18th March 2021 The 18th ASEAN Military Intelligence Meeting AMIM-18 took place online yesterday morning. The meeting was attended by Lt-Gen Ye Win Oo, Colonel Haji Mohammad Muluddin Bin Awang Haji Latif of Brunei, Lt-Gen Hun Manith of Cambodia, Maj-Gen Andjar Airatma of Indonesia, Maj-Gen Thongvanh Chanthavong of Laos, Lt-Gen
17th March 2021 The fall out from Hlaing Thar Yar continues as refugees pour out of the township. They are migrant workers from the countryside who work in the factories in the Industrial zone. The brutality of the military has demoralised the population. Unfortunately, it has resulted in the factories
16th March 2021 As I said yesterday, most communications from Myanmar are closing down. There are no mobile networks operational and the internet is down. The obvious question is why? Linking this to the convoy of troops crossing the bridge into Hlaing Thar Yar and the increased number of troops
15th March 2021 Army vehicles are crossing the bridge from Insei to Yangon Industrial zone at Hlaing Thar Yar. Fires are raging from factory blazes. There is debate about whether they were started by protesters or agents provocateur/military. The other side of the bridge from Hlaing Thar Yar is
14th March 2021 This is the British reaction to the actions of the authorities today. (Nothing heard from New Zealand). The Embassy is on Strand Road in downtown Yangon and the Residence is near the main railway station, so they are well placed to observe what is going on in
13th March 2021 We have just completed 50 days from the start of the coup and what have we learned? The resistance has been more widespread and stronger than the Military, especially Min Aung Hlaing ever considered possible. They were expecting it to peter out after a couple of weeks.
12th March 2021 In order to give you all a balanced view of the situation, I have a piece from the Global New Light of Myanmar (the State-owned paper) that gives a different perspective. Chickpea growers in Pwintbyu Township, Magway Region are expecting a good price in the coming harvest
11th March 2021 The Infamous Insein Prison, Yangon Insein prison was cleared of many prisoners early in the coup to make way for the arrest of protesters later. It is well known for torture, brutality, and poor treatment of prisoners, many of whom are not recorded. Protesters Arrested in North
10th March 2021 Well, the situation is getting interesting. The BBC carried a report today and an interview with members of the Myanmar police force who had crossed the border and sought asylum in India as they didn’t agree with killing innocent people. Following on from my report about
9th March 2021 Many of you may have seen and read of the attack on an ambulance and the brutal treatment of the medical staff recently, if not on The BFD then the MSM did carry a report. The window was shot out by a shotgun. Where did the cartridges
9th March 2021 Kneeling before them in the dust of a northern Myanmar city, Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng begged a group of heavily armed police officers to spare “the children” and take her life instead. The image of the Catholic nun in a simple white habit, her hands spread,
8th March 2021 As things progress in Myanmar with the same routine of a few deaths, a lot of beatings and pictures of violence and mayhem I will try and report on matters that the MSM miss or ignore. Of course, if there is unusual brutality or a change in
7th March 2021 Today I was fortunate enough to contact a couple of my sources in Myanmar who are well placed in the civil service. What I am going to comment on is uncorroborated and probably won’t appear in the MSM. In the days leading up to the coup
Despite the GNLM reports, all is not well in Myanmar as the economy continues to tank. In a continuation of its policy of pretending that life in Myanmar is carrying on as normal, the Global New Light of Myanmar carried this as its main story today. I.S.P.E
5th March 2021 War Footing: Why Business May Never Return to ‘Normal’ The Frontier magazine has published another perceptive article on the state of Myanmar, looking at the economic consequences of the coup. I make no excuses for the length of today’s article, based on the Frontier piece, but
5th March 2021 When I send my reports in, I try to stick to reporting and not editorialise too much, tempting though it is. In the interest of fairness and balance I feel that it is appropriate to give some alternative views of the situation in Myanmar. Groups of bombers
