Live Riot blog from Burma with Pictures, page 1


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Topic started on 26-9-2007 @ 06:32 AM by dntwastetime

Live Riot blog from Burma with Pictures!


ko-htike.blogspot.com
Wednesday, 26 September 2007

I am a Singaporean working in Myanmar for the past 11 years.
I was on my way to office( near Thuwana area) at around 4 to 4.30pm when the riot police block the road near "Super one, ILBC area". I stop my car with my wife and walk out. suddenly riot police and soldiers drove the truck around the corner and start firing shots at the crowd. we quickly ran to the side and squat down near the wall.
The soldiers came down and start to shoot at us. I was shot twice but i did not know what hit me. My both leg were bruised. the soldiers and police kicked us and the rest of the crowds into the drain and shouted that they would kill us if we look at them.

(visit the link for the full news article)



[edit on 27-9-2007 by SkepticOverlord]


reply posted on 26-9-2007 @ 08:13 AM by dntwastetime
There is English on the site now, I will give you a quote from the blog, I do not think we can get any more accurate depiction of the scene than this blog. This will be a good example of what happenes to bloggers in crisis areas. The pictures are getting worse as the day rolls on.
DWT


Wednesday, 26 September 2007
today.... 26/9/07 my duty time part is working on Emergency YGH... at about 2:00 pm 5 patients was coming to our Emergency ... for Gun Shot from Government militaries... 1 patients died on d spot on arriving Hospital... ( shot on Bladder ) 4 r still bad in Diagnosis... The patient's attendant said " the patient r not in d line of protest... they ( victims ) are just chatting and watching d protest line and sitting on Cafe Bar near Shawe Dagon Pagoda , some r pedestrians" when they watching.... Government military Car was crossing to d protest line and randomly shot all of them ... what the insanity and inhumanity of their mind don't they have self-mind.. that can desire to do or shouldn't do? don't they have Family? don't they have Brain? i was very sorry for victims ( pateints ) and victims' relatives really insanity , really inhumanity, really selfish to get holding their stupid military Government... really unintelligence .. how to manage the country like in this situation ... i always ready to support Protest Monks and People... and wanna treat whenever they get injuries ... and all my friends ... u also wanna see like that or not .... This PROTEST is our chance to get improving our country among neighbours ...



Please visit the link provided for the complete story.
text link to ko-htike.blogspot.com...




[edit on 26-9-2007 by dntwastetime]



reply posted on 26-9-2007 @ 10:27 AM by MurderCityDevil
reply to post by dntwastetime


is it a riot going on or just the police starting to enforce on the monks?

sad that people are treated that way, people in numbers will always succeed, i think it just takes strong will and belief in what you are doing


reply posted on 26-9-2007 @ 11:49 AM by Realtruth
I just don't get it.

Why attack and kill peaceful protesters? This is really sad.


Another link from the BBC.

Burma protesters defy crackdown


Up to 10,000 Burmese Buddhist monks and civilians have defied police tear gas and live bullets on the ninth day of protests against the military rulers.

At least one monk was killed, hospital sources in the main city of Rangoon said. The government has confirmed one death, without giving details.

Please visit the link provided for the complete story.



reply posted on 26-9-2007 @ 04:32 PM by Pellevoisin
reply to post by dntwastetime


Given the ground situation I wouldn't be surprised if India decided to act militarily in Burma. I'm very serious about this. The Chinese already built a port in Pakistan, and now they are trying to build one in Burma. Were I the Indian government I would use this opportunity to liberate the people of Burma and make sure the Chinese don't build that second port there.
- - -
One photograph in particular shows lay people marching like a human chain alongside the monks, and that photo crystalised for me the Burmese love and honour for their monks. It strikes a deeply moving chord in me, and it reminds me of all the clergy marching with the people during the 1960's in the USA in the South.
- - -
China holds the strings on Burma. The threat of not attending the Olympics in China may be the only thing to make the ChiComs wake up and smell the Burmese coffee.


reply posted on 26-9-2007 @ 05:06 PM by Pellevoisin
reply to post by dntwastetime


Thank you for the updates and all of this information. I pray the forces of democracy will rule the day when all is said and done.

Imagine the courage to face such a government! They are an inspiration.


reply posted on 26-9-2007 @ 05:19 PM by Techsnow
Here is a good link with a video.

metro.co.uk

I find it interesting monks are involved in this.

Tens of thousands of Buddhist monks spearheading Myanmar's biggest anti-government marches in nearly two decades earlier defied orders today from the military junta to stay out of politics.


One monk said: "The protest is not merely for the well-being of people but also for monks struggling for democracy and for people to have an opportunity to determine their own future.



reply posted on 26-9-2007 @ 05:54 PM by fingapointa
Thanks for the link. It's about time someone sheds some light on Burma. They've been the dark leg of the Golden Triangle for decades. Has anyone heard how they plan to move the whole capital 300KM towards the coast? They are moving it for astrological reasons. Seriously.

It's the North Korea of South East Asia. I wish safety and success to the protesters, and to be fair, it's not really a riot, it's still a peaceful protest, lets hope it stays that way.

Here's some info on moving the capital.

Moving Myanmar Capital

news.sbs.com.au...#
Imagine this scenario: you're on the job in a country where the government is so paranoid and secretive it wont have a bar of independent reporting. It's a country where the locals are petrified at being interviewed and using a secret camera is often the only way you can record what's going on in the place. That was precisely what Ginny Stein faced when she recently sneaked into Burma. Ginny's idea had been to report on Burmese dissidents who've lately begun to speak out despite years of harassment. Along the way, Ginny found herself in that pariah nation's new capital city. It's only been seen by a handful of outsiders and, according to many of the locals, is built on the regime's curious belief in astrology and numerology. A little over the top to be taken seriously?


Unfortunately, not. You can read the full transcript at the link.


reply posted on 26-9-2007 @ 06:00 PM by uberarcanist
reply to post by fingapointa


I can't help but think the government is going to lose-whether it be by overthrow from the protestors or Chinese intervention-they have so badly screwed up their self-appointed task of ruling the country that I don't think anyone supports them aside from themselves.


reply posted on 26-9-2007 @ 06:10 PM by Edn
You might be interested to hear some eyewitness reports that are on the BBC's site.

news.bbc.co.uk...


There are a lot of people in the emergency ward in the hospital and people are dying there. One witness told me that there were three monks that were brought in by a taxi driver and one of the monks died at the table - the other two are in a critical condition. A lot of other people are severely injured. Thian, Rangoon


Unfortunately theres only two outcomes to this really, the government stands down and hands the country over to the people or the government starts killing everyone. A particular problem is the 'army' they have is made up of a lot of young people that have been brainwashed since childhood to believe there doing the right thing, if there told to kill the monks they will likely do it, I hope though that the shear number of people protesting will overwhelm the current regime.

Most of all I hope they succeed, because it will show that anything can be resolved peacefully without violence.


reply posted on 26-9-2007 @ 09:50 PM by uberarcanist
reply to post by Edn


I think what's going to really make the government lose is that if they keep the crackdowns up, civil disobedience and strikes will become widespread, other countries will rightly view Burma as a pariah state and very heavy sanctions will be imposed. The end result will be a Burma that cannot function at all.
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