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YANGON, Myanmar
Myanmar’s military government is forcing cyclone victims out of refugee camps and “dumping” them near their devastated villages with virtually no aid supplies, the United Nations said Friday.
Eight camps set up earlier by the government for homeless victims in the Irrawaddy delta town of Bogalay were “totally empty” as the clear-out continued, UNICEF official Teh Tai Ring told a meeting of aid groups.
“The government is moving people unannounced,” he said, adding that authorities were “dumping people in the approximate location of the villages, basically with nothing.”
After his statements were reported, UNICEF issued a statement saying the remarks actually referred to “unconfirmed reports by relief workers on the relocation of displaced people affected by” the May 2-3 storm.
The Associated Press
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
PYAPON, Myanmar: The flimsy bamboo hut built near a road is all Aye Shwe has to keep his family of eight dry. They lost their home to the cyclone and fear they may soon be uprooted again by soldiers ordering them to leave.
Myanmar’s reclusive government has opened up slightly to the world in the past week, allowing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to meet with the country’s ruling general and inviting 50 countries for a donors conference to raise money for victims of the May 2-3 storm that killed 78,000.
But survivors in the clobbered Irrawaddy delta say the junta and its soldiers are as iron-fisted as ever, making some victims return to their flooded, collapsed homes and forcing others to work. Even some Myanmar volunteers donating food and supplies to survivors are being stopped, and the government has started impounding cars.
“Where my house used to be is still filled with water up to my waist,” said Aye Shwe, who was ordered by soldiers to leave the hut. “How can I build a new house there?”
In the nearby town of Bogalay, about 120 survivors were crammed into the Sankyaung monastery, filled with the sound of rattling coughs and wailing children.
They heat up food delivered by donors, mostly meals of rice and vegetables, about twice a day. But abbot Kawvida said no aid has been provided by the government.
Those stuck outside aren’t as lucky. Bodies line the monastery walkway lying atop tarps and rattan mats. Plastic sheets strung from the roof provide limited shelter from the daily rains, but some able-bodied survivors are being forced to leave for work. (more…)
By: MyoChitMyanmar
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