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  illsayit at 02:43 PM JST - 15th May

  Thank You Nyein Chan, your information seems correct. I hope those suffering can find peace soon.

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  Sarge at 02:44 PM JST - 15th May

  This is the worst disaster since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

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  some14some at 03:44 PM JST - 15th May

  Nyein Chan, people in Asia/AEAN are well aware of what you have explained in detail. Thanks for your sincere efforts.

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  Triumvere at 07:13 PM JST - 15th May

  Nyein Chan,

  While there is a possibility that you are correct, I find it quite difficult to believe the word of a ruthless military dictatorship over those of people who have dedicated their lives to aid those in need. It would seem to me that the burden of proof lies with the Junta.

  Out of curiosity, how did the moving of the capital benefit the Burmese people?

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  Jyan_Bon at 08:20 PM JST - 15th May

  In Rangoon markets, mosquito nets , high energy biscuits, sanitized tissue etc. are abundant and very cheap these days. A mosquito net used to cost 10,000 kyats ($9.00). But now it only costs 2000 kyats in Nyaung Bin Lay market. Without international monitoring system in place, these things are bound to happen in one of the poorest countries in Asia. Many of the remote areas in delta are still awaiting help from the outside world.Local donors are obstructed by police and USDA members from reaching these desperate people. My brother and his 9 friends went to Bogalay in their 4 vehicles filled with rice bags and drinking water, last sunday. As they entered the town, they were stopped by a group of (gov. affiliated) USDA members ordering them to unload the contents and to go back to Rangoon.These people did not have any valid reason to stop them but they did anyway. Luckily my brother got in contact with a local rice miller ( U Thein Aung) and as soon as these USDA saw U Thein Aung coming, they went away. My brother and friends managed to bring in the aids into the town that was full of cyclone victims from nearby townships, taking refuge at every monasteries, schools that are still standing.Local business men and monks trying desperately to manage the rescue efforts here relying on their own resources, with occasional help from donors in other regions.

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  Jyan_Bon at 08:49 PM JST - 15th May

  Nyein Chan;
  BanKi Moon also wrote TWICE to S.G.Than Shwe, who (as a leader) is still yet to reply ,while 2.5 millions of the country's population is severely effected by Nargis, suffering from starvation, exposure and the threat of disease outbreaks. (But Than Shwe is busy rigging votes to legalize it's military rule by 2010). On the 24th May , these people from cyclone destructed delta and Rangoon townships will have to vote Than Shwe's referendum amidst sufferings from having lost their family memebers, homes , livelihoods and barely surviving in congested, filthy, make-shift shelters and queuing for a single meal a day at the monasteries nearby.

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  M_Lammerse at 08:51 PM JST - 15th May

  Dictators in Birma are doing nothing seriously, it's purely a controlled genocide by not allowing professional rescue organisations to help. Security Council should be able to react much quicker. Also China should put much more pressure on the Birmese dictators.

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  USNinJapan2 at 09:10 PM JST - 15th May

  Nyein Chan

  Wherever you are at this moment, if you wish to help your fellow countrymen suffering dying by the minute I suggest you take the next flight back to Myanmar and lend a hand yourself as your 'government' evidently isn't up to the task...

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  Jyan_Bon at 09:11 PM JST - 15th May

  The first part of this tragic event was natural disaster.(Body count is impossible since tens of thousands of victims were simply washed away into the sea.)

  The second part of the tregady, which is extremely slow and painful is PURELY MAN-MADE. Due to the military leaders' ineptitude and blatent disregard on human lives there will be many more thousands, if not million, on their way to join the first group.

  PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN, BY URGING YOUR COUNTRY'S LEADERS TO INTERVENE.

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  Jyan_Bon at 09:25 PM JST - 15th May

  Don't just take Nyein Chan's or anybody's words, if you watch the world news, reporting from the disaster areas,(thanks to the reporters who risk their lives in reporting them), where the desperate victims are speaking out for themselves, you will understand the real situation on the ground. These are the real scenes that Burmese generals are desperately trying to hide from the international community.

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  Jyan_Bon at 10:39 PM JST - 15th May

  Outskirt of Yangon,at Dawpone quarters on the other side of the river bank,the refugees sheltering in the empty warehouses were ordered to leave by 14th. by the local authorities. The victims were told "just leave or the army will be called upon and force you out". When asked how the victims were helped, they said "for the last 12 days, the authorities gave us 1 packet of Myanmar made biscuit, 3 potatoes, 5 small onions and 6 tin of rice, altogether. Only when there are local donors we have proper meal,rice and curry."

  At North Okkalapa (2) quarters, the middle school no.6 is being used as shelter by 375 cyclone victims.They are being forced out by the authorities, as the school building is to be used as (referendum) poll station on the 24th of May. The school is slightly damaged by the storm, therefore the authorities are collecting funds from the parents of the students to repair no.6 middle school, North Okkalapa.

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  Jyan_Bon at 10:59 PM JST - 15th May

  WORSE THAN EXPECTED: Reports Mercy Corps. aid worker in Myanmar. May 14, 2008 Portland, OR - A Mercy Corps humanitarian aid worker said the conditions in Myanmar are extremely serious and worse than he expected. Mervyn Lee, Executive Director of Mercy Corps Europe is in Yangon, the capital of Myanmar where he is working to help coordinate the massive emergency response effort needed to help the estimated two million people who are homeless and need assistance.

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  Jyan_Bon at 01:16 AM JST - 16th May

  It is inhumane for the rest of us to watch the human tragedy unfold in Burma and do absolutely nothing. A few token cargo deliveries are not enough especially when we do not know where the supplies are going. It can no longer be an excuse by saying "The military would not let us in" while millions of people are dying, children have lost parents, people live among corpses, and there is no food and clean water. Natural disasters are one thing. Man-made disasters are another. We are all now taking part in a Man-made disaster. We are all complicit with the Military government when we do absolutely nothing to bring immediate relief to the people of Burma. Please, some humanitarian intervention must be done through the UN to make sure that the people of Burma receive aid directly and immediately

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  Nyein_Chan at 12:07 PM JST - 18th May

  You trust a U.S admiral who is in the country for two hours more than Burmese generals who have been all over by helicopter; and you believe that an US admiral want to save Burmese lives more than Burmese generals. It is incredible. How different is the public brainwashed by the self-censored, biased, free media from the public brainwashed from the government-controlled media?

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  illsayit at 10:04 PM JST - 20th May

  Jyan Bon, one question. Why is it that when you turn to locals there is rice and curry, and proper meals?

  To me that shows that Myanmar does have some self-sufficiency.

  Also, by getting in touch with a local rice miller, in order that you can pass through, shows me that the locals DO have a say where their govt is at.

  The disaster is ONLY a natural disaster. Everybody feels for this type of situation wherever you are. But I think that Myanmar's govt is trying not to be controlled-and especially at this time when people's emotions are highly strung-, and unfortuantely people who are living in such a situation tend to think of their poverty as something unique, when in fact it isnt into poverty YET. It is the vast numbers of people that are affected, that makes it hard to see the truth.

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