Detainee kyaw tells how he caught him

Detainee kyaw tells how he caught him
Yangon October 6
Kyaw, who requested to use only his first name, had idea to go and watch at the shwedagon pagoda’s east gate, which was meeting point of the peaceful protestor monks at September 26. Even Myanmar government announced the curfew in Yangon last night; he had brave enough to go there.
Great shwedagon pagoda seemed to be holding its breaths that day before afternoon. Armed riot police units lined the streets to pagoda’s east .All roadside shops and restaurants were closed .Barbed wire was laid down across the approach of shwedagon pagoda and that police units kept watch on cars and passers –by.
When he came down from the pagoda’s hill to the Buddhist monks meeting point, the time was nearly noon. There were many people at the pagoda since morning some were sitting under the tree, some were at the teashops near pagoda. All of them want to watch and participate with peaceful demonstration . when he arrive there and he saw a lot of his friends , reporters, who are working in local news journal.
He really did not know he would have caught when he was watching the monks blessing the from Bahan market, near the meeting point. He thought himself he was safe because he saw many young reporters and crowded people were watching like him. After that hundred of Buddhist monks started blessing .In Buddhism, Buddhist monks are the son of Buddha, so that Burmese people traditionally believed in their mind that they are making preservation and missionary for Buddhism.
Then he was standing near that place, he said it was only a few minutes, suddenly the soldiers and polices came down burst into the group and “hands up”
Witness said security forces aggressively broke up a rally about 5000 people in front of the pagoda including the monks .Some said it was more than that and much higher. several people were seen being beaten and taken away in a truck.
“It was round about 70 people including me, who had been caught by this police team.
Around the same time Su one of kyaw’s friend who is working at 7 days news journal, woman reporter noticed that his friend kyaw was missing. Then Su run away there, because of police fired with tear gas to the watching group.
Gradually, Police and soldiers were crashing down the peaceful monks, people around there could not stand and then they protected the monks.
Armed riot police who had trained for that sort of crisis hit both monks, people by iron bar, and shoot tear gas very often; they seem to be aliens came down from other planet. Nevertheless, people and monks are still blessing to them.
Buddhist monks and people who appeal democracy and human rights made marching throughout the country since September 17, 2007. However, local journalists like kyaw could not cover the news, as he wanted.
It was the first misery in Yangon after 1988 strike, the biggest one. Latter they sealed the shwedagon pagoda, blocked the roads with barbed wire.
Kyaw”s, other friends, who was with their group got hits on his backbone, most escaped from that massacre.
At that, time kyaw did not know where they were taking to them. He saw aged people over 60 and also women on the trucks, nearly one hour drive, they arrived armed riot police troop no 7 compound that situated at pyinmapin,, mingalardon, township ,15 miles away from shwedagon pagoda
He and other men had to live in that police barrack; it is 15 feet width and 70 feet long, he said there were no clothes, no mosquito net, and no pillow. Police guarded thickly around that bar.
He also saw policital detainee s,u win nainig nearly over 80 years and 88 students ma Ohn mar ,Thandarmoe.
At September 30 morning the telephone was ringing at the 7 days new journal .It was calling from someone who didn’t mention his name to woman reporter Su . She is one of the kyaw’s closet friend , working at 7 days new journal. when she picked up the phone ”.Kyaw was dead in the prison ‘however she said to identified his name to messenger but she couldn’t reach it.
About half and hour latter, Su gave that message to chief editor of kyaw’s publication and then spread to throughout the country. However, getting accurately figure has been difficult.
It took him 6 days at that place .special branch of police asked questions to him 4 times .Basically; questions are concerned with national league for democracy {NLD) and 88 new generation bloods group.
“I have nothing to do with it, why I was watching that place is I am journalist, I have to know what happen, how it happened, however I couldn’t write that news”.
In October 2, the good new reached to kyaw’s mother ,60 years old widow, .His only son kyaw came back home safely .the government claims 10 people have been killed since violence began in this week. Yangon diplomats said the tool is likely to be much higher.
For hours, she had needed to stay near her son and touch his black hair and embrace him with tiny her arms tightly. Her deep joy clouded only by a wisp of guilt for celebrating among the dead in September misery, a son’s survival.