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Outskirts coerced, downtown free to cast "No"

S.H.A.N.
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
On the day of referendum to approve the constitution, while urban people in Tachilek, eastern Shan State, were free to vote as they wished, people in the surrounding areas were forced by the authorities to support the junta's charter, according to local sources.

Civilian trucks forced to carry relief goods

S.H.A.N.
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
The Burmese military junta has been forcing six wheel and 10 wheel trucks to transport goods from Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State, to Rangoon and Irrawaddy which were lashed by cyclone Nargis on May 2 and 3, according to sources from Southern Shan State.

Train hits oil truck in Myitkyina, one killed

Kachin News Group
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
A train rammed into an oil truck yesterday afternoon in Myitkyina the capital of Kachin State in Northern Burma killing one and injuring over 10 people. The truck was trying to cross the railway tracks, locals told KNG.

About 60 timber vehicles cross check-point paying bribe

IMNA
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
About 60 vehicles carrying timber from Three Pagodas Pass (TPP) Township, on the Thai-Burma border town, entered Thailand crossing the check-point at 5 a.m. today, even though the border gate has been closed on both sides since May 2005.

Referendum in Indo-Burma border held on May 11

Narinjara News
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Dhaka: The holding of the referendum to approve the military junta's draft constitution in at least two villages on the Indo-Burma border was postponed on May 10 as the Arakan Liberation Army seized the ballots a day before the polls.

Local officials attacked by cyclone victims in Rangoon division

Mizzima News
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
A local official in Rangoon Township received serious head injuries when three desperate cyclone victims attacked him for failing to distribute aid supplies on Friday, a local resident said.

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Features

Is it a crime by ethnics to observe their National Day?

The 61st anniversary National Day has been celebrated around the world where the Mon people are located. The National Day has been observed not only by Mon people in Mon State but also in western countries, UK, Canada, USA, Australia and by Mon migrant workers in Burma's neighbouring countries.

Farmers in southern Burma in Catch-22 situation (online feature)

The Burmese Army has confiscated 200 acres of paddy fields in Southern Burma , thumbing its nose on the Mon people's decade's long struggle for land rights.

BNI Press Release

“This survey takes the pulse of ordinary voters from all over Burma, but particularly from ethnic nationality areas where there has been limited surveys to date,”

Latest Referendum news

NMSP will not recognize constitutional referendum

The Burmese ethnic ceasefire group the New Mon State Party (NMSP) will not recognize the government's constitutional referendum which was neither free nor fair, said the NMSP a day after the junta held the referendum.

Southern Ye voting centers coerced

On the day of the national referendum, May 10, a polling station in a Southern Ye Township village was coerced by heavily armed military personnel, and a villager Nai Show was arrested. According to local sources, it is not known why he was arrested, although authorities stated he was a suspected guerilla fighter involved in the explosion outside the village during the polls.

Voters feel referendum date inappropriate

New Delhi - Several Burmese voters said they are not happy with the government's plan to conduct a nationwide referendum on Saturday amidst the devastation and loss of the monster Cyclone Nargis.

Junta deletes almost 100,000 names from voters list in Myitkyina Township

The Burmese military junta has deleted almost 100,000 names of voters from the original draft voters list in Myitkyina Township, local sources said. The original draft voters list had 213,294 names. Now it is 113,950.

KIO no longer neutral on stand over referendum

The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), which had been toeing the Burmese military junta's line for a long time, is no longer sticking to its neutral stand on the referendum for the new constitution drafted by the junta. Men and women of KIO are now being allowed to involve themselves in the referendum and have been asked to cast the 'Yes' vote, KIO sources said. The volte-face comes three days before voting.

Junta to take action against those rejecting constitution

Desperate to see that the approval for the draft constitution comes through at the referendum, the Burmese military junta in Muse Township in Shan State has ordered the quarter administration and polling booth commission to initiate action against those who disturb the process and are working against it, a source said.

Villagers complain to commission over forcible voting

The villagers from Rangoon Division, Hlegu Township have lodged a collective complaint to the local referendum commission today for forcing villagers to cast the 'Yes' vote.

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BNI Survey Report

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Photo News

Rangoon after nargis Cyclone:: by Mizzima News

Media Alert

Burmese journals face restrictions on cyclone coverage

Burmese authorities have placed restrictions on journalists covering the deadly cyclone, but Burmese reporters have more freedom to move inside the country than foreigners.

BBC reporter deported from airport by junta

Chiang Mai - The Burmese military junta deported a BBC reporter from the Rangoon airport yesterday. The British national Mr. Andrew William Fardae arrived in the Thai Airways International at Rangoon airport in May 5 afternoon but was deported from the airport by the regime authorities.

Khonumthung Editor arrested by Indian authorities

Mr. Myo Myint Aung, Editor of Khonumthung News Group was arrested by the Delhi police along with three Burmese journalists in exile yesterday.

Week's suspension of 7 Days News journal for reporting murders

New Delhi: Using its draconian laws the Burmese Censor Board under the Ministry of Information suspended the publication of '7 Days News' journal for reporting the multiple murders in Green Bank, Kamayut Township, Rangoon.