are you sure their media and blogs are not controlled by the govt? i kinda find it hard to believe that it is "nothing serious", when the rest of the world is making a big deal out of it.

Actually, throughout the whole video i could sense the reporter screaming silently: "wtf?!? what do you mean things will be ok? shouldn't you guys be more worried?" Notice how she kept prompting: "aren't you worried...?" They were prolly hoping to find someone weeping hysterically....

Thing is, people who dare to travel at this time are prolly boh chup types anyway.

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Can't really read Burmese, but such comments from the interviewees are highly insensitive of their fellow countrymen. Maybe the Burmese here got too good a life that they get soft and cannot emphatise. Heard from a friend there's some vigil at SMU, anyone attended? Straitstimes should go and cover that one.

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DBS Group Holdings Ltd is the holding company of DBS bank and is one of the largest companies in terms of market capitalisation listed on the Singapore Exchange... Included in its international banking network is a representative office in Burma....

Thot I was watching news the other day, and there were a lot of ppl being interviewed at Peninsular Plaza. They were talking about how tense were back home and how worried they were for their family members.

The crucial difference here of course is that they were shown in silhouette which means they're basically free to say whatever they want.

You are right. Those interviewees were probably smiling against their will to avoid getting into trouble. I wouldn't be surprised they could even be blackmailed into accepting the interviews to get out of trouble.

Maybe they are family members of military personnels? Things are definitely good for them!

they sure know what will happen to them if they do not make politically correct statements. Didn't the junta say they've got photos of the protesters and are going to catch and punish them? These interviewees are on TV. What can be worse if they talked bad about the junta?

Wat to do? Of cos cannot play punk on TV lah! In Burma, the oppressiveness comes from using real force to clamp down opposing voices. Down here it’s actually the similar level of control just that it comes in the form of laws, sue till u go to jail or bankrupt. Better be an obedient citizen or foreigners if you are visiting or working here...So ssaying no comments is the best way to avoid any trouble.

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Then I started wondering--Is Singapore the only country investing in Myanmar? No way! Can't be, right?...

give them all an iphone and everything will be okay!!!!