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          新聞週報第238期 Weekly Diary, NO.238 (17-23 February 2007) S.H.A.N Weekly Diary, No. 238 (17 – 23 February 2007) WILL KING THAN SHWE'S CHILDREN SERVE IN THE FRONT LIKE PRINCE HARRY? TRAFFIC POLICE AXED! JUSTICE FAILS TO METE OUT JUSTICE! CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT BROUGHT MORE WAR TO KARENS! Think Piece You can't build a relationship with a hammer.Sayings and Words of Wisdom in English, Chulalongkorn University Press (2005) The World9 February 2007 B. Lynn PascoeB. Lynn Pascoe, US ambassador, appointed as Under Secretary General of Political Affairs, replacing Ibrahim Gambari who will be leaving at the end of February 2007. (UN press release) 16 February 2007 Jeffrey SachsJeffrey Sachs, a leading economist, speaking at the UN, says the commitment of US and China, the two largest emitters of the greenhouse gases is "absolutely fundamental" to forging a comprehensive agreement on global warming. (AP) 19 February 2007By 2020, China's average annual temperatures could rise by 1.3 to 2.1 Celsius and increase by 3.9 - 6.0 by 2100, Xinhua reports, quoting a report by China Meteorological Administration. (AFP) 22 February 2007 Prince HarryPrince Harry, known as Cornet Wales in his Blues and Royal regiment, is to serve in Iraq for six months beginning May and June. The 22-year old, third in line to the throne, is "over the moon" about the news and has i 裝潢nsisted he should receive no special treatment. (AFP) 22 February 2007A 60-day deadline set by the US Security Council on 23 December to suspend its uranium enrichment activity ignored by Iran. (Agencies) International Relations18 February 2007Myanmar Times reports three members of New York based Explorers Club, with metal detectors on 13 January, set off from Hkamti to find the wreck site of an American WW II plane 13 days later. The three are Brenda Davidson, Nancy Nenow and Don Morley. (AFP) 18 February 2007Southeast Asia Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (SEACSUCS) sends a 7-point open letter to Senior Gen Than Shwe to open up the process of abolition of child soldiers in Burma, which it claims to be implementing. (Mizzima) Thai-Burma Relations19 February 2007 Direk KonklibThailand will be building a $ 42,850 bridge across the Pai river near the Nampiangdin police station to promote relations between Burma and the kingdom, says Maehongson governor Direk Konklib. It will be 2 meters wide and 100 meters long. (Manager Online) 21 February 2007Simon Tha, Karen peace broker and famous neurosurgeon, is to build a clinic in Myawaddy, opposite Maesod. The $ 78,106 project is financed by the Japanese government. (Irrawaddy) 22 February 2007 The military government believes there are 房屋買賣 300,000 Burmese laborers working in Thailand, but only 80,000 hold official work permits, according to junta run media today. But in Thailand the actual number is believed to be closer to one million. (Bangkok Post)Politics/ Inside Burma15 February 2007Decision on whether or not accept a defamation lawsuit leveled by Naw Ohn Hla against 30 journals in Burma postponed again to 27 February. The case was originally scheduled for 13 February. The publishers say they were forced by the information ministry to run an article implying her as a prostitute. (DVB) 20 February 2007Dozens of USDA members surround and threaten to beat the Tuesday prayer goers in at Shwe Dagon. The tension eases after the prayer-goers leave the pagoda. (DVB) 20 February 2007 Photo: IrrawaddyTraffic police force in Burma dissolved on 6 February. (AFP) Officers with higher education are replacing ordinary traffic policemen. Some 500 traffic policemen have been told on 16 February to be relocated from Rangoon to rural areas. One traffic police officer, who is planning to resign, says bribes to enter the force range between 200,000 kyat ($156) to 700,000 kyat ($526). (Irrawaddy) SHAN source in Maesai say he still see all the original 32 traffic policemen in Tachilek. Traffic police in Kengtung are also yet to be affected by the order – Editor 21 Febr 系統傢俱uary 2007Peace in World and Burma march that began in Bangkok on 30 January will end in Maesod on 2 March. It is led by Reverend U Thawpaka. A similar hike was taken last August in Germany, a 31-day march from Cologne to Berlin. (Network Media Group) 22 February 200712-20 activists, calling themselves Myanmar Development Committee, hold up placards and distribute a statement calling for state action against economic and social crisis together with rampant corruption. Riot police steps in and arrest at least two of them while they march around the Sule Pagoda in central Rangoon. Myat Thura, 34, a reporter for Kyodo News Agency, also arrested while interviewing the demonstrators. (Mizzima) 22 February 2007Two hospitals in Rangoon's Tamwe township, Kandawgyi and Kanthaya, ordered to shut down by the end of February. They are not told the reason for the closure. (DVB) 23 February 2007New Light of Myanmar warns 22 February demonstration, demanding lower prices and better education, by about 25 people was "totally against the law" and "action might be taken against the group." (AP) Three reporters arrested following the event released after 5 hours in detention. (Mizzima) The newspaper supported the earlier demonstration held in front of the US and British embassies, points out Jimmy, one of the 88 Generation Students. "This proves th 吳哥窟e junta is not at all interested in building a democratic country," he says. (Mizzima) Shans/ Shan State16-17 February 2007Groups from Shan State hold meeting. Resolves to form Shan State Coordinating Committee. (SHAN) 18 February 2007Col YawdserkCol Yawdserk of Shan State Army (SSA) predicts more than half of the 160,000 square kilometers of his land will be retaken in 3 years. He also hope to cooperate with the United Wa State Army (UWSA) one day.Rimond Htoo, senior leader of Karenni National Progressive Party, praises Yawd for support, saying SSA fighters had helped the KNPP on the battlefield. (The Nation) The reporter was reporting visit at the SSA base on 7 February – Editor Economy/ Business23 February 2007Trade with Burma for the current 2006-2007 financial year has been targeted at $ 1 billion, says Indian Chamber of Commerce, almost double from $ 577 in 2004-2005. India is Burma's second largest export market and ranks 7th as a source of imports into Burma. (Irrawaddy) 22 February 2007Burma holds a three-day pearl auction. (Xinhua) Human Rights19 February 2007Yamethin district court sentences 33 people involved in a 64-men human trafficking which lured 49 young women to China for force marriages. (New Light of Myanmar/AP) 19 February 2007Authorities have issued a 20-point instructions to internet caf? owners to keep a c 租辦公室lear watch on internet users. The instructions include not to attempt to visit politically affiliated sites, to use only email addresses issued by Posts and Telecommunications, to submit every two weeks personnel details of their customers, records of their internet use and photo shots of computer screens. (Irrawaddy) It also bans tunneling websites and softwares like psiphon which can be used to penetrate through the regime's firewall. (Burma Digest) 20 February 20074 villagers in Gangaw township, Magwe division: Sabay, Kha Mahn, Yinma and Khin Mon have been ordered to move by 31 March. Result of confiscation of 3,500 acres of land. (DVB) 21 February 2007 Najib RazakMalaysia backs away from a proposal to confine foreign workers to their living quarters, following protests by human rights groups. Deputy PM Najib Razak admits the move would have "implications". The proposal was meant to curb crimes, said Malaysian police chief last week. 5,000 crimes were committed by foreigners last year, according to him. (AP) 21 February 2007According to local news magazine, more than 80% of the top ranked students in Burma are from very wealthy families in Rangoon. The statistics have attracted complaints from parents and teachers who say the education system is unfair to students from lower socio-economic backgrounds and those from rural areas. (DVB) 21 February 2007Some 有巢氏房屋 50,000 Chin people abandoned their homeland and took refuge in foreign counties in 2006 to escape unabated oppression in Burma. Types of violations include forced labor and confiscation of land. (KNT) 22 February 2007Lin Lin Naing, 18, who was arrested by police while visiting Pha-do in Pegu division on 8 February, had committed suicide, said local police. His family who went to the police three days later were not even told where he was buried. His parents: U Hla Maung Aye and Daw Aye Win believe he was murdered. (DVB) 22 February 2007Daw May Win Myint, 57, an NLD member, who was initially sentenced to 7 year imprisonment in 1997 is still in prison and has recently had her sentence extended by another year, says her husband U Win Myint. (DVB) 22 February 2007Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission condemns Burmese judicial system for failing to hold fair trials and deliver justice. Burmese courts not only deny basic principles of human rights and rule of law to their citizens but also approve authorities illegally imprisoning citizens. (Mizzima) Environment20 February 2007Earth Rights International (ERI) releases 75-page report "Turning Treasures into Tears: Mining, Dams and Deforestation in Shwegyin township, Pegu Division, Burma" says ongoing militarization and development projects are causing widespread rights abuses and environmental damage. About 5,000 villagers 室內設計were displaced in Shwegyin alone last year. (Irrawaddy) 20 February 2007Coordinating Committee on Rural Development and Salween Watch will launch worldwide campaign against Salween hydropower projects on 28 February. Petitions protesting the dams will be presented in more than 10 cities including Bangkok, Tokyo, Washington, San Francisco, Sydney, Delhi and Berlin. The first dam, Hutgyi, is expected to start in November. (Irrawaddy) Drugs18 February 2007China's Yunnan had helped Burma and Laos plant nearly 1 million mou (66,667 hectares) of cash crops as substitute, for opium poppy in 2006, says Liu Ping, director of Provincial Drug Control Committee. Substitute crops included rubber and tea, among others. (Xinhua) 22 February 2007With a large amount of drugs expected to enter the country due to heavy suppression from China, the Shans are expected to become eyes and ears for Thailand again. They had been pushed out of some of their border bases by some high-ranking officers in the Third Region Army command during the 5 years Thaksin Shinawatra was in power. A number of these were occupied by the Wa. (Bangkok Post) Bases, communities and buildings forced to move out: Loi Mon - opposite Wiang Haeng, Chiangmai province Loi Kham - opposite Chiangdao, Chiangmai province Muang Na - opposite Chiangdao, Chiang G2000mai province Clinic and Wat - opposite Mae Fa Luang, Chiangrai province Displaced persons village - opposite Pang Mapha, Maehongson province (S.H.A.N.)War19 February 2007State department officials are believed to have voiced their concerns over increasing Indo-Burmese military ties to authorities in New Delhi. (Irrawaddy) 20 February 2007Between 70 – 80% of China's oil imports must pass through Malacca Strait, wedged between Malaysia and Indonesia. In an international conflict confrontation with the US over Taiwan, the already congested strait can be blocked. Last year the Chinese imported 145 million tons of crude costing $ 15 billion.Plan to build a pipeline across Thailand's 60-mile Kra Isthmus, connecting the Indian Ocean with the Gulf of Siam was scrapped due to problems including risk of becoming a target by disaffected Muslim separatists. Burma under a tough military regime offers Beijing more reliable security for a pipeline that would be about 900 miles long. (World Politics Watch) 20 February 2007Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) issues annual battle report of 2006:# clashes 1,383 average 4 per day# Burma Army casualties 1,509 average 4 per day # KNLA casualties 89 average 1 every 4 daysMost clashes (590) took place in Papun distr 襯衫ict, followed by Toungoo (417) and Nyaunglaybin (304). Least clashes (6) were in Pa-an where the 7th Brigade operates. Its commander officially surrendered on 11 February. (SHAN) 20 February 2007A bomb explodes in Moulmein in a bus, damaging the vehicle but leaving no casualties. The military suggests terrorist groups are to blame. (AP)21 February 2007 V.K. DuggalIndian home secretary V.K. Duggal succeeded in impressing upon the Burmese government to launch joint offensive against Indian militant groups, according to launching the offensive is yet to be finalized. (Irrawaddy) 21 February 2007Ten battalions have been deployed since 16 February near the KIO controlled area, says KIO spokesman Guan Maw. Maj-Gen Ohn Myint, Commander of Northern Region Command, is also creating opportunity for his brother in law's firm, Aung Paing Company, to buy timber confiscated by the government last year. (Mizzima) 23 February 2007Burma's new capital is without any cell phone coverage and has no plans to introduce it. The military says this is to guarantee security for senior officials living here. "We use walkie-talkies here," says one military official. (AFP) 23 February 2007Burmese forces have captured a rebel base run by National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) after a week of fighting with at least 12 rebels killed. (Global Insights) http://www.shanland.org/weeklydiary/238/weekly-diary-no-238-17-2013-23-february-2007 節能燈具  .