[RayChuang88]

My guess is that about seven to nine thousand Burmese citizens died because the waves that hit the coast of Myanmar were just as strong as what hit Phuket and Shi Shi Islands. But due to the ruling military junta in Myanmar we may never really know.

[seavisionburma]

err, sorry to jump all over your political bandwagons, but I am inside the Mergui Archipelago now and I can say first hand that there is certainly NOT thousands dead.
The impact of the tsunami was minimal here. The islands of the Mergui Archipelago, in particular - were extremely lucky - however for geographical and physical reasons, we have escaped any major catastrophes here.

Stop your sensationalist rubbish everyone, thanks!