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| Southeast Asia |
| Security forces beat protesters in Myanmar |
| 2007-09-30 |
| Security forces on Saturday charged a crowd of about 100 protesters in the centre of Myanmar’s main city Yangon, beating many of them and arresting about five, witnesses said. The group had gathered on the Pansoedan bridge in downtown Yangon, and as soon as they started to clap their hands, the squad of about 50 security forces swooped and began attacking them, they said. United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Myanmar on Saturday and was headed straight to the capital, Naypyidaw, for talks with junta leaders, sources said. “He will go directly to Naypyidaw,” a Western diplomat said. A European diplomat summoned Myanmar’s charge d’affairs in Brussels to “explain” the possible tightening of sanctions against his strife-torn country, a spokeswoman said on Saturday. |
| Posted by:Fred |