BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 32 – AUGUST 2009

KEY STORY
• Guilty as planned
• Baseless trial, scripted verdict
• International reactions
INSIDE BURMA
• Onslaught in Shan State
• SPDC attacks spill into China
• SPDC targets women
• BGF inflames border areas
• Transitional package
• Pro-democracy campaigns
• Monks harassed
• SPDC dams future
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Arrests and imprisonment
• Prison transfers
DISPLACEMENT
• More Karen refugees
• Malaysia mistreats migrants
• Rohingya die in Thai detention
INTERNATIONAL
• China rebukes the SPDC
ECONOMY
• Trade hits record high
• Burma’s gas balloons
• Korean deals
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS