Police Raid Burmese Migrand School in Chaig Mai

Police Raid Burmese Migrant School in Chiang Mai
By SAW YAN NAING
Friday, February 29, 2008, -->
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Thai police on Thursday raided an unregistered school for Burmese migrant workers in Chiang Mai, offering courses in languages and computer skills, according to school staff.
Thein Lwin, an organizer of the school, known as the Chiang Mai Learning Center, told The Irrawaddy on Friday that Thai police inspected the school for one and half hours and seized six motorbikes own by students.
One student, Sai Lu, was arrested.
About 300 students—many without migrant registration documents—currently attend the school, including a number of Thai students.
During the raid, some students without legal documents or a work permit tried to flee, fearing arrest and deportation.
Thein Lwin said, “They [police] arrested a student who tried to escape, and they took away six motorbikes that didn’t have proper papers.”
Thai police didn’t demand the closure of the school during the raid, said Thein Lwin, and the motorcycles will be returned after a fine is paid.
The school has operated with the knowledge of Thai authorities since 2005, providing free education courses in Thai, English and Burmese, plus computer training. The school has about 10 teachers.
Sayar Sai, a teacher, said: “So long as we run our school without registration, we will face such actions. But, we are trying to register as a formal school.”
The school is financially supported by donors and non-governmental organizations and operates on a budget of about US $1,500 per month.
The goal is to provide an opportunity for students to broaden work skills and to study languages, said Thein Lwin.
The school offers two sessions each morning and evening, with two levels available in all subjects. A computer class is offered at night. A three-month course of study is offered.

Migrant School at Rubbish Heap

This is the school of migrant children near by rubbish heap area at Maesot .Parents are hoping for their child to be educated person.
Do you agree with them?
School standing with just small amount of fund and some donation.Last a few day ago, there had a bomb exploded and some people wounded.
It is nearly 70 houses and 300 people live around this area .Now,their future is not sure because they live in that place illegally.

Who bomb that poor Burmese migrants?

At least fourteen Burmese migrans were seriuosly injured when the bomb exploded 22,Feb ;2008 ,morning, around 8:30 am, at the Maesot ,Thai -Burma border.All victims were rushed to Mae Sot hospital's emergency unit.Tere were nearly three hundred migrants people live around this area.Collecting plastics and other useful material,with it them resold.

Actually , they left from Burma for civils war , economic crisis and pressure of SPDC soldiers.They lived around the rubbish heap area very poorly.

WHO , BOMB THAT POOR PEOPLE? DO THEY HAVE ANY GUILT ?

Who Kill Mahn Sha ?

Mahn Sha, Kreans' national leader was killed by two gun men in his house at Mae Sot .Who killed him?

Mnoks Action: Founding of Sasana Moli International Burmese Monks Organization Thailand

An open letter from Saffron People's movement Committee

Saffron Robe people's movement of Burma

A meeting held on the Thai -Burma border on the 16th ,Dec;07 by monks and lay people who managed to escape after the September 2007 creckdown by the Military regime in Burma.
The September;07 demostrations lead by the Buddhist clergy by the military.This fact was well established through print and television media around the world.
Hence , the meeting held on the above date, and attend by duly elected leading monks ,formed the Saffron Robe People's Movment accrodingly.thus this movement consisting of 3 seior elected monks,and 5 lay people from the expatriateBurmese community at learge, about the tragic situation that is , in Burma nowadays since september 2007.
It is without doubt thatthe military relentlesly continues to pursue those who took part in the september ;2007 demostrations.And monks ,lay people ,and student that are avoiding arrest continue to filter through the Thai -Burma border .These occurrences cause grate difficulties for the movement because it has to render as much help aspossible to those who manage to escape.
One of the movement's pressing issues is finding safe housing for those who are now living in uncertainty in exile.The movement have so far manage to provide the monks and their supporters with rellatively safe accommodation .
The movement's immediate and inter-mediate needs are;

1. To provide food and sheltier its members
2.To be abale to get UN refugee status for those members
3.to seek funds for tele-communation equipments i.e ,computer and
internet services
4.And , to also send some kind of help for the families of those arrested

because of their invlovement in the september;2007 demostration in

Burma.


Thank you kindly for your interest and generosity.

The Saffron People Movement Committee

Why the child crying?

What can we do for that child ?














Mother is hunting for food and child is crying with hunger .Last a few year ago they left from Burma for the economic crisis and poverty but they couldn't find a job in Thailand .They try to survive near by a rubbish heap .

They are confusing to give up power

How can we do and what can we do for change?Do you think that we must wait until the new election? Who can grantee that will SPDC give up their power?Did they keep their promises in the past time?

TO ALL RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS

What took place in Sept;2007,When the military junta in Burma crushed the peaceful demostrations by the Buddhist monks unprecedented .Not only in Burma history,but also in the context of the cultural history of the country as well.
Although monks in the past,during the colonial period of the British ,and the Japanese occupation in 1942-45,were killed because of their involvement in political matters,never in the history of Burmese people,have so many Buddhist monks been brutally killed,beaten,and shown absolute disregard by those in power who are,and call thwm self Buddhist.It is sad and dark chapter of Burma's history indeed.
Monks who were helped by leader and prominent members of other faiths,such as Musilem,Christran,Sikh, Hindu,and all religious,were also threatend by military for rendering assistance to the buddhist monks.Report about prominent members of other faiths who are also being harassed and intimidated by the regime continually are frequent amongst the communities,within and outside the country.
This atrocious situation is the reality in Burma today.This is why the monks and the organizing committee of the saffron strength robe people's Movement would like to urge leaders and adherents of the Buddhist faith, and all other faiths ;Muslen ,Christain,Hindu ,Sikh and all realigious to truly see what the military towards all regilious faiths is without doubt a chilling and tragic fact.
Therefore,members of all faiths within and the country,we seek your help in this struggle;to rid Burma of a military regime that has descended to the lowest of the low;for killing monks who dared to call for change for the better of the peoples of Burma.

The organizing committee for the Saffron Robe People's Movement of Burma.
Dated 26 DEC ,2007.