| jakartaboy305:34 UTC29 Oct 2007 | I think I'll get away with posting this one without approbation: it is, after all, about a genuine, registered tourist attraction featured in the LP Guide. Surely posters should also be encouraged to include links about shooting monks, too - after all monks are very picturesque, and tourists like taking photos: if the regime shoots all the monks, we won't be able to do it anymore.
Article about the arrest of the Moustache Brothers
U Par Par Lay goes to India to have his toothache treated. The Indian dentist wonders why the Burmese man has come all the way to India. The group’s leader, U Par Par Lay, left, has not been heard from since the Burmese police took him from his home last month during the crackdown against pro-democracy demonstrations. In an undated photo, he is shown with his brother U Lu Maw and the pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
“Don’t you have dentists in Myanmar?” he asks.
“Oh, yes, we do, doctor,” Mr. Par Par Lay says. “But in Myanmar, we are not allowed to open our mouths.”
Article about the arrest of the Moustache Brothers
My apologies for the slightly bitchy remark at the top: but it is a bit hard to draw clear lines about what is a "genuine travel-related issue", isn't it?
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| mosegrisen12:00 UTC29 Oct 2007 | Zarganar Rearrested [Breaking News]
Burma best-known comedian, Zarganar, was rearrested by Burmese authorities at his home on Monday evening, according to sources. A friend of the comedian told The Irrawaddy on Tuesday no charge had been leveled by the authorities, who said they wanted Zarganar for questioning. The authorities gave no indication of how long he would be held, the source said.
It’s suspected that Zarganar is again in trouble with the authorities for visiting monasteries following his release from his last stay in Insein prison on October 17. He had been arrested on September 25 for giving food and water to protesting monks during the September demonstrations.
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| henningwessel13:41 UTC29 Oct 2007 | Off- topic, JB, you're triplets now?
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| jakartaboy213:42 UTC29 Oct 2007 | Well, JB3 is actually Somsai pretending to be me. So if I say anything obnoxious, blame him.
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| somsai16:39 UTC29 Oct 2007 | Nonsense, If I were really me I would be ranting more about Burma. Good joke about the dentist, and thanks for injecting a bit of humour JB.
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| henningwessel16:57 UTC29 Oct 2007 | Yes, have in the meantime seen that... my bad.
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