October 04, 2007

Myanmar: “Oh yeah, everything is fine”

MoeMaKa Media said:

"while everyone is worried about the situation in Burma, the above video from The Straits Times show Myanmar nationals happily stating that they are happy to be in Singapore and how things are “not so bad” back there besides the curfews and how everything seems to be calm, while smiling at the cameras.”

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Translation of a Burmese newswatch blog's reaction to Singapore's coverage. Original blog entry at http://moemaka.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post_4091.html. "

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Submitted by Anonymous Coward on October 04//12:10pm and published by mb, shianux :: 1598 reads | trackback (2)
Comments 12

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.

Posted by aaronkwok* on 5 October, 2007 - 1:03am

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.

Posted by Anonymous Coward* on 5 October, 2007 - 1:31am