Feb 02, 2006 (DVB) - Around 900 inmates from the notorious Rangoon Insein Jail were transferred to Pyinmana Kyappyay region in central Burma on the morning of 1 February, according to sources close to the prison. Eyewitnesses told DVB that they saw prisoners being goaded and loaded onto Chinese–made military trucks and a prison staff confirmed the report. He added that prisoners were transported to Pyinmana in thirty trucks and three sorties. | Because death "marches" attract too much attention |
The same prison official, who doesn’t want to be named, said that the authorities ‘from above’ sent a directive ordering the transfer of another one thousand 'police-controlled' prisoners to the area in order to finish the construction of the new capital in haste.| Wonder if they'll be clearing launch sites for these? |
February 02, 2006 (DVB) - More missile launching pads and carriers believed to be from Ukraine, had arrived in Burma on 30 January aboard a ship registered in Ukraine, according to a Burmese port authority official who doesnÂ’t want to be named. The official also said that he could not give the name of the ship but he confirmed that the ship travelled from Thilawa Port to Rangoon on 1 February. Another port official said that 10 launching pads and 10 carriers transported in containers, were picked up by army personnel from nearby Hmawbi Airbase and they were accompanied by 10 foreign people believed to be Ukraine nationals. No independent confirmation has been obtained about the report. |