Re: Freedom of information
- From: "Grant" <grantshwe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:30:30 +0000 (UTC)
Labor
Your first four lines (only). The facts are:
There is no restriction on reception of BBC, DVB, VOA, RFA etc radio
broadcasts throughout Burma - they are not jammed, as in China., possibly
because of cost and technical difficulties. Satellite television is
generally available - there is a forest of dishes all over Mandalay and
Rangoon, as any foreign visitor can see. Cost (including licence) US$ 200 -
600, depending on system. Reception includes DVB TV. Some tea-shops relay
satellite services, at their discretion. A tea-shop showing DVB TV to
customers would be warned or fined, the licence revoked and the set probably
confiscated.
Internet is expanding, but web-based email addresses like Yahoo, Hotmail,
GMX etc are not available. All "Burma Democracy" sites are filtered out,
including soc.culture.burma. Internet nerds, however, can do wonders through
proxy sites. At a price commercial businesses, independent or "crony", can
subscribe to unfiltered services. Foreign visitors can use these services to
get their email, on recommendation by international class hotels, but all
Burmese citizens must use local email services. Thailand and Burma have a
mutual GMS mobile system, but calls are not cheap. Other countries are in
the process of negotiating GSM agreements, but this is primarily to assist
foreign visitors.
Burmese are on the whole very well informed about the outside world, and
know very much more about their country's problems than most foreign
visitors can imagine. Burma is not China, and the proximity of Thailand,
India and Bangladesh means that the borders are very porous. And everyone
chats!
You should go there one day. It is both better and worse than you imagine!
Grant
"labor" <labor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:44200979$0$4663$5a62ac22@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Is there freedom of information in Burma. Can a person who owns a computer
and modem surf the Net. Can that person log on to the Soc.culture.burma
site
and read what I am typing. Can a person in Burma freely tune into BBC, DVB
and VOA? Why are they not permitted?. We were told that the junta is
seeking
to democratise the country and yet jailing, torturing, raping and handing
down 21 years sentences!!. Why are the people not allowed to discuss the
affair of their own country?. Why is the junta not wanting to discuss the
affair of the nation with the people in a round table discussion. Are they
afraid of the people?. Are they ruling by fear?. Is it because only the
uneducated so called self promoted worthless generals know how to run the
country by killing and jailing opposition democratic members of
parliaments.
There is no freedom of speech, press, assembly and information. So the
junta
can do what they like; lie to their own people and deceive the world
community and the UN. Is that good for the country, Is that good for the
nation. Is that good for the despairing people???. The junta dont care. It
is more important to protect their back. Ne Win always went to bed with a
machine gun on his bed side table. It was known that he even shot rats at
night for making noise thinking that somebody entering the room. He was
always afraid at nights...Than Shwe is also afraid, very afraid. Has any
body counted the number of soldiers guarding Than Shwe's and Maung Aye's
houses at night ??!!. Absolute waste of the country's resources and
money...
What is the use of a leader if the people can not approach them.
.
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