15th May – Accounts from inside

The merchant from Maupin came back.
All the clothes were given to people who are taking refuge in a monastery.
There are around 250.
People are also put into state schools.
The natives and people from Yangon are feeding them.
It costs 5 lakhs (USD 460) to feed about 1500 people for three meals a day.
He is going back there again this Saturday.
I’m going to buy dried fish and chic peas tomorrow.

This afternoon, I went to Hlaing Thar Yar with the monastery at Kamaryut.
We gave 300 meal packages at three different camps-a monastery, a “dammaryone”( a Buddhist school) and buildings at roadsides.
People from these buildings are told to move out by the end of this month.
There are 274.
At the monastery, there are 130 households living without any mosquitoes nets.
People at the quarter nearby “dammaryone” were going to the place where they were to line up to get toothpaste and soaps, but they will need to take lucky draws- only the lucky ones will get it.
I’m going to buy mosquitoes nets for them.

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Dr. Moe Kaung

Harassment continue by the consistently Evil Junta

The victims numbering a few thousand seeking refuge in Rangoon are now order to return to the devastated delta by May 20. There are no shelters, no water, no food and NO aid.

These international aid that have since arrived are mainly kept by the Junta. I guess they want them to vote for the referendum of the Junta’s drafted constitution. WHAT for??? The Junta has already declared that over 92% has voted YES.

Daw Khin Win Kyi, member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) was punched and arrested for daring to want to voice the suffering of the refugees to visiting senior government officials, foreign diplomats and UN officials in South Dagon Township.

This occurred around 4 pm at the time of the inspection of the donated tent shelter that was just put up for show to the foreign visitors. South Dagon is one the worst hit area around Rangoon and the refugees was in the care till now by private donors and slept in the monasteries and schools.

Very Little foreign Aid has reached the Victims of Nargis

14th May – Account from inside

Conditions deteriorate and become unbearable for the victims. They have to vacate temporary shelters to make way for carrying on the referendum on the 24th May in the cyclone destructed region.

Even in Rangoon, refugees in Dawpon Township are forced out by the miliatry. Private persons providing shelters for the victims are order not to do it anymore or face prosecution.

Controll along the road in and out of the delta now include random interogation of the travellers. Even private Burmese donors wishing to provide aid to the victims when spotted are turn back. Security is getting tighter.

Materials belonging to foreign aid organisation (red cross) have been discovered on sales in Mingalar market in Rangoon, normally these aid materials for sales are found near or in the delta region.