Politicians go to jail?

The video file of National Minister U Ohn Myint speech to the villagers ;in which he assaulted the villagers and politicians in Myanmar has spread quickly these days. "Oppositional political activists and people who against the government will be sent to jail" is the potential threatening words on the way of the Nation. Following video is the responses of politicians to minister.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71MLqAczjX4

Donation list

Following is the list of donation for memorial event General Aung San's Birthday. Donations are contributed by Burmese community in New York,USA. It shows how much Burmese people love the mother land even we are away from mother land and still remembering the country's leader.

Since Aunty Daw Aung San Su Kyi is visiting Chin State ,meet warmly with the local ethnic groups and mentions that “To have a developed nation, we need equal development among states and divisions,” she said. “If states are left behind, the country won’t be developed. The government should keep in touch with ethnic people to learn what they need.”
 Chin State is the poorest state in Burma, and Daw Aung San Su Kyi emphasized the need for development.
The National League for Democracy (NLD) chairperson has made constitutional reform a priority since joining Parliament in 2012, as the current military-drafted charter prevents her from becoming president after the 2015 election.

Daw ASSK in Falam, Chin State (Photo:Internet)

 

The Wish of U Maung Weik, former businessman and prisoner

Former Burma’s young business barons, Maung Weik  who has been sentenced at Lanmadaw Township Court in Rangoon to 15 years imprisonment on drug trafficking charges, according to a member of his staff and sources in Rangoon.The reason of his imprisonment was related to the top level military leaders personal problems in 2008. He release from imprisonment on 3rd January 2014. He spoke to local journal medias that he solemnly wish the country is free from bullying.

Photo: Internet

Thousands Welcome Daw Aung San Su Kyi’s Chin State Visit

Aunty Daw Aung San Su Kyi is visiting Chin State, the country’s poorest state, for the first time in a decade to speak to the public about constitutional reform.
“I do not want to push the people to do this or that. That’s why it’s really important for them to understand why the Constitution must be amended. That’s the reason I’m here,” she said from her hotel balcony in Kalay Myo, speaking to the crowd below.

Photo: Internet

Why do they protest?

Burma’s leading student activist groups ( 88 generation students and Generation Wave) and nearly 1,000 supporters urge the government to abolish and amend restrictive laws that make it difficult to organize protests on 5th January 2014 near Sule pagoda in Yangon. I got a doubt concerning the transforming process for democracy of my country. 

An aerial view of protesters gathering at a sit-in to urge the government to abolish or amend undemocratic laws and regulations. (Photo: JPaing /The Irrawaddy)

 

Also in attendance at the sit in was Khaing Maung Yi, a member of Parliament from the National Democratic Force (NDF) party, who stands with a poster. (JPaing / The Irrawaddy)

66th Independence Day

4th January, 2014  is the 66th  Independence Day of the Republic  of Union of Myanmar. The following video reminds me of the result of will and perseverance trying to get freedom. My understanding of freedom is not getting independent from colony, but the self-confident, autonomy and individual development of the citizens of a country. I salute the leaders who tried for the independence of the land where I was born.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDS-KxG2rkc

Photo: Internet

Independent Column in Yangon