The Canberra Times, Burma protest t (r)

[johnrabin@xxxxxxxxx]

Subject: Re: The Canberra Times, Burma protest turns ugly

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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