Photos, video and excerpts from Prachatai’s 17 Nov report Singapore urged to hand off investments and trades with Burma
Activists gathered in front of the Singapore embassy to call on the government of Singapore to take an active lead in international efforts to bring peace to Burma and halt its investments in Burma, when it chairs the ASEAN summit….
Among the protesters, 10 members wore masks showing the faces of the 10 ASEAN leaders including Burma’s Gen Tan Shwe. They put on a performance, with nine ‘leaders’ giving money to Tan Shwe to represent ASEAN investments which only benefit the junta. And all 10 leaders finally stood in line, hand in hand, like the pose in ASEAN meetings….
Adam Cooper of Peace for Burma presented the group’s open letter to the Singapore government through a representative from the embassy….
