Burma's Situation 28-9-07pm

28 Sep 07, 22:20 - This picture on the top right is part of the human brain of a young boy attacked by Burmese SPDC soldiers at Tarmwe Township, Yangon yesterday. Riot police were not using rubber-coated rods. They were using heavy iron rods instead, which broke the skull, putting the young man to the end on the spot. This photo was taken after the dead body was taken away by the notorious Burmese soldiers.

28 Sep 07, 21:40 - SoneSeaYar: Junta destroying all murder evidences. Tyrant Than Shwe's SPDC soldiers are now destroying their murder evidences like they did in 1988. Eye witnesses reported that Toyota Dyna (number plate: Da-7270) carried many dead bodies, and dropped them in the Yangon River today. After every shooting, they ordered workers, seemed to be prisoners, to collect bullet shells to clean up their mess and evidence. All of this prove to be a "genocide", a systematic extermination of people with democratic beliefs.

28 Sep 07, 21:15 - MyoThant: Air flights to Burma are not suspended. Airline offices are of course closed at this situation. But airport branch offices are open and functional. There are all flights flying normally although there are much fewer people.

28 Sep 07, 21:01 minzaw: One local in Yangon just informed that soldiers are coming now to raid and arrest monks from Bargayar Monastery and Aung Mingalar Monastery at the corner of U Wisara Road and Bargayar Road.

28 Sep 07, 19:55 - second man: Tokyo, Sep 28 (RIA Novosti) Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda Friday ruled out immediate sanctions against Myanmar, Kyodo News reported.Japan rules out sanctions against Myanmar 'Much of Japan's assistance (to Myanmar) is humanitarian,' Fukuda told reporters. 'We won't immediately impose sanctions and should rather think about how this situation can be resolved.'The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Thursday that Kenji Nagai, 50, from Tokyo, was shot during clashes between security forces and anti-government demonstrators. The Japanese Embassy in Myanmar has confirmed that Nagai was shot in the chest.'I was told it was most likely instant death from massive loss of blood,' a Japanese government spokesman said. The US Thursday had imposed financial sanction on 14 top leaders of the Myanmar junta. The last anti-Junta demonstrations in Myanmar were led by students in 1988. Security forces opened fire on crowds and around 3,000 people were killed.

28 Sep 07, 19:42 second man: The last anti-Junta demonstrations in Myanmar were led by students in 1988. Security forces opened fire on crowds and around 3,000 people were killed.

28 Sep 07, 19:42 second man: The US Thursday had imposed financial sanction on 14 top leaders of the Myanmar junta.

28 Sep 07, 19:42 second man: 'I was told it was most likely instant death from massive loss of blood,' a Japanese government spokesman said.

28 Sep 07, 19:39 second man: The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Thursday that Kenji Nagai, 50, from Tokyo, was shot during clashes between security forces and anti-government demonstrators. The Japanese Embassy in Myanmar has confirmed that Nagai was shot in the chest.

28 Sep 07, 19:38 second man: 'Much of Japan's assistance (to Myanmar) is humanitarian,' Fukuda told reporters. 'We won't immediately impose sanctions and should rather think about how this situation can be resolved.'

28 Sep 07, 19:38 second man: Japan rules out sanctions against Myanmar

8 Sep 07, 19:37second man: Tokyo, Sep 28 (RIA Novosti) Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda Friday ruled out immediate sanctions against Myanmar, Kyodo News reported.

28 Sep 07, 19:34 Niknayman: There will be detail coverage video about Burma at 9:30pm tonight.

28 Sep 07, 19:30 - MMedWatch: Protesters were blocked by soldiers on both ends of Pansodan Road, down town Yangon today. Soldiers shot into the crowd, and at least 2 wounded. 35 arrests. They shot down people who tried run away.

28 Sep 07, 19:28 Niknayman: Tayza and Than Shwe's daughter are reported to be in Dubai Burj Al Arab Hotel, Room No 709. Their body guard San Aung is with them. Room is under Tayza's name.

28 Sep 07, 19:11 Niknayman: Some of the DSA (Defence Services Academy) students at MayMyo want to join civilians. Planning to come down to Mandalay tomorrow.

28 Sep 07, 19:02 Niknayman: USDA people went protest, as well as civilian democrats and monks.

28 Sep 07, 18:22 minzaw: South Okkalarpa Police Station has been burnt, as reported.

28 Sep 07, 18:10 Niknayman: Than Shwe's puppet army, called USDA, is now organizing people in Nyaung Oo, that at least 1 person from 1 family should join their rally. They will do some kind of protest again.

28 Sep 07, 17:38 Niknayman: Still shooting at Kyauk Myaung, Thida Road. They are catching even the people who fled away by climbing up trees.

28 Sep 07, 15:30 MizzimaBurmese: Pansodan Street attack on demonstrators today was a silent one at 3pm, without shooting much. Many got hurt. Many arrested. Their announcement of 9 death is impossible.

28 Sep 07 - Myo Thant: AMERICAN JOURNALIST DEAD? Several internet sources says An American news reporter (in green shirt and blue jeans) [Click to see photo.] was also shot. His dead/wounded body was taken away by the Burmese soldiers. An analyst says all traces of this tragic man could be eliminated. We're seeking hotels and travel agencies if they knew this man.

28 Sep 07, 17:30 - MMedWatch: Shooting at unarmed demonstrators at Pazuntaung Tsp killed at least 3. Many wounded.

28 Sep 07, 17:20 - MMedWatch: About 1000 protesters were blocked by soldiers on both ends of Pansodan Road, Yangon. Most ran away. A few were cornered. 3 shot dead. After beating, about 35 people are cornered and arrested.

28 Sep 07 - SoneSeaYar: Unconfirmed sources reported that Yangon Division Chief Brig. General Hla Htay Win resigned yesterday, for such assignments. He is now arrested and now under detention.

28 Sep 07, 17:09 Niknayman: Video footage of shooting down the unarmed harmless Japanese journalist is available now: http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/12/14/510728/jpjorlst.wmv

28 Sep 07, 17:05 second man: A witness has just informed us that an old female foreign tourist has been shot. Casualty is not confirmed. Details soon hopefully.

28 Sep 07, 16:50 second man: Many private news journals have temporarily shut down.

28 Sep 07, 16:47 Niknayman: It is great news that ICRC (International Red Cross Society) is now sending out cars, collecting and giving medical aid to the wounded people on the streets.

28 Sep 07, 16:42 second man: There are now pools of human blood on Pansodan Street, downtown Rangoon. They are now beating up with iron rods, some witness say.

28 Sep 07, 16:39 Niknayman: Picture of Htet Tayza, the son of the Burmese tycoon: http://www.friendster.com/photos/10782252/1/669782109#pic=1669782109

28 Sep 07, 16:35 Niknayman: There seems to be mutiny inside the Burmese junta. Both sides shooting at each other are the military. Helicopters are busy flying over Mandalay.

28 Sep 07, 16:34 second man: Ko Yan Naung Soe from 88-generation students was arrested at 2pm today.

28 Sep 07, 16:37 second man: Military is beating up people on the streets, and doing mass-arrests at many corners of the streets.

28 Sep 07, 16:31 Niknayman: Protesters in Yangon broke up into 2 groups: 1 toward Ahlone Tsp, and another toward Bohtataung. Military has surrounded the protesters going toward Ahlone.

28 Sep 07, 16:30 Niknayman: There might be a little over 100,000 people on the main roads of Mandalay, filled with Buddhist monks and civilians. Military has withdrawn from previous positions. No shooting yet.

28 Sep 07, 16:24 second man: Military has raided and attacked on Pansodan Street. Small lanes are all closed. Only main roads are usable.

28 Sep 07, 16:15 - MyoThant: Another news sources say other flights flying tonight will be still flying. Unsure about tomorrow.

28 Sep 07, 16:06 Niknayman: About 15 soldiers from Division-33 has joined with the civilians.

28 Sep 07, 15:59 Niknayman: In Mandalay, protesters are shouting on 33rd street (between 83+84 St)

28 Sep 07, 15:57 Niknayman: Only TG (Thai Airways) is open for booking for flights to Myanmar. All other international airlines are suspended.

28 Sep 07, 15:55 MMEdWatch: Due to high number of death and wounded, WHO Yangon went to hospitals to donate phamaceutical products. The junta gov refused to accept. When WHO called YGH (Yangon General Hospital), they neither said 'yes' nor 'no'. They simply hanged up. Military surrounded the Yangon General Hospital.

28 Sep 07, 15:53 Niknayman: About 300 young students are marching and protesting in Tarmwe now.

28 Sep 07, 15:49 Niknayman: A new revolution song: http://www.mediafire.com/?3qxx52tuxdu

8 Sep 07, 15:21 minzaw: Some neighborhoods in Yangon are making barriers on the streets, so that the military trucks can not come in.

28 Sep 07, 15:29 minzaw: In Mandalay, military has drawn 3 lines. Protesters are confronting the military, at the east side of Phayargyi.

28 Sep 07, 15:23 Niknayman: slideshow of photos from tomorrow: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QKmEM94fUuY

28 Sep 07, 15:15 Niknayman: Burmese junta's Prime Minister General Soe Win has passed away in Singapore.

28 Sep 07, 15:11 Niknayman: A big group of protesters marched down from Shwe Dagon, while another is now near Nurse Institute, Pyay Road.

28 Sep 07, 15:10 MizzimaBurmese.com: Students passed by Nyaungpinlay Plaza. Some civilians are preparing weapons at Sule Garden. Yangon city is now guarded by Army Division-66 and Division-77.

28 Sep 07, 15:10 Niknayman: Internet connections are back online now in Myanmar. Careful about information transfer. They could be intercepting all information we are sending.

28 Sep 07, 14:59 minzaw: Australian Ambassador to Myanmar said the actual death toll could be much much higher than the 9 death that the Burmese government announced on 27th.

28 Sep 07, 14:52 Niknayman: Thai Buddhist monks gathered and prayed for the Buddhist monks in Burma. Burmese descendants and immigrants in Australia also gathered and protest against the junta today.

28 Sep 07, 13:35 - MizzimaBurmese.com: Soldiers has raided Melamu Pagoda. They are now stationing in that pagoda. Civilians are not allowed to enter. There are about 4 military trucks. Protesters at Theingyi Bazaar has blocked the roads. Now they have disperced.

28 Sep 07, 14:35 - MizzimaBurmese.com: Police took away a red fighting peacock flag, from students, at the end of 27th Street.

28 Sep 07, 14:28 - SoneSeaYar: In Mandalay this afternoon, about 200 Buddhist monks gathered and marched on protest. At 31st Street, they merged with 30,000 civilians. Military in Mandalay worshiped the monks and urged them politely to go back to monasteries. One local man commented that soldiers may raid monasteries at nights.

28 Sep 07, 14:15 - MizzimaBurmese.com: Demonstrators have increased up to 10,000+. 17 truck-loads of armed forces are gathering near Malemu Pagoda.

28 Sep 07, 14:00 - MizzimaBurmese.com: Burma's airforce planes are landing to Yangon. No detail news yet. Some emergency plans must have been carrying out. More news soon.

28 Sep 07 - MizzimaBurmese.com: The famous Thidagu / Thabeik Eine Abbot Dr Shin Nyanitra and several other Monks are now arrested.

28 Sep 07 - MyoThant: Dr Shin Nyanitra is 1 of the most famous monk, very fluent in English, and he wrote the book "Buddhism is NOT a religion".

28 Sep 07, 13:45 - Mizzima.com: EMERGENCY NUMBER ISSUED BY UN IN MYANMAR
Please be informed that the UN Designated Official in Yangon has established a 24 hour hotline in caseof emergency, especially duringcurfew hours. The numbers to call are:
(01) 554-597 or (01) 554-625.
Please pass this to all people inside Burma. This is a Yangon hotline.

28 Sep 07, 13:45

second man: According to the yangon contacts, Air Bagan Advertisement signboards were destroyed in downtown and didn’t know who did that. They didn’t hear of army shooting fire guns nor demonstrations in downtown until now. They confirmed that Internet connections are down because MPT said they need to do service maintenance. There were army trucks in DhammaZedi Road too.

28 Sep 07, 13:35pm - MizzimaBurmese.com: The tyrant Senior General Than Shwe's family is reported to be in Laos today, from unconfirmed sources. Two days ago, some reported that they arrived Bangkok, Thailand.

28 Sep 07, 13:13 Niknayman: Over 10,000 people are at SanPya Market.

28 Sep 07, 13:09 Niknayman: YaYaKa offices (basic level administration) offices are closed, and running away now. The base level of Junta begins to be falling apart.

28 Sep 07, 13:06 Niknayman: So many monks are detained in Insein GTI (Government Technical Institute) compound now.

28 Sep 07, 12:57 minzaw: Two army divisions are shooting at each other now.

28 Sep 07, 12:56 minzaw: Division-66 is now fighting together with the civilian people.

28 Sep 07, 12:55 minzaw: About 50,000 people are around Theingyi Bazaar, downtown now.

28 Sep 07, 12:49 second man: Reliable news: Division-33 is not obeying Than Shwe's order to shoot at civilians. Army Division-99 is dispatched by plane right now.

28 Sep 07, 12:34 myochit: A lot of shooing in North Okkalapa Township, north-eastern edge of Rangoon.

28 Sep 07, 12:30 MizziaBurmese.com - Several airplanes flew out of Meikhtila Central Air Force Base. Nobody knows the details yet.

28 Sep 07, 12:10 second man: Military Division-22 has been called to Yangon. Reliable news.

28 Sep 07, 12:00 second man: now shooting at North Okkalarpa Tsp. Waiting for more details.

WAKE UP, UN!

According the eye-witnesses spoken to a friend of mine on the phone right now, almost all the monasteries in Rangoon are being raided by the military troops tonight. The fate of the monks who have been and are going to be arrested is unknown.

This is what happened when UN failed to provide timely help to Rwanda in 1994. We do not want the ugly history to repeat.

(Extract from wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide)

The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutu sympathizers in Rwanda and was the largest atrocity during the Rwandan Civil War. This genocide was mostly carried out by two extremist Hutu militia groups, the Interahamwe and the Impuzamugambi, during about 100 days from April 6 through mid-July, 1994. At least 500,000 Tutsis and thousands of moderate Hutus died in the genocide.^[1] Some estimates put the death toll between 800,000 and 1,000,000.^[2]

In the wake of the Rwandan Genocide, the international community, and the United Nations in particular, drew severe criticism for its inaction. Despite international news coverage of the violence as it unfolded, most countries, including France, Belgium, and the United States, declined to prevent or stop the massacres. Canada continued to lead the UN peacekeeping force in Rwanda, United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Despite specific warnings and requests from UNAMIR's commanding officers in Rwanda, before and during the genocide, the UN Security Council refused to send additional support, declined UNAMIR's request for authorization to intervene, and even scaled back UNAMIR's forces and authority.

Burma's Situation 28-9-07am

28 Sep 07, 12:00 second man: Now Myanmar police and soldiers are shooting at North Okkalarpa Tsp. Waiting for more details.

28 Sep 07, 11:55 Niknayman: Brig. General Tin Tun Aung, Chief of Division-33 of Burmese Army refused to shoot at monks in Mandalay. Confirmed.

28 Sep 07, 11:50 minzaw: There are about 10,000 people gathered near Traders Hotel, downtown Yangon.

28 Sep 07, 12:01 MyoThant: Telecommucation to Yangon land lines works only about 1 minute per call. Can not call to any cell phones in Yangon.

28 Sep 07, 11:32 Niknayman: Soldiers are now surrounding Pyaw Bwe Buddhist Monastry, North Okkalapa.

28 Sep 07, 11:04 Niknayman: Most phone lines are all disconnected now throughout the country.

28 Sep 07, 10:58 MyoThant: We need to save strength and man count for tomorrow.

28 Sep 07, 10:43 second man: Most of the internet connection from Burma seem to be down at the moment. Only some r available.

28 Sep 07, 10:39 Niknayman: Junta just allowed special UN Envoy Ibrahim Gambari to come to Burma tomorrow. We need to act maximum while he's in Yangon.

28 Sep 07, 10:11 MyoThant: The house Kyaing Kyaing (Mrs Than Shwe) lives in Singapore is not a rent house. It's their own house, bought with all stolen money.

28 Sep 07, 10:11 Niknayman: At 9:15am, there are 3 truck loads of riot police at South Okkalarpa, Ngwe Kyar Yan Buddhist monastry.

28 Sep 07, 10:17 myanmarpyithar: Please be informed that the UN Designated Official in Rangoon has estiblished a 24 hr hotline in case of emergency,especially during curfew hrs, the numbers to call are; 01 554 597 or 01 554 625

28 Sep 07, 08:56 Niknayman: Last night during curfew, communist military and police has raided South Okkalarpa Tsp, and arrested 37 truckloads of elder men, and young man, young women were arrested. Total number is unknown.

28 Sep 07, 09:47 koyinaaw: There also is another English news for international readers http://burmanews.cbox.ws/

28 Sep 07, 09:41 koyinaaw: Pls distribute this:

http://synrg3.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post_28.html

28 Sep 07, 09:25 Niknayman: Than Shwe has plotted an insurance plan, by taking Maung Aye's family also to Singapore, insuring that Maung Aye will not run a coup and take him over, because Maung Aye's family will be heavily guarded by his troops and private escords in Singpore.

28 Sep 07, 09:26Niknayman: koyinaaw: Good news! No.33 Division of the Burmese Army refuce to shoot the people officially.Government ordered to No.33 Army for move out from Mandalay but they are not following the order.We need to pray for our people and real Myanmar Soldiers.

28 Sep 07, 09:29 koyinaaw: WARNING TO ALL CAMERAMEN: Junta has checked all office rooms on Sakura and Traders, for computers and cameras.

28 Sep 07, 09:19 koyinaaw: Riot police are not real riot police now. They are soldiers wearning riot police. And they are drugged, and so cruel that the real original policemen had to stay away from them.

28 Sep 07, 09:04 Niknayman: Late last night about 300 monks were brutally arrested during curfew.

28 Sep 07, 05:47 Niknayman: National Buddhist Council is breaking up. 20 Chief Bishops went on stike avoiding their meeting last few days. Some even had dropped their tears. The junta forced them to sign their prepared paper.

28 Sep 07, 09:34 koyinaaw: Dr. Lwan Swe's blog: http://drlunswe.blogspot.com/

28 Sep 07, 05:16 SoneSeaYar: Burmese military Division-66 has been throwing stone, using catapults. They go around town with loud speakers, announcing that people should not use catapults to attack soldiers. Those who use them, and those who helped and hide the demonstrators will be procecuted.

28 Sep 07, 04:03 Niknayman: At 9:45pm last night, 7 trucks and 1 officer car drove toward Insein on the Insein Road, full of dead and wounded bodies.

8 Sep 07, 04:18 Niknayman: Let's wear red shirts today, in horner and in memory of the martyr Buddhist monks, where were brutally murdered by the Burmese junta.