Thursday, November 5, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Leading by LDB nagoya branch,Marching demonstration in Sakae ( Saffron Revolution) Sep,27.2009
Sep,27.2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Burmese troops kill DKBA deserter
Aug 17, 2009 (DVB)–A deserter from a pro-junta militia wanted for the killing of two government soldiers was last week shot dead by Burmese troops and members of his former group.
A former lieutenant in the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), Saw Pha-Htaw (also-known-as Ashaygyi) had been on the run since his desertion on 10 August following an argument with a senior official, Aung Chit.
Following the argument, he opened fire on two soldiers from the government’s Military Operation Command 12, and two local policemen, killing all four.
According to DKBA official, three days later DKBA troops stopped a Rangoon-bound bus in eastern Burma that he was riding on and a gun battle broke out.
“After four or five shots were fired into the truck, Ashaygyi, apparently worried that passengers might get caught in the crossfire, came out of the bus carrying a pistol and two grenades,” said the official. “He was shot dead on the spot.”
An associate of Ashaygyi was also shot and seriously wounded after attempting to flee the battle, while a 30-year-old pregnant woman was hit by a stray bullet and killed. One DKBA troop and one Burmese army soldier were also killed.
The DKBA official said the group had made contact with the woman’s husband in Bangkok, offering an apology and compensation for her death, but no response had yet been received.
“We kept her body in Kawkerit for three days and made contact with her husband,” he said.
“We told him to come here so we can explain to him what happened and give compensation but he never replied,” he said.
A funeral for Ashaygyi was held on Saturday.
DKBA troops and government soldiers had recently allied in an offensive against the opposition Karen National Union (KNU), which caused around 4000 Karen civilians to flee into neighbouring Thailand.
The DKBA split from the KNU in 1994 and have since enjoyed a ceasefire agreement and close association with the ruling junta.
A former lieutenant in the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), Saw Pha-Htaw (also-known-as Ashaygyi) had been on the run since his desertion on 10 August following an argument with a senior official, Aung Chit.
Following the argument, he opened fire on two soldiers from the government’s Military Operation Command 12, and two local policemen, killing all four.
According to DKBA official, three days later DKBA troops stopped a Rangoon-bound bus in eastern Burma that he was riding on and a gun battle broke out.
“After four or five shots were fired into the truck, Ashaygyi, apparently worried that passengers might get caught in the crossfire, came out of the bus carrying a pistol and two grenades,” said the official. “He was shot dead on the spot.”
An associate of Ashaygyi was also shot and seriously wounded after attempting to flee the battle, while a 30-year-old pregnant woman was hit by a stray bullet and killed. One DKBA troop and one Burmese army soldier were also killed.
The DKBA official said the group had made contact with the woman’s husband in Bangkok, offering an apology and compensation for her death, but no response had yet been received.
“We kept her body in Kawkerit for three days and made contact with her husband,” he said.
“We told him to come here so we can explain to him what happened and give compensation but he never replied,” he said.
A funeral for Ashaygyi was held on Saturday.
DKBA troops and government soldiers had recently allied in an offensive against the opposition Karen National Union (KNU), which caused around 4000 Karen civilians to flee into neighbouring Thailand.
The DKBA split from the KNU in 1994 and have since enjoyed a ceasefire agreement and close association with the ruling junta.
Aug 15,2009 White Campaign Launched For Aung Saan Su Kyi
Aug 15, 2009 (DVB)–A five-day public movement known as the White Campaign has been launched in Burma following the imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi and will be carried out across four of Burma’s principle divisions.
The campaign was organiseed by a group who have continually held prayer ceremonies every Tuesday since Suu Kyi’s first incarceration, and includes members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party.
Myint Myint Aye, NLD secretary in Mandalay division’s Meikhtila township, who is one of the organisers of the campaign, urged the public to join.
“From 15 to 19 August, we will be wearing white and holdng prayers at pagodas,” he said. “This is to peacefully express our will to bring our leader to freedom. We urge our NLD members [across Burma] to join in with the campaign.”
Anyone can join in with the campaign by wearing white, offering white flowers at pagoda and by painting houses and fences with the colour white, she said.
The campaign will be carried out in around 20 different townships in Bago, Mandalay, Magwe and Rangoon divisions.
Bago NLD women’s wing leader Khin Nyunt Mu said the campaign “is not a demonstration, this is not an act against the government – we are to only show our will from inside the law.”
“We urge the people to use everything white during the campaign – wear white, ride white and also offer white flowers at the pagoda as well as painting your house white or hang white plastic bags by your doors.”
On Monday Suu Kyi was sentenced to a further 18 months under house arrest, following a visit by US citizen John Yettaw to her compound in May.
The verdict, although short of the anticipated five years in detention, has brought worldwide condemnation. Thailand said today that it was looking for a consensus among regional leaders to call for a pardon for Suu Kyi.
The campaign was organiseed by a group who have continually held prayer ceremonies every Tuesday since Suu Kyi’s first incarceration, and includes members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party.
Myint Myint Aye, NLD secretary in Mandalay division’s Meikhtila township, who is one of the organisers of the campaign, urged the public to join.
“From 15 to 19 August, we will be wearing white and holdng prayers at pagodas,” he said. “This is to peacefully express our will to bring our leader to freedom. We urge our NLD members [across Burma] to join in with the campaign.”
Anyone can join in with the campaign by wearing white, offering white flowers at pagoda and by painting houses and fences with the colour white, she said.
The campaign will be carried out in around 20 different townships in Bago, Mandalay, Magwe and Rangoon divisions.
Bago NLD women’s wing leader Khin Nyunt Mu said the campaign “is not a demonstration, this is not an act against the government – we are to only show our will from inside the law.”
“We urge the people to use everything white during the campaign – wear white, ride white and also offer white flowers at the pagoda as well as painting your house white or hang white plastic bags by your doors.”
On Monday Suu Kyi was sentenced to a further 18 months under house arrest, following a visit by US citizen John Yettaw to her compound in May.
The verdict, although short of the anticipated five years in detention, has brought worldwide condemnation. Thailand said today that it was looking for a consensus among regional leaders to call for a pardon for Suu Kyi.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
USA citizen Yettaw to be departed
New Delhi (Mizzima) – The Burmese military junta agreed to deport US national John William Yettaw, who was sentenced to seven years in prison on Tuesday, for illegally breaking into Aung San Suu Kyi’s house, on humanitarian grounds, sources in the military establishment said.Sources said, the authorities issued an order stating Yettaw be deported to the United States instead of serving seven years in prison in Burma, on grounds of his health.“The American John Yettaw is hereby ordered to be deported to his home country on humanitarian grounds in consideration of his health,” the source, citing a government order, said.According to a statement by Webb’s office, Yettaw will be flown to neighboring Thailand along with visiting Senator on Sunday.The Burmese authorities had already decided to deport Yettaw even before Webb’s visit, the source said. But the issue was also raised during Webb’s meeting with Burmese officials.Yettaw was sentenced to seven years in prison with hard labour on charges of illegally breaking into Aung San Suu Kyi’s house, violating the immigration law, and swimming in a restricted area.His co-defendant, Aung San Suu Kyi and her two live-in party mates, who were charged with violating her detention terms for allowing Yettaw into her house, were also handed down three years in prison with hard labour.But a special order issued by the country’s military supremo Snr Gen Than Shwe commuted their sentence to half and allowed the other half to be served at Aung San Suu Kyi’s home.
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