Business at work and at home have kept me from writing too much on recent events in Myanmar—the protests by activists and monks against the Burmese junta, and the subsequent repression of those protests. Listening to the BBC while running an errand yesterday evening, for example, I heard one reporter relaying rumors of folks being taken from their homes by armed thugs in the middle of the night, and other folks being told that they’re “on the list.”
However, this post at The Moderate Voice struck a special chord with me, and I thought I’d bring it to your attention:
In the last week, Buddhist nuns, who in Burma are called Keepers of Virtue, amongst other honored
titles, shyly left their shelters and joined with Buddhist monks to protest Senior General Than Schwe’s policies that have purposely bankrupted Burma so he could float in diamonds and rubies while the people drowned in poverty.My correspondent relays that there is nary a nun to be seen anywhere. The fears are high that something very bad has taken place and is being hidden by Than Schwe.