Voting in the Military

Burma's Information War

Voting in the Military As all eyes are on Burma's elections and the international media struggle to gain access, hidden cameras in this report offer a ground level look inside the junta.

Cho Cho Nyein has spent seven years in prison for her political work, yet she is confident: "I do believe one can use this election to change the system". As the election approaches, the information war is intensifying. In a dramatic new step, Amnesty International is actively intervening by smuggling in radios. Handing them over to armed KNLA members to distribute, its a compromising position for the charity. Monks involved in the Saffron Revolution are also still active: "We do whatever we can, sticking up posters and organising", and yet intelligence forces recently imprisoned a senior monk for 15 years for owning a laptop. With Aung San Suu Kyi and over 2,100 other political prisoners still incarcerated, can Burma's people really escape from "living like scared frogs under a log"?
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