BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 37 – JANUARY 2010

KEY STORY
• SPDC's economic mismanagement
• SPDC way to privatization
• Corruption cripples Burma
INSIDE BURMA
• Election promises
• Protests, boycotts, campaigns
• NLD marks Independence Day
• NLD re-organizes CEC
• SPDC toys with Daw Suu
• SPDC Army gets new radios
• Military reshuffles
• Death sentences for officials
• Opium cultivation increased
• SPDC presses on BGF
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Reports blasts SPDC
• Arrests and prison sentences
• SPDC-ILO agreement extended
DISPLACEMENT
• Two thousand Karen flee
• Rohingya plight worsens
• Thailand extends deadline
INTERNATIONAL
• Int’l concerns over elections
• US: No progress in Burma
• SPDC acts on anti-India groups
ECONOMY
• Civil servants pay hikes
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS