by Than Htaik Oo Tuesday, 19 February 2008 00:00Chiang Mai - A Karen National Union (KNU) official says that the SPDC might be the mastermind behind the killing of its General Secretary, Pado Mahn Sha.Two unknown gunmen shot the KNU General Secretary dead at point blank range at his residence in Mae Sot on February 14th at approximately 4:30 p.m. (Thaitime). KNU Headquarters Spokesman Pado David Taw speculates that the junta could be responsible."According to our sources the junta might be behind this plot, hiring the hit men to kill our General...
Friday, February 20, 2009
Air Bagan Flight Overruns Runway, No Passenger Injured
by Maung Dee Tuesday, 19 February 2008 00:00New Delhi (mizzima) – A domestic passenger carrier flight broke down at an airport in Northern Burma on Tuesday afternoon after failing to take-off due to engine failure.The Air Bagan flight, scheduled to take off for Myit Kyi Na to Putao town in Burma's northern state of Kachin, broke down after overrunning the airport's runway for nearly three hundred feet as it fail to take-off, a source close to the airline said."It happened as the plane can't take off despite running on high speed. It overruns...
Thursday, February 19, 2009
NLD Rejects Burmese Junta's Referendum And Election Plan
by Maung Dee Monday, 18 February 2008 00:00The National League for Democracy Burma's main opposition political party today, in an official statement, rejected the junta's referendum and election plans, saying it will not lead to democratic reforms but is just another tactic to prolong military rule in Burma.NLD spokesperson U Thein Nyunt said, "We do not believe that there will be a free and fair referendum and election, because the junta has a tradition of breaking its promises including its promise on the 1990 election. So, we think this is...
Sunday, February 15, 2009
"We Need More Rambo"
by Than Htike Oo Thursday, 14 February 2008 00:00Chiang Mai- Anti-government slogans of 'We need more Rambo' and 'Free Burma' were recently found in and near the tourist town of Nyaung Oo, according to local residents.'Down with the military junta', 'Don't cheat people's vote', 'We need more Rambo' and 'Free Burma' were written with a yellow spray gun in English and Burmese along the highway a half mile from Nyaung Oo Township in eastern Burma."The slogans were written in the middle of the road. The English words were in square script and the...
Nine Burmese Journalists Remain Behind Bars
by Mizzima News Thursday, 14 February 2008 00:00Imploring Western governments and international organizations to increase their support for freedom of the press, a rights group says nine Burmese journalists remain incarcerated. "The spinelessness of some Western countries and major international bodies is harming press freedom," are the strong words of Reporters Without Borders Secretary-General Robert Menard.Reporters Without Borders yesterday released its 2008 Annual Report, in which systematic abuses of freedom of the press inside Burma are...
Burmese Opposition Groups Challenge Junta's Constitution
by Mungpi Thursday, 14 February 2008 00:00Burmese opposition groups in exile today said they have completed drafting a federal constitution and came down heavily on the ruling junta's constitution, which is being drafted by handpicked delegates for an open debate.The Federal Constitution Drafting and Coordinating Committee, formed with representatives of Burmese opposition groups including armed rebels, said its draft constitution is designed to reflect the peoples' will and will guarantee democracy, equality and self-determination.The FCDCC,...
Friday, February 13, 2009
Shan Faction Urges All Ethnic Armies To Integrate
by Nay Thwin Tuesday, 12 February 2008 00:00Chiang Mai- The Shan State Army (South) has urged all ethnic armies fighting against Burma's military junta to unite. "We can achieve our desired ethnic rights only when we emerge as a unified force under one command and one voice. It's time to be united and so our Chairman has called for unity and solidarity", Sai Lao Sai, a spokesperson for SSA(S) told Mizzima.The call for unity and solidarity follows an announcement by the junta of a referendum on a newly drafted constitution, which many observers...
No More Child Soldiers In Camp: Karenni Army
by Solomon Tuesday, 12 February 2008 00:00New Delhi (Mizzima) - An ethnic armed rebel group in eastern Burma said in adherence to its military code it has successfully abolished the use of child soldiers, and requested the United Nations to remove its name from the list of groups that uses child soldiers.The Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), an ethnic Karenni rebel group, on Tuesday said it has abolished the use of child soldiers in its military operations strictly adhering to its military code.General Bi Thu, of the Karenni Army, an...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Burma Sets Date For Feferendum And General Election
by Mungpi Saturday, 09 February 2008 00:00The announcement was unexpected because the regime is not known to set a time frame for anything that it is working on.The announcement, which came in the form of a statement signed by the junta's Secretary (1) Lt Gen Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo was read out in the state-run television.A referendum on the constitution, which is being drafted by a 54-member committee, will be held in May, the statement said.The Burmese junta chalked out a seven-point roadmap to democracy in 2003 but there was no time-frame....
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Burmese Weekly Kumudra Suspends Publication For Two Weeks
by Solomon Friday, 08 February 2008 00:00A Rangoon based Burmese weekly journal, Kumudra, has suspended its publication for two weeks, an official at the Weekly said.Publication of the weekly journal has been temporarily suspended as the Weekly is awaiting permission from the authorities to allow an addition to the name of the paper, the official said.While not revealing the additional name that is to be added, the official said, "We have been awaiting permission from the authorities about adding a new name on the old one and after that we will...
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Ethnic Groups Welcome NLD's Invitation For Talks
by Than Htike Oo and Phanida Thursday, 07 February 2008 00:00Chiang Mai– Several ethnic organizations at home and abroad welcomed the invitation of the National League for Democracy (NLD) to all ethnic organizations in Burma, including ceasefire groups, to come and discuss differences in policy matters.He main opposition for the first time, opened up discussions with ethnic organizations on February 5. The meetings are to focus on any differences between the NLD and ethnic communities regarding a statement issued on November 8, 2007, by NLD leader...
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Dangers For Journalists In Burma On The Rise
by Mizzima News Tuesday, 05 February 2008 00:00An annual report on press freedom around the world by a leading watchdog organization concludes that there was no improvement in 2007 in the working conditions of journalists in Burma. In several respects, the report adds, the situation has worsened in the aftermath of last year's protests and subsequent government response.Released yesterday, the Committee to Protect Journalist's (CPJ) report, entitled Attacks on the Press in 2007, states that 2007 has the potential to be the deadliest year on record...
88 Student Leader Mie Mie's Health Deteriorates In Detention
by Maung Dee Tuesday, 05 February 2008 00:00The health of a woman member of Burma's prominent 88 generation students group, Mie Mie, is said to be deteriorating in the notorious Insein prison because jail authorities refuse to provide adequate medical attention, an opposition party official said. Nyan Win, spokesperson of Burma's main opposition party – the National League for Democracy – told Mizzima on Tuesday that Mie Mie, who was arrested along with a fellow 88 generation student Htay Kywe on October 13, is suffering from a heart problem....
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Illegal Rambo VCDs Circulating Rangoon
by Nay Thwin Monday, 04 February 2008 00:00Despite the Burmese government's effort to ban the recently released Hollywood film Rambo, local residents in Rangoon say a downloaded version of the movie is making its way among a circle of friends.While cinema halls cannot show the movie, which takes as its storyline Burma's current political crisis, and video rental shops in Rangoon are not to posses copies, a downloaded version from the Internet is making its rounds, said a local resident, who wished not to be named."Some of the video rental shops...
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Burmese Authorities Take In Another Two NLD Youth
by Maung Dee Friday, 01 February 2008 00:00In a continuous crackdown on dissidents, Burmese authorities on Friday morning took in two youth members of Burma's main opposition party – National League for Democracy – for interrogation, a party official said.Nyan Win, a NLD spokesperson, said Thiha and Htein Win, both in-charges of NLD youth in wards 19 and 94, respectively, of North Dagon Myothit, were taken from their residences by Special Branch Police at about 7:30 a.m. (local time)."Thiha and Htein Win were taken this morning by a team of Special...
Burmese Blogger Nay Phone Latt, Mysteriously Missing
by Mizzima News Friday, 01 February 2008 00:00The Burmese blogger, Nay Phone Latt, allegedly arrested by the police on Tuesday has mysteriously gone missing, family members complained.Daw Aye Aye Than, mother of blogger and writer, Nay Phone Latt, said, the whereabouts of her son cannot be confirmed as authorities including police officers in Thuwana and Thingan Kyun police stations and Ministry of Home Affairs deny detaining him.Daw Aye Aye Than said her son left home on Tuesday at about noon but when they tried to contact him on cell phone...
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