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US journalist Danny Fenster imprisoned in Myanmar since May arrives at Doha's Hamad International Airport, after being pardoned and deported, a day before he was due to face terror and sedition charges that could have jailed him for life. IMAGES
Madrid, 1 jun (EFE).- (Camera: Tato Pérez y Enrique del Viso). Burmese journalist Mratt Kyaw Thu arrived in the Spanish capital Madrid on Tuesday, where he is set to seek asylum after managing to escape Myanmar. FOOTAGE OF MRATT KYAW ARRIVING IN SPAIN. SOUNDBITES IN ENGLISH OF MRATT KYAW.
Madrid, 1 jun (EFE).- (Camera: Tato Pérez y Enrique del Viso). Burmese journalist Mratt Kyaw Thu arrived in the Spanish capital Madrid on Tuesday, where he is set to seek asylum after managing to escape Myanmar. FOOTAGE OF MRATT KYAW ARRIVING IN SPAIN. SOUNDBITES IN ENGLISH OF MRATT KYAW.
Mizoram, Mar 25 (EFE/EPA).- Myanmar police officers, who have sought refuge in India, said they fled their country after defying orders to shoot people peacefully protesting against the Feb.1 military coup in their country.Now, they fear persecution, imprisonment, or even death if the India deports them to the military-ruled home country.(Camera: STRINGER). SHOT LIST: AN EFE INTERVIEW WITH FORMER POLCE OFFICERS WHO FLED COUP IN MIZORAN, INDIA.SOUND BITES: MYANMAR FORMER POLICE OFFICERS LIANMAWI AND VANLAL (IN BURMESE).TRANSLATIONS:1. MYANMAR'S FORMER POLICE OFFICER LIANMAWI (00:00 - 03:49).After the coup they (military) changed our uniform, we were made to were police uniform, they even changed the colour of our fire vans. On Feb. 18, we were given order by the army to hose down the CDM activists. We told them we could not do it because the protesters were our own people, our brothers and sisters. We were sure the army was trying to create a divide between us. My colleagues and even the drivers also refused to obey their orders. From that instance I became a part of the CDM resistance. I told my superior, director of fire services of Chin Hills state that I supported the resistance. At first he said no harm would come and that he would protect me from the army. My colleagues also told our director frankly that they supported the CDM resistance. We told him that we do not want to get involved in the army’s attempt to repress the movement. We told our director that we would not drive fire tenders and operate machines to hose our own people, and told him that we were a part of the resistance. Then, he seems quite okay with it.But soon the orders changed. On Mar. 2 afternoon, we heard that Myanmar's army were on their way to arrest us for defying orders. We ran pell-mell. Some of my colleagues even jumped out of the windows and hurt themselves seriously. From that point, we were certain that were not safe anymore. We hid in the forests avoiding the army and crossed over to Mizoram. Our director, who we thought was with us gave orders to arrest our family, our wives and kids. We informed our wives and kids, our families to run away and find safe houses. We know they ran, but to where we don’t know. Now we cannot contact them anymore.We have heard that the Indian government made orders to repatriate us. If we are repatriated we will surely die. I’m an officer and I’m sure they will not spare me. They’ll torture us, I don’t know how … We will die if we are repatriated. 2. MYANMAR'S FORMER POLICE OFFICER VANLAL (03:48 - 04:27).- We were ordered to shoot the protesters. The Myanmar's army ordered us to shoot and kill, but it was impossible to shoot our own kins who were organizing a peaceful demonstration. We cannot hurt our people. We defied the army’s direct order and we have no choice but to run. That is why I came to Mizoram. If I am deported, I will not have any chance (to live). I will die. They will kill me.
More than 1,000 people line up at the Thai embassy in Yangon on Friday as young people seek to leave Myanmar after the junta said it would impose military service. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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