Burma Update: October 11, 2008

Highlight

• National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma: Burma's Mass Migration Reveals Junta's Ever-Diminishing Power-Base
  

Dr. Sein Win, Prime Minister of the NCGUB, says "most are unfortunately exchanging extreme hardship and an inability to make a living at home with poorly paid jobs and lonely, insecure lives elsewhere. Some go into unsustainable debt to pay agents and others still, most tragically, become commodities in people trafficking markets."

News from Burmese Media

• Kaowao News: Gang into sex racket arrested by Thai police
• Shan Herald Agency for News: Authorities raising funds for Cyclone Nargis victims
• Kaladan Press Network: Student flees charged with being into politics
  
• Kaladan Press Network: Four traders go into hiding to evade arrest
• Kachin News Group: Copier machine owners forced to donate money in Kachin State
  

News from Regional/International Media

• Daily Times: Myanmar arrests 398 drug traffickers in Sep
• Monsters and Critics: Aung San Suu Kyi submits appeal against prolonged detention
  
• Xinhua Online: Media: Myanmar leader's Bangladesh visit to cement bilateral ties

Opinion/Other

• The Star Gazette: Myanmar residents slowly rebound - Many hands help to rebuild after cyclone's devastation - Gregory Beck
• Ashin Mdttacara: Myanmar, Burma: How many of us have to die for your diplomatic game? - Ashin Mdttacara
  

Report/Briefer

• Shan Herald Agency for News: Weekly Diary, No. 322 (4 – 10 October 2008)
  
  • Burmese Soldiers Slaves to Theri Officers!
  • More Political Prisoners since Last Year!
  • Enlistment Quota More Important than Child Rights!
  • Karen under Attack!

Petition

• US Campaign for Burma: Send a Message to UN Secretary General
• Burma Democratic Concern: Implement 1990 Elections Result in Burma