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Author Topic: 'VIP camp' set up to impress officials, while ordinary Burmese struggle  (Read 103 times)
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« on: May 22, 2008, 11:33:57 AM »

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/22/asia/aid.php?page=1
HLINETHAYA RELIEF CAMP, Myanmar:The neat row of 68 blue tents for cyclone victims in this camp in a western Yangon suburb made headlines in Myanmar's state-run media when the leader of the country's military junta, Than Shwe, inspected it last Sunday as a showcase of government relief efforts.

Several days after Than Shwe came and went in his demonstration of concern for the millions struggling with homelessness and hunger since the May 3 storm, bottles of cooking oil inside many tents remained unopened. Pots and pans still bore their brand-name stickers. The camp's sole "medical" tent, sporting a Red Cross flag, contained neither patients nor medicine. Its desk was manned by two teenagers in dark brown uniforms. Police officers armed with rifles guarded the entrance, where a brand-new water purifier tank donated by a local company was on prominent display.
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