Thursday, 31 December 2009 14:39 Mizzima News (News Brief)
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - Cabinet ministers of the Burmese military government were summoned to Naypyidaw today, in what is likely to be a strategic meeting to be chaired by junta supremo Senior General Than Shwe.
Sources close to the military establishment said, Than Shwe will elaborate on the plans relating to the 2010 general election in the meeting today.
"I expect some news tomorrow," the source in the capital said.
Meanwhile, local authorities are compiling a list of politicians in Bago, a town contiguous to former capital Rangoon.
Moreover, the government is asking all members of the Special Branch and police to submit their opinion on the opposition party the National League for Democracy.
Thursday, December 31, 2009