Dirty Panties To Burmese Embassies

As you are sending some donations to Burma cyclone victims please also remember to send your dirty old panties to the Burmese Embassies across the world.

Far from being concerned about the millions of starving cyclone victims, the junta is trying to make profit out of the international aid they receive for the victims.

They also insulted the intelligence of whole world by announcing their resounding victory over the referendum, held at gunpoint and over the dead bodies of victims of cyclone Nargis, as they world pleaded with them to help the dying people instead.

What’s more, they carry on arresting more people from the opposition National League for Democracy, led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, which legally won their landslide victory in the 1990 election.

There are no words left to describe the inhumanity of the junta; but guess what, they are afraid of the women’s underwear as they think it will rub off and erode their ‘power’.

So please keep sending the used and dirty underpants to the Embassies across the world. If you live in the city, just make sure that you hang those smelly panties by the front door of the Embassy.

If you live in the country side, just send them by post. If you just send the used panty liners, it should not cost extra postages as they are very light and thin.

Thank you for all your help.

Nay Chi U

www.canada.com/calgaryherald/story

Burmese Junta Should Be Tried

The Press Association

The military regime in cyclone-struck Burma should be hauled before the International Criminal Court for its failure to help the country's people, a senior Tory has said.

The call came from shadow international development secretary Andrew Mitchell who said two million people in Burma were in danger because of the failure to develop a civil society in that country.

"We see a regime run by evil thieving gangsters who don't give a fig for their people, who are stealing aid, and who are deliberately blocking the international humanitarian relief which people of good will all around the world wish for Burma," he told the Scottish Tories' annual conference in Ayr. I say that such leaders should be carted off to the International Criminal Court at The Hague and face charges of crimes against humanity."

Take action - China must stop blocking UN action on aid to Burma.

Dear Friends,

The death toll from Cyclone Nargis continues to rise and over 1.5 million
people are now at risk. We know that diseases, such as cholera, dysentery
and malaria, are spreading. If the world does not intervene soon, the death
toll could rise by thousands every day.

No country could cope with a disaster of this scale alone, yet Burma¹s
Generals are shunning the world¹s offers of help; they¹d rather see their
citizens die than accept help from overseas.

If any country can make the generals change their mind, it is China. We have
witnessed the recent terrible loss of life in China following the
devastating earthquake. However, the response to the two natural disasters
could not be more different. While the Chinese government responded quickly,
dispatching 50,000 troops, and Premier Wen Jiabao immediately flying to the
disaster area, the Burmese regime continues to block aid efforts.

China has a very close relationship with Burma¹s generals, supplying them
with weapons, economic assistance and protecting them at the UN Security
Council. This weekend China blocked moves at the UN for a Security Council
resolution telling the generals to let aid in. Every hour China protects
Burma, more people will die.

Please help us break the deadlock. Please email China and demand that they
stop blocking UN action. Your email will be sent to the Chinese
representatives at the UN and in the UK.

Please send an email now here:
www.burmacampaign.org.uk/china_cycloneaction


Thank you.

Anna Roberts
The Burma Campaign UK

News From Burma

News From Burma

Rangoon

1 The maternity ward (3rd floor) of the Rangoon General Hospital (RGH) was completely destroyed during the storm on Saturday 3rd May, when the roof was ripped opened and all the window glasses smashed. The authorities announced there was no casualty but no one was allowed to enter the ward. People were talking about the rotten smell from the ward.

2 Eight female workers were killed when a water tank collapsed during the storm at Shwe Pyi Thar Whisky Factory in Rangoon. Like most other places in the country, the factory, being ignorant of the deadly cyclone, carried on running its shifts as usual on 2nd and 3rd May.

End

News From Burma

Mon State and Pegu

1. Thaton township's referendum vote at the Tyre Factory was held at midnight on 9th at the factory. The ballot papers was not distributed. Workers had to give their ID numbers and then were told to go home. They did not see the ballot box or had to tick by themselves. That event finsihed at 2 am.

2 In Ye township, vote organisers told the people that "As people have confusion on how to vote, just sign the forms and then go home."

3 Moat Palin damaged by cyclone. Worse parts are Thanatpin and Kawa, from Pegu. (No information on figures)

MP Of The Helping Town Arrested By Junta

U Aung Kyin, Member of Parliament , Myaung Mya was arrested last night. He is the member of the opposition party National League for Democracy.

The town of Myaung Mya, provided shelter and food to tens of thousands of refugees from neighbouring towns and villages which were destroyed by the recent cyclone.

[The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) reported that thousands of cyclone victims who have lost homes and families in Cyclone Nargis have come to Myaung Mya township, Irrawaddy division, where locals have given them shelter. Ten emergency relief centres have been set up so far to accommodate those seeking refuge.

A Myaung Mya resident said Cyclone Nargis battered the town from around 5pm on 2 April until 3am on 3 April.

"About 20 to 30 percent of the town was destroyed and all the big trees uprooted. We thought what happened in our town was really bad," the resident said.

"But after we listened to our radios, we realised what happened to us was nothing at all compared to other places."
The town is struggling to cope with the influx of refugees, and food and medicine are desperately needed.

"Now we have over 10,000 refugees from Labutta in our town and there are more and more coming,” the resident said.

“Just a while ago, at around 5pm, another cargo boat arrived from Labutta carrying about 2000 more refugees," he said.

"Myaung Mya authorities are doing what they can but the amount of refugees arriving here is more than we can handle."

Locals are doing whatever they can to help people arriving in the town and the villages along the river.

Myaung Mya residents are also looking after the many children orphaned by the cyclone who have come to the township.]

No one knows why the military junta arrested U Aung Kyin but it is not so difficult to guess that the humanitarian supports and the help his town has been providing for the desperate refugees has clearly annoyed the junta.

Their success at helping fellow villagers without Army intervention has been punished by the Junta just like every other remotely successful activities in Burma.

The NLD representative responsible for organizing this humanitarian success has upset the Junta. Anybody who has upset the junta has to be prepared to spend the rest of their lives in prison, even if that was to help saving other people’s lives.

God helps those to help Burma.

Shoot Anyone Without The Visa - News From Burma

A monk who carried millions of Burmese currency, donated by people of Middle and Upper parts of the country, to help the cyclone victims has been arrested and the money confiscated. (by the military junta)

The city of Rangoon is still covered in debris.

The junta has issued order to shoot anyone who enters the country without the visa, since the day the US Navy asked for the permission to rescue the disaster victims.

Any donation, either by the people inside or the international communities are all confiscated by the junta’s local authorities and the militia (USDA members) and are being sold back to the people. However, there are no buyers.

The civilians are staring at the sky ( in the hope that the UN and US security troops will come)

Original source : Golden Colour Revolution

Remembrance Or Referendum - 10 May 2008 ?

By Goldie Shwe

In less than 24 hours, the day that millions of traumatised people in Burma have been sadly anticipating will begin -the completion of the entire week circle or the Seventh Day After The Death.

For the Buddhists, this Seventh Day is when the rest of the family members, neighbours and friends all gather in unity, to say the best prayers for the loved ones who have just passed away, as they mourn together for the final time.

More importantly, it is also the day of donation when people give the maximum amount they can afford. It usually consists of offerings of the best food and other religious items to the specially invited monks, followed by the offering of more food and drink to neighbours and friends.

The traditional and cultural belief is that prayers and donations on the 7th day after a person dies, helps them to achieve a good after-life. And if you don’t do this, they will struggle to find the right path (to enter a new life).

This thousand-year old culture will be now in the mind of every single member of the families that have survived the deadly cyclone. Where entire families have been wiped out, their neighbours and friends will be carrying out the sad but holy duty.

However traumatised and mentally scarred , physically sick, starving and cold they are, they will now be focusing on the 7th Day Food Offering for the sake of their beloved ones they tragically lost.

On Saturday, 10th of May, the rest of the population, who did not suffer the effect of the storm, will also be praying and offering the food to the monks. People of different religions such as Christians, Muslims and Hindus, who have long lived in harmony with the majority Buddhists, will be also helping and supporting those who deliver the donations.

Meanwhile, the country’s military junta, led by the powerful Generals and their supreme leader Than Shwe, are determined to go ahead with their referendum, the draft constitution they wrote themselves, which has taken 14 years to complete. It would have taken 14 more years if the September 2007 protests did not happen. But it did happen and the hyena Generals who have the brains of reptiles, realised that they needed some kind of seal of approval to confirm the right to rule for ever: the power they robbed from the elected government 50 years ago. They have shamelessly imprisoned and killed off any one showing the slightest disagreement and refuse hand over power, to the democratically elected political party.

Than Shwe and his lap dogs have set their mind on the plan to continue to strengthen their hold on power over the country and would not be deterred or even dream of postponing it. Not even Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general made a veiled swipe at them for holding a constitutional referendum tomorrow. Unfortunately, he was only speaking in human language to the bestial junta who can’t understand a word of it.

So, whether the whole world is pleading with them to allow the international emergency rescue services to start saving the lives of millions of people or not, the junta is determined to carry on with their original plan to force the civilians to vote for the referendum, at gun point , on this Saturday, 10th May, even though it is the day the heart broken ‘shellshocked’ nation is expected to mourn for the catastrophic loss of the hundreds of thousands of lives to the cyclone, just 7 days before.

Military Dogs Will Use Foreign Aid To Force The Dying People To Vote 'Yes'

No doubt Burma’s hyena military junta only wants the foreign aid without foreign workers so that

1 They can use those life saving aids in exchange of ‘Yes’ votes for their ‘Long Live Military Junta Referendum’ from the dying millions of cyclone victims.

2 They can promote their public relations status and images

3 They can increase their swelling bank accounts by selling 90% of the aid.

Should the international communities support the junta’s political, psychological and financial gain by sending ‘Aid Only’ to Burma?

OR

Send the ‘Aid workers with the Aid’ protected by UN security troops to save millions of dying human beings ?

[BurmaCampaign] Urgent Action: UK must support Security Council action on aid to Burma

Dear friends

On day 6 since Cyclone Nargis struck Burma, most people have still not
received any aid because of restrictions by the regime. Every day of delay
is likely to cost thousands of lives. More than one million people are
believed to be homeless, and more than 100,000 could have been killed.
The United Nations has the power to authorise aid shipments to Burma even
though the regime has not given permission. The French government has tried
to secure a discussion on this at the Security Council, but other Council
members, including the UK government, have not added their support.

In 2006 the Security Council passed Resolution 1674 which stated that the
Council could intervene in circumstances similar to that in Burma.

It is time to demand that the UN Security Council pass a resolution invoking
its responsibility to protect to ensure that aid gets to the Burmese people,
and fast. UK support for this proposal is essential.

Please take action now and send an email to the UK Government urging them to
support UN action to deliver aid to Burma.

Take action here:Nargis-Action


We are updating our website every day as we get more information. Please
check our site regularly for the latest news on the crisis:
Cyclone Nargis

Thank you for your support.

Anna Roberts
The Burma Campaign UK

Than Shwe Is Not Here But Kyaing Kyaing , The Wife Was In Rangoon

It is now 6 days after the fatal Cyclone Nargis struck Southern Burma, killing an estimated 600,000 people with 100,000 more missing, feared dead. And yet Than Shwe, the Supreme General and the head of State, still has to make his royal appearance. Obviously the death of over half a million people and the starvation of another 2 or 3 millions (and possibly many more if you count the rest of the country) is not in the list of important issues for Than Shwe and his heard of hyenas and thugs.

However, Kyaing Kyaing, wife of the country’s leading thug was reported to have had an annoying moment, when the power supply was cut off at the place she was staying in Rangoon on Saturday, after the cyclone. Dutiful soldiers from the ‘people’s army’ and engineers had to rush to save Kyaing Kyaing from suffering and discomfort, by restoring the electricity supply immediately.

The rest of the city and the country live on in the dark, as they have done for the last 50 years.

Soldiers and Thugs Throw Dead Bodies Into The Rivers, At Night

Original Source : Golden Colour Revolution

It is reported that Burma's military soldiers and thugs (USDA militia members) are throwing thousands of dead bodies into the rivers which flow into the Bay of Bengal, at night time. (without any attempt of identification).

600,000 Dead and 100,000 Missing

To listen the interview with a senior officer inside Burma, please click here.

Translators and Interpreters Needed

Please contact these addresses if you can help.


wefightwewin@gmail.com
radiomin@gmail.com
mindfulness07@gmail.com

Golden Colour Revolution

Cyclone News

Original source : Golden Colour Revolution

Gadon, Amar, Main Ma Hla Kyun (Pretty woman Island) , Day Da Ye’ , Hpyar Pone, Maw la Myaing Kyun, Kyone Kyatt, Kyike latt, Myin Ka Kone, Kyone Daw, Kyike Hto, Kyike Htaw, Nga Yote Kaung and Thin Kyaung villages still don’t have dead and missing list. Relatives are desperately trying to find them.

Floating dead bodies have been sighted at the mouths of River Kyone Kyatt and River Bo Ka Lay which flow into the Bay of Bengal.

The water supply has been restored in Yan Kin area , Rangoon

Information on International Aid Groups Helping Burma

DW-WORLD.DE

The following international organizations are involved in delivering aid and supplies to Myanmar in the aftermath of a devastating cyclone that killed more than 20,000 people.

UN teams and international aid groups are rushing food supplies and humanitarian aid to Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, after the country was hit by a cyclone that killed more than 20,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. Food and drinking water are reported to be in short supply after Cyclone Nargis swept through the Irrawaddy Delta and the country's main city, Yangon, early Saturday, May 3.

Several international aid organizations are already active in the region and have begun calling for donations to help the victims of the cyclone. The following is a list of some of the largest agencies. Readers should consult the regional chapters or affiliates from each organization to see how best to make the donations. Many also allow donations via the Internet.

Oxfam International
UNICEF
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Save the Children
Doctors Without Borders
World Food Programme

The Junta Tries To Stick Their Backsides To The Throne

The Junta of Burma, known as SPDC or Na Aa Pa is trying their best to hang on to the power by refusing to issue visa to the international aid agencies.

The death toll is rapidly rising to 100,000 and millions have been left in desperate need of shelter, clean water and food.

The international community is ready but are struggling to deliver emergency supplies.

All that the government of Burma has to do is to issue ‘Visa On Arrival’ as most disaster- struck countries could have done.

However, Than Shwe and his follower thugs, in the name of government, can not just easily do things like that.

For them, foreigners, especially from the west, are just a threat to their power. They come with news and reports that reflect the true situation of everything and anything. And that ‘truth’ is something that the junta cannot face as they have too much to cover up – the murders, the tortures, the rapes, the robberies, the theft – endless crimes they have committed during their seemingy endless rule.

Giving permission to foreigners to come in, even though it is to save the lives of millions of people, means a threat to the junta’s own safety and security.

So now, thousands of dying and injured people, hungry children , cold and miserable mothers and weakening older people will have to wait patiently for international aid to arrive, while Than Shwe and his thugs continue to enjoy luxury and hold meetings on how to continue to cover their own backsides.

(Inspired by the comment in Golden Colour Revolution)

Trying To Get The Brownie Points ?

How Low they are? Junta take political gain out of Nargis

You must be already familiar with the regular news about how Junta not allow international Humanitarian Aids workerd come inot Burma or the Junta initially reject the offered from UN. Some of you will wonder how come? the country was badly hit by the cyclone and the country rular rejected the Humanitarian Aids offer from other countries.

As for Burmese, these things are nothing news, this the Junta STANDARD PROCEDURE. They want the Grass root people of Burma seen them as Saviors of them.

Please visit Pan Bay Dah's for full article.

[BurmaCampaign] Cyclone disaster in Burma

Dear friends

Cyclone Nargis has caused massive destruction across Burma. Over 22,000 people have died, over a million people are homeless and tens of thousands of people are missing. We fear the death-toll in Burma will escalate dramatically unless aid is delivered to victims in the next few days. Most people already live in poverty, and have no resources to cope with a disaster on this scale.

We are very concerned about the Irrawaddy division, which bore the brunt of the storms. The region produces much of Burma’s rice and its inhabitants live in bamboo huts held together by grass. We fear that these houses simply did not survive the storm's 190 km/h winds and 3.5 metre storm surge.

We are working hard to help the affected people. We have successfully lobbied the UK government to take action and today they pledged to give £5 million to the relief effort.

No country would be able to cope with this event alone, but instead of warning the population that the storm was coming and making disaster relief plans, the regime did nothing. And now instead of allowing in disaster relief agencies to do their work, the regime is refusing to allow free access to humanitarian organisations. The regime ruling Burma places severe restrictions on the delivery of aid, and this has largely gone unchallenged by the international community. Although the regime has said it will accept aid, there is no information on what aid it will allow and where it can be delivered. It is essential that aid is delivered through independent agencies, such as the UN and aid agencies, rather than the regime, which is likely to misuse or steal aid.

Please check our website for the latest news, http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/cyclonenargis.php

Thank you.

Johnny Chatterton
The Burma Campaign UK

The Self Appointed Government Of Burma, Now In The Spotlight

Apart from the top leading Generals, the people below are supposed to be responsible for the regions hit by the Cyclone Nargis, according to their positions in the government of Burma.

Khin Maung Than, Lt- Gen, Chief of Bureau of Special Operations 3 (Pegu, Irrawaddy, Ara.k.an , State Peace and Development Council

Hla Htay Win, Maj- Gen, , Rangoon (Yangon) Regional commander

Myint Aung , Maj – Gen, (Thura) , South Western (Irrawaddy Division) Regional commander

Kyaw Kyaw Tun , Col, , Rangoon (Yangon), Dep. Regional Commander

Tint Swe, Grig-Gen, South-Western, Dep. Regional Commander

Htay Oo , Maj-Gen, Agriculture and Irrigation (since 18.9.2004) (previously Cooperatives since 25.8.2003); Secretary-General of the USDA, Minister

Zaw Min, Col, Electric Power (1) (since 15.05.06) - DOB. 10.1.1949 Minister

Kyaw San, Brig-Gen, Information (since 13.09.02) Minister

Maung Maung Swe, Maj-Gen, Ministry of Immigration & Population, as well as Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief & Resettlement (since 15.05.06) Minister

Nay Win, Maj-Gen, Military Assistant to the SPDC Chairman Senior Military Officers (BrigGen and above)

Hla Aung Thein, Maj-Gen, Camp Commandant, Rangoon Senior Military Officers (BrigGen and above)

Than Htay, Maj-Gen, Director of Supply & Transport Senior Military Officers (BrigGen and above)

Aung Thein, Maj –Gen, , Director Resettlement Senior Military Officers (BrigGen and above)

Than Maung , Brig-Gen, Director of Peoples’ Militia & Frontier Forces Senior Military Officers (BrigGen and above)

Aung Thein Lin, Brig-Gen, , Mayor & Chairman of the Yangon City Development Committee (Secretary) Union Solidarity and Development Assoc (USDA) (senior USDA office-holder)

Maung Par, Col, Vice Mayor of YCDC (CEC Member) Union Solidarity and Development Assoc (USDA) (senior USDA office-holders)

(To be continued)

They Might Be Able To Tell What's Going On In Burma Prisons

Maung Oo, Maj-Gen, Home Affairs Minister (since 05.11.04) - DOB. 1952
(His wife is called Nyunt Nyunt Oo)

Hpone Swe, Brig-Gen, Deputy Minister, Home Affairs (since 25.8.2003) Deputy
(His wife : San San Wai)

Khin Yi, Maj-Gen, DG Myanmar Police Force Military Officers running prisons and police
(His wife : Khin May Soe)

Zaw Win, Director General of the Prisons Dept. (Ministry of Home Affairs) since August 2004, previously Deputy DG Myanmar Police Force, and former Brig-Gen. Former military. Military Officers running prisons and police

Aung Saw Win, Director General, Bureau of Special Investigation Military Officers running prisons and police

The Killing Of The Prisoners During And After the Cyclone

Junta's thugs, led by Than Shwe have been killing the prisoners during and after the storm. 98 prisoners have been locked in a punishment cell block, including 4 political prisoners who are from the National League for Democracy Party.

Please go to AAPP site for full report.

Contact to: Ko Tate Naing at (66) 81-2878751

Ko Bo Kyi at (66) 81-3248935

Information for those who would like to donate for victims of Cyclone Nargis

1) UK

Account name: Burmese Student Organisation UK
Bank name: HSBC
Sort Code: 40-01-13
Account No: 41546694
Burmese Student Organisation
Cyclone Disaster Appeal
For more Information pls see following web.
www.bsouk.org

Collected by Myanmar Sanga Association UK and Unity to Victory Group.

u2v@u2v.org.uk
tzhtike2004@gmail.com

Ko Kyaw Swar (+44) 7828 890 224
Ko Thant Zin (+44) 7727 248 755
Ko Moe Swe (+44) 7773 325 635
Ko Myat Soe Khine (+44) 7939 222 932

Ko Htike (+44) 7974 817 387
(http://ko-htike.blogspot.com/)
Sayadaw U Candobhasa
Bank Name : Barclays
Account Holder Name Mr A Candobhasa
A/C 90 00 28 36
S/C 20 80 71
Ph 078 77 297 205
email: ashinucandobhasa@yahoo.co.uk

2) Singapore

Peninsula Plaza.

1. Lin Let (Second Floor)
2. Sin Myanmar ( Third Floor)
3. Daw Than Than Nu (5th Floor)
4. Lan Pya Kyal Library (5 th Floor) – Collection on everyday 6:30 pm to 9pm

Additional info pls see (http://linletkyalsin.blogspot.com/)

Collection of clothes, shoes, caps, pencils and so on.
If u want to participate in this activity please
contact as follow ~

Daw Soe Soe Aung @ Catherine - 92986743
Si Thu Aung @ Chris - 81681121
Ye Thway @ Danny - 91084611


3) US

Myanmar America Burma Buddhist Association (ABBA)
Sayadaw Ashin Indaka and ABBA EC members
619 Bergen Street Brooklyn NY
Tel: 718-622-8019
eMail: info@mahasiusa.org
http://www.mahasiusa.org/cyclone.html


4) Other Information:
You can also donate in these web site.Please see these links for more information.

Save the Children

http://www.savethechildren.org/newsroom/2008/cyclone-nargis-myanmar.html

World Vision South East Asia cyclone relief web site

http://www.worldvision.org/Worldvision/eappeal.nsf/egift-disaster-response-southern-asia-cyclone-relief?OpenForm&campaign=11365555&cmp=KNC-11365555
International Rescue Committee

http://www.theirc.org/news/irc-sends-team-myanmar0505.html?gclid=CN6HiLmnkZMCFQ81eg


Original source : Niknaman's blog

But Where Are Than Shwe And His SPDC Members?

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was "very much alarmed" by news of the high death toll, vowing that the world body would "do whatever (necessary) to provide urgent humanitarian assistance."

And many other Governments around the world pledged help for a country that has more often earned the ire of the international community, not least for keeping democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi in detention for much of the past two decades.

Even the United States, which tightened sanctions on Myanmar in the wake of a crackdown on anti-junta protests last year, in which the UN says 31 people were killed, offered emergency aid and put a disaster response team on standby. (full report)

The European Union released two million euros (three million dollars) in initial emergency aid. Germany, India, Japan, Norway and Sweden also quickly pledged to help.

Thailand has announced it is flying in a transport plane loaded with nine tonnes of food and medicines and India is sending two naval ships carrying food, tents, blankets, clothing and medicines.

But where is Than Shwe , the head of the state and his SPDC (state peace and development council) members? Perhaps too busy ordering soldiers, paid for by the people of Burma, to guard their enormous mansions and other personal properties?

Original source : Golden Colour Revolution

Tin Aye And Family

Burma's Ruling Junta And Their Families Who Are Responsible For The Country's Situation

State Peace and Development Council

1 Tin Aye (Lt-Gen), Chief of Military Ordnance, Head of UMEH

2 Kyi Kyi Ohn , Wife of Tin Aye

3 Zaw Min Aye, Son of Tin Aye

Tin Aung Myint Oo And Wife

Burma's Ruling Junta And Their Families Who Are Responsible For The Country's Situation

State Peace and Development Council

1 Tin Aung Myint Oo, Lt-Gen (Thiha Thura) Quartermaster-General

2 Kin Saw Hnin, Wife of Tin Aung Myint Oo

Thein Sein And Wife

Burma's Ruling Junta And Their Families Who Are Responsible For The Country's Situation

State Peace and Development Council

1 Thein Sein , Lt-Gen, Secretary 1 (since 19.10.2004) & Adjutant General - DOB. 20.4.1945

2 Khin Khin Win , Wife of Thein Sein