The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 527
“Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, the head of the Burmese opposition party who has been in house arrest since 2003, joined a chanting of Buddhist Dharma prayers on 22 September, together with 1,000 monks who were allowed by police to march in a demonstration in front of her house in Rangoon.
“It was the first public appearance of Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi since four years ago; she is the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 1991. Monks, who led the demonstration of protests which started 19 September against the army that holds power in Myanmar (Burma), held demonstrations also in a number of other streets in Rangoon, and in other cities.
“In Rangoon, the monks crossed past the police barrier and stopped opposite Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi’s villa, which was protected by 20 police holding protective shields. While the monks were opposite Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi’s house for 15 minutes, there was a prayer chanting which made some demonstrators cry with emotion. According to witnesses, about 500 other monks demonstrated against the army, which has held power since 1962, in the streets of Mandalay, the second largest city of the country. The monks, who demonstrated, also appealed to the people to join the peaceful protests.” Koh Santepheap, Vol.40, #6152, 24.9.2007
Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:
Monday, 24 September 2007
Khmer Amatak, Vol.8, #518, 24.9.2007
- National Assembly Summons So Khun [Minister of Posts and Telecommunications] to Explain Corrupt Activities of Nhek Kosal Vithyea in the Telecommunications of Cambodia Company
Khmer Machas Srok, Vol.1, #30, 24.9.2007
- Mr. Sam Rainsy Calls for Pressure on Burmese Military Regime to Secure Human Rights and Democracy
- Mr. Son Chhay [SRP parliamentarian, Phnom Penh]: Cambodian Court System Is Still Corrupt
- [President of the Association of Kampuchea Krom Khmer Monks] Yoeung Sin: US Pressure Made Yuon [Vietnamese] Government Release Tim Sakhan on 25 September [who has been defrocked on accusation of having perpetrated an offense against the Buddhist law, because he is accused to have destroyed the harmony between Vietnam and Cambodia, now jailed in Vietnam]
- Samdech Euv [Father King] Denies that the Evacuation of All Citizens from Phnom Penh Was His Plan [when the Khmer Rouge took over in 1975]
Koh Santepheap, Vol.40, #6152, 24.9.2007
- Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi Said Prayers with Monks Who Held Demonstration
Rasmei Angkor, Vol.14, #1229, 24.9.2007
- [Khmer Rouge] Brother No. 2 [Nuon Chea] Demands Mattress, Better Food, and that [low] Toilet Bowl Be Changed [in his detention center – for medical reasons]
Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.15, #4397, 23-24.9.2007
- Ambassadors of Three Big Countries [US, Japan, and South Korea]: Arrest and Trial of [former] Khmer Rouge Leaders Will Not Affect Political Stability
- Prime Minister Asks Minister of Education and Minister of Health Not to Sell Immovable Assets
- Ratanakiri Receives 1 kW FM Radio Station [from the Cambodian National Commission for UNESCO]
Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
Khmer Machas Srok, Vol.1, #31, 25.9.2007
- Asian Human Rights Committee Demands Cambodia Stop Using Troops to Strengthen Prime Minister’s Power
Moneaksekar Khmer, Vol.14, #3272, 25.9.2007
- Sam Rainsy: Current Cambodian Government Uses Gifts to Buy Voters’ Feelings
Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.15, #4398, 25.9.2007
- Lawyer Has Idea to Ask for Nuon Chea to Stay Outside Detention [just saying his client would be happier if he could be released from detention and stay with his family]
- Cambodia Ranked Highest in Percentage of Smokers in the Region
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