VOCR
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
March 27, 2009

March 26 was revolution day for Burma but current military dictators have changed it to Aram forced Day that they pronounce in Burmese Tatmataw Neh. Every year, it is well known the security is more stringent. Thousands of Internet users in Burma have been facing problems to check their emails since ten days ago.
Win Win, an internet user in Yangon said, “I can not access into my Gmail any more since about ten days a go. I went to many different shops in different locations in Yangon but all shops have the same problems. In some place we can use Gtlak by using proxy address but can not access into Gmail.” It was learned that for internet users in Burma, Yahoo mail is not known. Almost all internet users have been using Gmail (google mail). The regimes fully control the IP provider services in Burma where they use special censorin 400, 000 soldiers marching on arm forced day March 27-09 Burma military regimes had setup public internet access service since 2003 but they have been banning all free emails and webmail services, anti-dictatorship websitesand blogs, international news and even youtube.

It is estimated that the number of internet users in Burma has increases to 2.0% of the country’s population within 6 years.The military authorities have arrested several people including political activists and students accusing them of committing offense against their “electronic law” that include accessing into banned websites.
By Salai Eagle