Jul 10, 2008 (DVB), An article on the arrest of the well-known business tycoon Maung Weik and six others on drug charges has been published in the Rangoon-based Myanmar Times. News of the charges had previously been kept out of publications inside Burma. Maung Weik was charged on 10 June along with his colleagues Aung …
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54 Burmese migrants die in cold storage container
Apr 10, 2008 (AFP), At least 54 Burmese migrants suffocated to death in a cold storage container as they were being smuggled into Thailand to look for work, Thai police said on Thursday. The incident was the deadliest in a wave of recent tragedies as people flee economic collapse in the military-ruled state. A total …
US envoy to ASEAN vows to push for reforms in Burma
Apr 10, 2008 (AFP), The prospective first US envoy to the ASEAN said on Wednesday that his key priority was prodding the Southeast Asian group to press Burma’s military junta to embrace democratic reforms. Scot Marciel, ambassador designate for ASEAN affairs, said at his confirmation hearing in the Senate that he planned to "travel extensively …
Sri Lanka rescues 71 Burmese and Bangladeshi nationals
Mar 4, 2008 (AP), The Sri Lankan navy said it rescued 71 Burmese and Bangladeshi citizens on board a vessel found drifting in the Indian Ocean on Monday after its engine failed. Twenty other people died from a lack of water and food as the boat drifted for 12 days, said navy spokesman Cmdr. D.K.P. …
Indonesia wants Daw Suu in Burmese democracy process
Feb 29, 2008 (AFP), Indonesia wants to see democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi included in the political process in military-ruled Burma, foreign minister Hassan Wirayuda said Wednesday. Burma’s foreign minister Nyan Win last week confirmed to his Southeast Asian counterparts that the military’s new constitution would bar widow Aung San Suu Kyi from running …
Boy killed as Thai police open fire on smuggler's truck
Feb 28, 2008 (DVB), A 10-year old Arakanese boy was killed when Thai police opened fire on a truck carrying illegal Burmese migrants in Hat Yai, Thailand, the boy’s mother said. The truck, which was smuggling 28 illegal Burmese immigrants across the Thai border into Malaysia, came under fire from Thai police upon as it …