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Monthly bribes for rampant logging in northern Burma
Written by KNG Friday, 19 December 2008 17:34
Bribes on a monthly basis is shelled out to the military, police and government offices by Chinese timber businessmen in Kachin state in northern Burma controlled by the Burmese junta's Northern Military Command commander Maj-Gen Soe Win, said local sources.
A truck loaded with timber was seen near Nong Dao gate on China-Burma border.From early November, hundreds of Chinese loggers and log trucks from China's northwest Yunnan province have descended in the forests in Bhamo District in Kachin state. They are into rampant logging and transporting both hardwood and softwood without a break to the Sino-Burma border day and night, said residents of Bhamo.
Currently heavy logging is underway in Manje (Mansi) Township in Bhamo. Chinese timber traders have to pay monthly bribes to the township authorities of the junta--- local military bases, police, Township Administrative Office or Township Peace and Development Council (Ma Ya Kha), agriculture, land registry, immigration, special police and military affairs security unit, according to residents of Manje.
Residents of Manje said, logging in Bhamo District is based on a deal between the Northern Command commander Maj-Gen Soe Win and local Chinese-Burmese timber businessman Lee Maw Yung.
Chart of monthly bribes to the junta authorities in Mansi Township
NO
Name of bribe takers
Government sectors
Amount in Kyat
1
Lt-Col. Aung Moe Naing
Commander of Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No. 319
10,000,000
2
Major Zaw Myo Oo
Military police under LIB No. 319
10,000,000
3
U Soe Than
Chairman of Township Peace and Development Council
1,000,000
4
Htun Kyi
Deputy police in-charge of the township
600,000
5
U Kyaw Htun
Head of Township Immigration
500,000
6
U Myint Than
Head of Township Land Registry
300,000
7
U Hla Pye
Head of Township Agriculture
300,000
8
Corporal Nong Htun
Township Military Affairs Security Unit (Sa Ya Pha)
6,000,000
9
Lt-Sergeant Zaw Nyunt
Township Special Police
6,000,000
10
Head
Township Forestry
1,000,000
11
Representative
Special Mansi representative to Naypyidaw
2,000,000
1 US $ = 1,140 Kyat
Local sources close to the Burmese military said, the Bhamo District Military Strategic Command commander Lt-Col. Khin Maung Maung and Northern Command commander Maj-Gen Soe Win receive the largest amount of bribes from Chinese timber businessmen.
A log truck was stopped by engine problem on the logging road in Manje, Bhamo District, Kachin state in northern Burma.According to villagers around logging sites in Manje, Chinese loggers are also felling trees in forests near villages which are preserved for traditional house construction and firewood over long periods.
On December 15, a villager of Kone Ting in Manje Township was shot dead at night in a logging conflict between the Kone Ting villagers and timber-logger-thieves close to Chinese loggers, said sources close to Kone Ting village.
Commander Maj-Gen Soe Win granted rights to export timber to China through the border checkpoints controlled by the two Kachin ceasefire groups--- Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and New Democratic Army-Kachin (NDA-K) in September after he was appointed as the new commander of Northern Command in late June.
China officially stopped importing timber from northern Burma in late 2005 however Chinese timber businessmen continue importing timber from northern Burma, said local timber traders. + Watch logging video in northern Burma
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The annual Greetings Card Campaign brings people across the world in touch with each other in a simple way - sending a card with a friendly greeting or message of solidarity to someone who is in danger or unjustly imprisoned. These are prisoners of conscience, people under sentence of death, human rights defenders under threat because of their work, and others at risk.
Myanmar (Burma) Min Ko Naing (PA W U TUN)
Peaceful protester imprisoned Political dissident Min Ko Naing was arrested and imprisoned for a third time in August 2007 after leading an anti-government protest. A prominent leader of the pro-democracy uprising of 1988, Min Ko Naing previously spent 15 years in prison, many of them in solitary confinement, for peaceful opposition to the government. He could now face up to 20 years in prison.
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Prominent activist Min Ko Naing was arrested on 21 August 2007, two days after leading a peaceful march in Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar's largest city, to protest increased fuel prices. Later that month large-scale anti-government demonstrations were to erupt across Myanmar, the largest protests against the military junta since 1988. He was arrested with 12 other members of the '88 Generation Students group. This group was cofounded by Min Ko Naing in 2005 to renew the pro-democracy activities of those who took part in the 1988 protests. A veteran campaigner, Min Ko Naing is one of the best-known political dissidents in Myanmar. As chair of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions he was at the forefront of the pro-democracy mass demonstrations that took place across Myanmar 20 years ago. These demonstrations were brutally suppressed by the military junta and an estimated 3,000 people were killed and thousands more imprisoned or 'disappeared'. For his part in the demonstrations Min Ko Naing was imprisoned for 15 years and finally released in 2004. Since his arrest in 2007, Min Ko Naing has been detained in Yangon's Insein prison. The first hearing of his case took place on 28 August 2008, more than a year after his arrest. He appeared in court alongside 34 others, also detained in connection with the demonstrations. All face a range of politically-motivated charges under laws that include three pieces of security legislation routinely used to prohibit and punish peaceful criticism of the government. Conditions in Insein prison are poor and Min Ko Naing has been held in solitary confinement for over 23 hours each day. He has been suffering from an eye infection, gout and high blood pressure for which he has received inadequate medical attention. In April 2008, a specialist finally treated Min Ko Naing's eye infection, but only after after repeated delays. He told Min Ko Naing his eyesight has been affected by his many years in damp prisons. In June 2008 Min Ko Naing's health worsened but his request for further treatment was denied and it is unclear if he was subsequently given the necessary treatment.
The funeral for the Mon monk Bhaddanta Kosalla, Dean of the Faulty of Pariyatti at the International Theravãda Buddhist Missionary University (ITBMU) will be held from December 27-28 at Suahkhakarroi Monastery in Pegu town, Pegu Division.
Bhaddanta Kosalla passed away on November 27th of unknown diseases while sitting in a car waiting for a train to Rangoon in Moulmein Township, Mon State. He was 68 years old.
Bhaddanta Kosalla was in Kyaikmaraw township attending a meeting with Burma's largest union of Mon monks, known as Rhemonnya Ni Kar Ya." According to the driver of car, his supporters immediately brought his dead body to his temple for the viewing and the giving of respects.
"Currently his followers, Mon monk organizations, his students that are now studying abroad, his current ITBMU students and the Ministry of Religious Affairs are preparing for his funeral," a follower of Bhaddanta Kosalla told IMNA via phone.
His student and followers feel that they have lost a "star" of the Mon people, said ITBMU students who do not want to be identified for security reasons, who lamented the loss of someone they say excelled at teaching and literature.
"Due to expertise in literature and religion, the government brought him to ITBMU. He was excellent at teaching and we could easily understand his lessons. Even if we have a new teacher in his position, we will face difficulties because no one is as knowledgeable about literature," the ITBMU student monk added.
Bhaddanta Kosalla was born on February 17th, 1941 in Ye Township, Mon State. The date of his Higher ordination was March 25th, 1962. Bhaddanta Kosalla was highly educated, and the author of many books on Buddhism, he has been acting for SÈsana. He graduated with his B.A. from Rangoon University in 1961. He passed with DhammÈcariya (Master of Dhamma) and Vinayadhara (The Bearer of vinaya) in 1973 and 1975 respectively.
In 1985 and 1987 he obtained a Diploma in Journalism and Diploma in English (Gold Medallist) from Aquinas college Colombo. He also gained a Post Graduate Diploma in Buddhist Studies from Kelaniya University in 1985-86. In 1989, he earned a M.A. in Budhist Literature from the University of Kelaniya.
In 2001 and 2005, Burma's government conferred upon him the title "AggamahÈganthavÈcaka paÓÉita and AggamahÈpaÓdita." He was an abbot at Suahkhakarroi Monastery and the Dean of the Faculty of Pariyatti at I.T.B.M.U. until his death.
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