Thailand. 54 Myanmar migrants found dead in a container

สถานที่ท่องเที่ยว Yet another tragedy of despair in the troubled area between Burma and Thailand and more? precisely in the province of Ramong, with the death of 54 Burmese nationals died of suffocation in an attempt to achieve a better perspective of life in Phuket, known locations? Thai tourism.
In addition to them were recovered 67 survivors, of whom 21 were hospitalized, for a total of 121 people amassed by human traffickers in the 12 square meters offered by a van used to transport the fish. The cost of the journey of despair was the equivalent of $ 160, a veritable fortune for a Burmese.
The testimonies of the survivors have allowed the police to reconstruct the facts and investigators to explain that the illegal immigrants, for the most? women, have remained closed for hours inside the container, the air was decreasing with the passage of minutes.
According to the testimony of thirty Saw Win, we learn that 121 people crammed inside the vehicle at some point in the journey, when the air? now become unbearable, they tried to warn the driver of the vehicle of the danger, striking with force on the inner walls of the compartment of the transport vehicle and shouting loudly.
The cries of despair seems to have had the desired effect, with the chauffeur ready to turn the air conditioning, only to turn it off shortly after, throwing the passengers into despair, which ceased after a few minutes every complaint, so provoking? curiosity? that the driver opened the door of the container made the gruesome discovery, after deciding to flee. Now the police? his footsteps and has already? arrested the owner of the vehicle, for that? said to be in the dark of the traffic of people that is accomplished through the medium of his property?. The news of the death of migrants from Burma is tragic decision to frame the scheme of the "Council of the State Peace and Development", in power in Burma, which has announced that on May 10 will be held? the referendum on the Constitution, which should take the lead in the elections scheduled for 2010, officially a "roadmap" to democracy. Gi? ? was announced a "draft" of the Constitution, which, as expected, reaffirmed the supremacy of the ruling junta.
The news? was received with great suspicion by the opposition to the regime led by Nobel Peace Prize, Aung San Suu Kyi, imprisoned in 1990 at the time of the last elections took place in the country, from which USC elections? the same winner Suu Kyi and her "National League for Democracy (NLD) victory that was not recognized by the regime, which react? with arrests and violence.
The violence has reached a phase of strong growth, including media, in September 2007, during which they broke new protests led by Buddhist monks, protests for democracy which has resulted in violent repression.
To address the emergency in Burma? been delegated by the EU wall, Piero Fassino as special envoy of EU High Representative for Foreign Policy on Burma, which has recently reiterated its concern about the "rejection of the proposed UN envoy by the authorities? of Myanmar, "adding that the referendum of May should? go to "essential safeguards to ensure a democratic conduct 'free and fair'" of the consultation, including guarantees the release of many political prisoners, including Suu Kyi.
Request rejected by the junta that the voice of the Information Minister said that in Myanmar there are not political prisoners, and that if Suu Kyi is under house arrest? why? has attempted to destabilize the country.
Not the best guarantees for a transition to a democracy that is still a mere utopia and that reflects the desperation of thousands of men and women looking for a new chance? in Thailand.

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