This is an extract from an update sent by Ben Hur. I have edited certain bits out, for various reasons.
Hi Everyone,
Thankyou all for moving so fast. Here I am sending the latest situation in Burma (Up to October 04, 6:00 pm)
The junta has announced curfew since a week ago, the troops has raided many monasteries, they visited house to house around mid-night and picked up whom they suspected as the protest leaders in Rangoon, the former capital city of Burma.
Till today evening (around 3:00 pm Burma time) the Light Infantry Batallion No. 66 has seized two of the biggest monastery in Rangoon.
The ShweMaw monastery which situated in South Okkalapa township was seized around midnight. All 30 monks (Including the senior reverend monk) were arrested. A source, who is staying beside the monastery, said “It seems like the troops raiding a terrorists camp. Thereafter the blood stained monastery was locked and pasted the poster which mentioned it is strickly prohibited to enter”.
Around at 3 pm Burma time, the same thing happened at Maggin monstry in Tingankyin township, where all the monks have been arrested (not confirmed in numbers) but 9 Koyins (junior monks or monks below teenagers) were sent to another monastery.
Though thousands of activist has been arrested, the junta has released less than 50 activists and claimed that they has released them almost all of them. While many of the parents doesn’t know whether their children are dead or alive, or even they doen’t know that whether they were arrested or not. When those who were released today claimed their goods like hand phone, Ipods, golden chain, wallets, camera and other valuable things, they were warned by the concerned authorities that they would be sent to hard labor camp if they try to accuse the authority by making claims. So, most of them doesn’t dare to claim but just keep quiet. (NB: Though cell phones are cheap here, the cost of a single mobile hand phone cost minimum 30 lacs or 3 million Kyats. and to get this handphone activate, they must give atleast the same price to the authority as a bribe)
It is also learnt that though there is no demonstration in Rangoon, more than 190 NLD members were arrested.
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