Fear grips Myanmar people
The brutal crackdown by the military junta in Myanmar against those protesting fuel price hikes has reportedly created a climate of fear among the public.
The BBC reported a number of Buddhist monks, who were spearheading the protest against the military rulers in recent days and who have been among the worse-affected in crackdown, were seeking to leave the capital Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon. However, the report said some bus drivers were not willing to take the risk, fearing the junta would deny them gasoline.
The report, quoting sources, said the security forces planned to send hundreds of monks they are holding to prisons in the far north.
With curfews in effect and arrests continuing in the capital, one man summed up the situation. “I really want change - but they have guns and we don't, so they'll always win,” he was quoted as saying , the BBC report said.
U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari, who visited Myanmar, planned to present his report to the Security Council after briefing Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the report said. During his trip, Gambari met with Myanmar’s military head Gen. Than Shwe and also with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under house arrest. // Copyright 2007 by United Press International
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