13th May – Accounts from inside

The sum of 300,000 Kyatts mentioned yesterday was used today to buy longyi (sarong) and t-shirts for 100 persons. These clothings will be distributed by the merchant. The next batch of fund will reach Singapore by Wednesday and will be pass on to our distributer on Thursday. The junta is now preventing victims to remain in the various monasteries and schools. They are forced out. Monasteries and monks are prevented from helping the victims. Most victims now showed signs of sickness, sores and trauma. Burmese medical teams working with local NGOs are having difficulties as the junta is not allowing them accesses to the delta. These teams need their equipments with them otherwise no care can be provided. Security control along the ways into the delta are very tight, anyone looking foreign or locals wearing foreign aid logo will be stop and turned back. Most locals carrying aid in small amount can get through undeteched, by negotiation or by giving “token”. Rumours that villages not populated mainly by Burman are not given any attention and aid.