Comments Thousands of protesters are dead and the bodies of hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle, a former intelligence officer for Burma's ruling junta has revealed. Posted on 09/30/2007 5:24:00 PM PDT by Stoat
Comments Thousands of protesters are dead and the bodies of hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle, a former intelligence officer for Burma's ruling junta has revealed.
The most senior official to defect so far, Hla Win, said: 'Many more people have been killed in recent days than you've heard about. The bodies can be counted in several thousand.'
Mr Win, who spoke out as a Swedish diplomat predicted that the revolt has failed, said he fled when he was ordered to take part in a massacre of holy men. He has now reached the border with Thailand.
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hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle and been beaten
Reports from other exiles along the frontier confirmed that hundreds of monks had simply ' disappeared' as 20,000 troops swarmed around Rangoon yesterday to prevent further demonstrations by religious groups and civilians.
Word reaching dissidents hiding out on the border suggested that as well as executions, some 2,000 monks are being held in the notorious Insein Prison or in university rooms which have been turned into cells.
There were reports that many were savagely beaten at a sports ground on the outskirts of Rangoon, where they were heard crying for help.
Others who had failed to escape disguised as civilians were locked in their bloodstained temples.
There, troops abandoned religious beliefs, propped their rifles against statues of Buddha and began cooking meals on stoves set up in shrines.
In stark contrast, the streets of Rangoon and Mandalay - centres of the attempted saffron revolution last week - were virtually deserted yesterday.
A Swedish diplomat who visited Burma during the protests said last night that in her opinion the revolution has failed.
Liselotte Agerlid, who is now in Thailand, said that the Burmese people now face possibly decades of repression. 'The Burma revolt is over,' she added.
'The military regime won and a new generation has been violently repressed and violently denied democracy. The people in the street were young people, monks and civilians who were not participating during the 1988 revolt.
'Now the military has cracked down the revolt, and the result may very well be that the regime will enjoy another 20 years of silence, ruling by fear.'
Mrs Agerlid said Rangoon is heavily guarded by soldiers.
'There are extremely high numbers of soldiers in Rangoon's streets,' she added. 'Anyone can see it is absolutely impossible for any demonstration to gather, or for anyone to do anything.
'People are scared and the general assessment is that the fight is over. We were informed from one of the largest embassies in Burma that 40 monks in the Insein prison were beaten to death today and subsequently burned.'
The diplomat also said that three monasteries were raided yesterday afternoon and are now totally abandoned. At his border hideout last night, 42-year-old Mr Win said he hopes to cross into Thailand and seek asylum at the Norwegian Embassy.
The 42-year-old chief of military intelligence in Rangoon's northern region, added: 'I decided to desert when I was ordered to raid two monasteries and force several hundred monks onto trucks.
'They were to be killed and their bodies dumped deep inside the jungle. I refused to participate in this.'
With his teenage son, he made his escape from Rangoon, leaving behind his wife and two other sons.
He had no fears for their safety because his brother is a powerful general who, he believes, will defend the family.
Mr Win's defection will raise a faint hope among tens of thousands of Burmese who have fled to villages along the Thai border.
They will feel others in the army may follow him and turn on their ageing leaders, Senior General Than Shwe and his deputy, Vice Senior General Maung Aye.
UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari is still trying to set up a meeting with General Shwe.
That's not true! Didn't you read Bar-Ki-Moon's press release?
either passive-aggressive or a complete pussy.
Don’t worry, everyone. I’m sure the UN will get right on this.
It's a socialist Military regime whose official Junta name is the State Peace and Development Council
While I don’t expect the mainstream to give it much play, I don’t think this story will go away. I know FR will give it many, many bumps.
I’m surprised by the silence from Hollywood about this.
Well, maybe not...
Now the military has cracked down the revolt, and the result may very well be that the regime will enjoy another 20 years of silence, ruling by fear.'
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One of the innumerable Blessings that we in the United States enjoy is the freedom to speak and to protest against injustice and, in this case, unvarnished and unrepentant Evil.
Here is the website of the Embassy of the Union of Myanmar (Burma) in Washington DC.
and here is their address and contact information:
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Naturally, I'm not advocating any form of criminal activity.
I am merely suggesting that there are innumerable ways in which decent people can register and communicate their profound disgust with a murderous, evil regime that is long overdue to be overthrown, by any means necessary..
“While I don’t expect the mainstream to give it much play, I don’t think this story will go away. I know FR will give it many, many bumps.”
The mainstream won’t give it any play, to speak of. What really has to happen is for some of the leading conservative candidates, and GW, to use their bully pulpits and do some ranting and raving for a change!
I’ve been waiting for years for one of them to stand up to a microphone and just go stone crazy on some of these pieces of dog squeeze!
I’d like to hear GW stand up and tell these thugs in Burma that we are coming with both guns blazin’ to rip them a new one!
(Oh yea. AND FOLLOW UP ON IT!)
Just don’t send anything that can be considered hate speech, or you’ll have some jack-boots kicking in YOUR door!
They would definitely be risking their lives. Just a few days ago there were pics of a Japanese journalist shot down in the street and reports that a Swedish journalist had also been shot dead. If there has been any strong protest from those governments I haven't heard of it yet. These thugs don't fear anything and it seems they have little reason to.
The U.N. isn’t going to touch it because each permanent member of the security council has existing financial deals with the ruling government.
U.S. - Chevron
U.K. - BP
France - Total
China - various gas contracts
Russia - trying to sell the Myanmar government a nuclear reactor
India’s Oil Minister was just in the region to sign more energy contracts when the protests started.
Washington DC chapter ping request.
Would a “FReep” at the Myanmar (Burmese) embassy be something worth considering?
What they have done is absolutely monstrous, and they maintain a U.S. Embassy.
Thank you for your kind consideration.
Thank you all for the info. Wow. It is moveon.org gone bonzo gunzo!
Excellent advice, worthy of repeating.
True. Got any other ideas? Send in the Marines?
U.N. would issue a condemnation, but they can’t blame the jews for this.
BTW, what I said is still explicitly true.
Tag lines from the MSM. Nothing on CBS
ABC
Remembering Rangoon: Is History Repeating Itself?
Should the world be bracing itself for a massacre in Myamar?
NBC
U.N. envoy meets Myanmar opposition figure
Government unexpectedly allows Aung San Suu Kyi to leave house arrest
Fox
U.N. Envoy Fails to Meet Myanmar’s Junta Leader
Diplomat allowed to visit detained opposition leader, but unable to meet with junta’s commander
They will find a way; they always do. :-(
O.K.
Just don’t send anything that can be considered hate speech, or you’ll have some jack-boots kicking in YOUR door!
Excellent advice, worthy of repeating.
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