I am sorry about the image on the left, of a Buddhist monk, I believe showing signs of torture, floating dead in a river. But these are desperate circumstances. The Burmese junta is going to great lengths to prevent this information from getting to us.
Kenji Nagai, the Japanese journalist killed last week, was not caught in any crossfire. He was shot at close range, deliberately, by a Burmese soldier and we have the footage.
Other important links: Democratic Voice of Burma, Irrawaddy.
This Daily Mail report could not be more chilling:
Thousands of protesters are dead and the bodies of hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle, a former intelligence officer for Burma’s ruling junta has revealed.
The most senior official to defect so far, Hla Win, said: “Many more people have been killed in recent days than you’ve heard about. The bodies can be counted in several thousand.”
Mr Win, who spoke out as a Swedish diplomat predicted that the revolt has failed, said he fled when he was ordered to take part in a massacre of holy men. He has now reached the border with Thailand.
I don’t think Mr Win has a reason to lie.
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