www.myanmarmade.com (r)

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Not so: "The only news we get from Rangoon,
Pegu, Prome, Mandalay, etc. are from the NLM and Okkar. Very, very rare
and with a delay other news come out...."

news agencies like AFP, AP, Reuters have stringers inside Burma, but
they have to be careful, or they go.


Heiko Schaefer wrote:
> 
> Dear Susan,
> 
> it is no secret, that every international appearances
> (www.myanmarmade.com and also Sydney 2000) need the endorsement of the
> SPDC. Even if their are genuine sportspeople in Burma, they are forced
> to be puppets of the SPDC. Otherwise they would even not being allowed
> to leave Burma.
> 
> Burma is afraid that especially from INSIDE the truth comes to the
> outside world. And at this moment they let people appear anyhow outside
> of Burma, this danger comes around. Why do you think it is so difficult
> to obtain news from inside Burma? The only news we get from Rangoon,
> Pegu, Prome, Mandalay, etc. are from the NLM and Okkar. Very, very rare
> and with a delay other news come out.
> 
> Do you know how Internet is working? It is very easy to put the truth on
> WWW (even myanmarmade.com) as long as this people also have the access
> to their Internet appearance (FTP and in a few seconds they publish to
> millions of people what they want). The SPDC know this, so they will not
> allow suspicious people to appear on the interbnational ground.
> 
> Okay, maybe this people of myanmarmade.com are not directly linked with
> the SPDC (for me impossible, because nearly all export business is a
> matter of the SPDC; and myanmarmade.com is an export business). Another
> thought on the supposed relationship is that they are allowed to appear
> in Internet. To establish an Internet appearance you need money and the
> endorsement of the SPDC. As I know people with money prefer in Burma to
> behave pro-SPDC. What is inside their minds is another thing, they want
> to survive and this is only possible in cooperation with the SPDC.
> 
> In conclusion I need to say, since even the owner of the domain is in
> Rangoon, this business is suspicious for me. I think I understand how
> the politics in Burma are working.
> 
> Regards
> Heiko
> 
> Susan Locke wrote:
> >
> > Dear Heiko,
> >
> > Now that is interesting. I've been having a
> > discussion recently with a few people about the
> > Burma Out of Sydney 2000 Olympics campaign. Some
> > people want to support the campaign, some want
> > to have Burma come to Sydney. The discussion
> > revolves around whether the sports people are
> > SLORC/SPDC people whose training costs and
> > resources have been gained through oppression
> > and repression of civilian Burmese people; or
> > are they "genuine" sports people whose level of
> > achievement has been gained through their own
> > endeavours and who should be given the
> > opportunity to experience the Olympics.
> >
> > In relation to business dealings with Burma :
> > "In a video-recorded statement smuggled out of
> > Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi describes the country as
> > a huge prison and calls on the European Union,
> > the United States and the rest of the world to
> > help the cause of democracy by imposing economic
> > sanctions." (BBC news)
> >
> > Is there a similar position, do you think, to be
> > taken on the international community's
> > engagement with sporting activities, (or art, or
> > music, or dance, or ......... events) that are
> > coming out of Burma, based on the premise that
> > such activities are SLORC/SPDC
> > endorsed/approved.
> >
> > Or is there a need for decision making about
> > boycotts on a case by case basis in case there
> > are legitimate Burmese people involved in
> > trading/etc out of Burma? Could anyone (besides
> > SLORC/SPDC people on Burmanet) give a public
> > 100% guarantee on Burmanet that myanmarmade.com
> > has no relationship with SLORC/SPDC? Perhaps the
> > people who have addressed me privately on this
> > matter complaining how unfair I have been to
> > myanmarmade.com can give me that assurance
> > publicly on Burmanet.
> >
> > Maybe I should just believe that those travel
> > tour companies inside Burma are run by non
> > SLORC/SPDC connected Burmese business people
> > without any coerced labour at all and that the
> > tourist accommodation has not been built over
> > the houses of now displaced people.
> >
> > Maybe I should just go online shopping after all
> > and forget about erring on the side of caution.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Regards,
> > SL
> >
> 
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