Burma Update: Feburary 6, 2008

Highlight

US Department of Treasury: Treasury Action Targets Financial Network of Burmese Tycoon and Regime Henchman Tay Za

"The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced financial sanctions against family members of regime leaders and key additional individuals and businesses that are part of the financial network of Tay Za, a Burmese business tycoon and arms dealer with close ties to Burma's military junta..."

US Department of Treasury: Tay Za Financial Network [Report]

OHCHR: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar Expresses Dismay over the Continued Arrests, Detentions and Charges against Political and Human Rights Activists

Committee to Protect Journalists: Attacks on the Press in 2007 (Burma) [Annual Worldwide Survey]



News from Burmese Media

Independent Mon News Agency: Junta Makes a Good Gesture on the 61st Anniversary of Mon National Day
Narinjara News: Two Protesters Released in Taungup
Narinjara News: Four Bodies Found in Naff River
Narinjara News: Muslim Students National ID Cards Delayed
Democratic Voice of Burma: Cinema-Goers Face Bomb Searches
Democratic Voice of Burma: Activists Call for Release of Jailed Rebels in India
Mizzima News: Complainant Threatened Not to Disclose Truth to ILO
Kaladan Press Network: Over 80 Rohingyas Kept in Area Detention Centre
Kachin News Group: KNO Urges Kachins in Exile to Unite
Khonumthung News: Price of Pig Soars in Western Burma, Business Thrives
Irrawaddy News Magazine: New Rumors of Ill Health in Burma’s Top Family
Irrawaddy News Magazine: USDA Enjoys Favors from Junta
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Mae La Villagers Fear Attack
Irrawaddy News Magazine: Four Burmese Workers Killed in Southern Thailand



News from Global Media

Reuters: Myanmar Fishermen Rescued After 3 Months in Sea
The New York Times: U.S. Imposes More Sanctions to Press Myanmar’s Rulers
Xinhua Online: Chinese Residents in Myanmar Preparing Spring Festival Celebrations
The Straits Times: Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Seeks Talks with Junta's Ethnic Allies



Opinion/Other

Irrawaddy News Magazine: The Trouble with Number 8 [Opinion] - Aung Zaw
Irrawaddy News Magazine: 'How Many Monks Must Die Before The UN Moves?' - Marwaan Macan-Markar
Asia Times: UN as India, Myanmar Matchmaker - Jyoti Malhotra