BURMA BULLETIN
ISSUE 49 - JANUARY 2011

KEY STORY
• The SPDC’s new toy
• Parliamentary restrictions
• Military MPs appointed
INSIDE BURMA
• NLD on foreign investment
• NLD marks Independence Day
• New military draft law
• Fighting in Karen State
• NLD delivers aid
HUMAN RIGHTS
• Crimes in Chin State
• SPDC under fire in Geneva
• Phone bugs and censorship
• Farmers resist confiscation
• SPDC forced labor
• Religious persecution continues
DISPLACEMENT
• Rohingya boat people
• Refugees in Thailand
INTERNATIONAL
• ASEAN calls for more dialogue
ECONOMY
• Index of Economic Freedom
• Students protest bus fares
• Chinese investment increases
OTHER BURMA NEWS
REPORTS