BBC (Tuesday): Burma's prime minister "arrested"

[Jack Rabbit]

From the BBC Online
Dated Tuesday October 19 11:09 GMT (4:09 am PDT)

Burma`s prime minister "arrested"

Conservative elements in Burma's military junta have ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt and put him under house arrest, Thai officials say.

"Khin Nyunt was removed from his position," Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told reporters.

In recent months diplomats have spoken of a power struggle between Khin Nyunt, number three in Burma's hierarchy, and the hard-line Senior General Than Shwe.

The dispute appears to be more about business than politics, analysts say.

The Burmese junta is a crooked regime that continues to rule after free and fair elections made Aung San Suu Kyi president many years ago.

Imagine that! A nation governed by a crooked regime that does not allow the legitimately elected leader to assume power! We ought to do something about it.

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Do they have any oil?

If'n not, looks like I'll be missin' mah Burma-Shave.

--bkl

[Moderator]

2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=915318




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