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Subject: Re: The Canberra Times, Burma protest turns ugly
It is no wonder for most of the Government-owned factories were destroyed and many police men were stoned to death during the so-called demonstrations of famous 1988 disturbances in Myanmar.
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On Sun, 12 Sep 1999 16:38:42 john rabin wrote:
>The protest that seized the Burmese junta's embassy was not as ugly as
>the Canberra Times defied. In fact, it was a civilized protest compare
>to the Burmese regime that rapes thousands of girls under age of 12,
>killed 3,000 peacefull protesters in 1988, jails thousands of democracy
>supporets, forces thousands of minority ethnic to become homeless and
>landless, and closes all higher lernaing.
>
>I as an Amreican can say that the students from Burma did very good job
>during the protest, and I am urging them to do it again. And The
>Canberra government should not arrest the students next time. That's
>all I want to say now.
>
>
>--- kyaw luntin <kluntin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Flags burned, fences smashed as Burma protest turns
>> ugly
>>
>> The Canberra Times Friday September 10, 1999
>>
>> About 200 protesters burned flags, smashed
>> fences and hurled pot plants
>> at the Burmese embassy in Canberra yesterday after a
>> peaceful sit-in turned
>> ugly.
>>
>> Police and Australian Protective Service
>> officers had to call for help
>> after being overwhelmed by the demonstration against
>> Burma's ruling military
>> junta.
>>
>> Demonstrators burned a Burmese flag outside the
>> embassy and charged
>> through 15 police and broke through fences to enter
>> the grounds.
>>
>> "We intend to stay here until the Burmese
>> dictators allow democratic
>> government," protest organiser Maung Maung Than
>> said.
>>
>> After police reinforcements arrived, the
>> protesters were dragged away
>> one be one, sparking ugly scenes as organisers
>> traded blows with authorities
>> on the kerb outside.
>>
>> The protest was organised by the 9999 Action
>> Committee, a loose
>> coalition of Burmese-Australian democratic action
>> groups formed as part of a
>> world-wide protest to mark the August 8, 1988, or
>> 8888, uprising against the
>> Rangoon dictatorship.
>>
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