February 15: Yangon: An offer by Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party to recognize military rule in Myanmar — if the generals free her and summon a parliament whose 1990 election they ignored — appears to be heading into a black hole.
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February 15: Local women at Mauklauk Villahe, Meikhtila Township, Mandalay Division in central Burma, have been forced to join the government controlled Myanmar Women Affairs Federation (MWAF) by the village authority chairman Aye Saung and they have to pay 300 Kyat each for membership fee.
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Burmese military intelligence workers are training people to steal information from the offices of exiled pro-democracy and media groups, reliable security sources warned Mizzima today.
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Owners of unlicensed vehicles in Bhamo Township, in Burma’s eastern Kachin State, face harsh punishment as the deadline officially set by local authorities to hand over illegally imported Chinese motorbikes is set to expire today, according to Bhamo residents.
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Authorities in southern Burma have ordered the people to put up a list of their family members called Pone Zan-Tha Zae (form No.10) like a poster outside their house. At present, all dwellings in villages and towns in southern Burma are being forced to put up a list of their family members in a prominent part of the house where it is visible.
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A group of Kachin students in Rangoon have asked Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) representatives to the National Convention to explain their presence at the conference during a meeting on Saturday.
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A Thai-based human rights group is continuing to pursue its complaint over a Mae Sot police officer’s decision to release a suspected murderer late last month and to arrest four witnesses in the case.
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Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s foreign minister has urged Myanmar’s military junta to let him visit the country before April to monitor the progress of democratic reforms, which critics have slammed as snail-paced.
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Jakarta: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will pay a visit to Myanmar at the end of this month or the beginning of next month, a presidential spokesman said Thursday.
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Thailand’s candidate for the post of United Nations (UN) Secretary-general will have a tough time garnering the support of key member countries because of his government’s failure to promote press freedom, democracy and human rights, former Thai ambassadors said yesterday.
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