Reports coming out of Burma are saying that hundreds and possibly thousands of monks and protesters have been executed and their bodies dumped in the jungle. This would be a horrible end to the fight for freedom in Burma that has been going on in the last week. An ex-intelligence officer for the Burmese military junta, Hla Win, who defected last week says the world has no idea how many people have been killed.
Thousands of protesters are dead and the bodies of hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle, a former intelligence officer for Burma’s ruling junta has revealed.
The most senior official to defect so far, Hla Win, said: “Many more people have been killed in recent days than you’ve heard about. The bodies can be counted in several thousand.”
Mr Win, who spoke out as a Swedish diplomat predicted that the revolt has failed, said he fled when he was ordered to take part in a massacre of holy men. He has now reached the border with Thailand.
The military has been raiding monestaries and having the monks get on trucks and they are never seen again or are taken to the Insein Prison.
Reports from exiles along the frontier confirmed that hundreds of monks had simply “disappeared” as 20,000 troops swarmed around Rangoon yesterday to prevent further demonstrations by religious groups and civilians.
Word reaching dissidents hiding out on the border suggested that as well as executions, some 2,000 monks are being held in the notorious Insein Prison or in university rooms which have been turned into cells.
This would be a very sad end to the revolt against the military junta in Burma.
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