 hours it will not intensify into a cyclone," B.P. Yadav, director of the IMD, told Mizzima.
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