Myanmar crackdown on protesting monks
The peaceful protest march of Buddhist monks and nuns in Myanmar, which has been going on for nine days, today was met with a crackdown by the government.
At one time, the protest was reported to be joined by 100,000 people, including monks and lay people.
In the meantime, the government has been preparing a crackdown of the protests.
The opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken from her home to a prison.
Soldiers have been surrounding the pagodas. All gatherings of more than 5 people are forbidden.
News blackout is in place. Previously people around the world could receive pictures by cell phones, and web sites used for communication. Now providers of cell phones and internet have been limited in their operations.
The latest news report beating of monks and nuns, shots fired to disperse gatherings
, and arrests have been made.
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It is known that the Burmese regime is supported by Chevron oil company ( see http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=44&ItemID=13947)
:"Fueling the military junta that has ruled for decades are Burma’s natural gas reserves, controlled by the Burmese regime in partnership with the U.S. multinational oil giant Chevron, the French oil company Total and a Thai oil firm. Offshore natural gas facilities deliver their extracted gas to Thailand through Burma’s Yadana pipeline. The pipeline was built with slave labor, forced into servitude by the Burmese military."
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