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Burma 03 11 08 Magic Hour
JHS Anders

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When I pick up the camera,
maybe my hands are shaking.

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I may have a heavy heartbeat.

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But after shooting for a little
while, it is OK.

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I have nothing in my mind.
I have only my subject.

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I just shoot.

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This is my country.

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And this is the way it has been
for more than 40 years.

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I only remember a few weeks
when things were any different.

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In 1988 I was just a little boy.

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But that's when everybody
in Burma got into the streets.

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They'd had enough of military rulers.
They wanted change.

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It was the students
who led the demonstrations.

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They became more
and more outspoken.

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They demanded
that the generals give up power.

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There was so much hope.

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We even had Aung San Suu Kyi -

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- who came back from
Europe to lead the people.

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But the generals wanted it
differently.

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At the end of the day 3000 people
were killed in the streets -

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- and it was all over.

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I feel I want to fight for democracy.

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But I think we had
better make a longer plan.

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We cannot go out into
the streets again and get shot -

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- because we have
no more people to die.

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These people were so brave.

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But sometimes I feel
they died for nothing.

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There is nothing left from '88.

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It's as if everything
has been forgotten.

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Aung San Suu Kyi is in house arrest
in the middle of Rangoon.

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She is in the house
but you cannot go and talk to her.

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There is just ... darkness.

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I feel the world
is forgetting about us.

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That's why I decided
to become a video reporter.

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At least I can try to show
that Burma is still here.

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We have to hide our camera in a bag.
We can only shoot for a little while.

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And after that we have to smuggle
our footage out of the country.

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It is a very difficult job.
But we try.

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If they catch me with a camera
I know I will go to prison.

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And if people tell us what
they think, they will go away too.

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So they keep silent.
Our stories are silent.

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In the night times I always think
about what I did during the day.

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A little worried ... "Oh, who could
have been watching?"

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Or something like that.

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What if someone knows me and
noticed I am shooting pictures?

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Yeah, I think about this.

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Fear is so deep in everybody.
Also in me.

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Sometimes when I feel like this
I go and see Ko Maung.

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- Did you buy this camera for me?
- It is for you, you little devil.

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There is a whole group
of us in Rangoon.

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We are all facing
the same problems -

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- but Ko Maung
looks at it differently -

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- even though he's already
spent 12 years in prison.

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He is a special guy.
He doesn't seem to mind.

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- Where is the zoom?
- Right here.

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- I see.
- You can use it either way.

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Ah, OK, OK.
That is very convenient.

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Yes, you will love it, too.

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Oh, shit!

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Ko Maung is a persistent person.

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He is rarely upset or depressed.
He is strong.

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Sometimes I don't see
the point of what we are doing.

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We try so hard
and we don't change a thing.

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Nonsense. Our job is important.
You can't expect a scoop on CNN.

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That's childish.

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What matters is to keep telling
the truth about our country.

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- But everything stays the same.
- Don't be too sure.

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People have had enough.
They're ready for change.

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People are scared.

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It's in their blood. How long have
you been fighting the generals?

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19 years.

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- That is a long time.
- Exactly.

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That's the whole point. You should
listen to what the Buddha says.

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Don't be greedy.

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Be patient.

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Things will happen, brother.

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Any information, pictures and photos
from Internet reporters are crucial.

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It's telling the world
what is going on.

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They are the world's
eyes and ears in this situation.

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We journalists can't fulfill our role.

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We are banned
from going in.

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I remember 15 August quite well.

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I was on a bus to Rangoon.
I decided to make a story.

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Because the mood was
quite strange on the bus -

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- not like usual.

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What took you so long?
I've been waiting for ages.

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Put it somewhere safe.

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- The fare has gone up to 1000.
- What? Why not 500?

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Fuel prices are up, you know.

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I ought to make a complaint.

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Complain to anyone you like.
Try the police!

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What am I supposed to do?!

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On that day the government
raised fuel prices to double rate.

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Everything got more expensive.
It was a huge problem.

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- I'll have to take her out of school.
- That won't help you.

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- It's a bloody mess.
- Excuse me, may I ask a question?

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They are still scared.

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Who's an informer?
Who's Military intelligence?

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But although they are not talking
I know something'll happen soon.

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I can feel it.

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When I arrived in Rangoon -

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- I heard that a prominent
demonstrator -

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- was going to stage a solitary
strike in a crowded market.

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Security is very tight in Rangoon.

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So many government people
are there without uniforms.

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He won't last for more than two
or three minutes; he'll be arrested.

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For our team it was time
to use all our energy.

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We decided
everyone would go there.

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So we went there
and spread around -

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- and these things
happened just in front of me.

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- The people are suffering.
- The government is doing nothing.

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Take to the streets
and join us!

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Kyaw Kyaw got this footage.
My tape is lost.

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I got too greedy at the time.
Because I followed them.

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That's me in the white
shirt with the black bag.

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I followed very close and saw them
throw the demonstrator on a truck.

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I ran towards the truck.
I had to get a picture of this!

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-And I hear somebody shouting:
- There's a camera!

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It was me.
They got me.

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They took me to an office of
the secret police to question me.

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Howe did I get the camera? Why was
I shooting this? So many questions.

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I explained that I'd borrowed it
and was there by accident.

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They said "We don't believe you".

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"But we keep the camera and
the tape and you can go".

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I was relieved.
But I knew I should not be fooled.

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Why did they release me? Just to
follow me and see what I did next.

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Do I work with somebody else?
How do we operate?

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All those kinds of things.

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When I informed my
organization's headquarters -

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- they told me, "You are not
secure enough in Burma".

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"We want you to come to Thailand".

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But I didn't reply to their email.
I ignored their order.

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I know something will happen.
If I miss the chance to shoot now -

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- I'll have to wait another 20
years. It is once in a blue moon.

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So I decided
"Whatever happens to me, -

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- I'll do it!"

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Where are you now?
Have you seen the lady yet?

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I'm at the bus stop. I think it's
happening across the street.

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Where are you?
I can't find you in this crush.

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Hey! I can see it now!
It's right in front of me!

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Looks like she brought some friends
to protect her.

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After a few days I got
the news that Su Su Nway, -

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- who is very famous
for her courage, -

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- would make a
demonstration.

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It can lead to a bigger demonstration
if she can do something very well.

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So we need to promote.
As usual, we spread around.

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Don't worry,
I got the whole thing now.

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That's it, then. But be careful.

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There's a lot of agents.
We can't afford to lose this.

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We're fighting for all the people!
Everybody join us!

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It's the thugs!
The thugs are coming!

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They try really hard to get her, but
the people cover and protect her.

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It was a big moment for us
and a big mistake for them.

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Because they did so many brutal
things in front of people -

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- and we could document that.

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Pull him out! Get him!

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Help him! Pull him back!

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No, no, you bastards!

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Help her! She can escape this way!

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We are shooting this
and the police are shooting us.

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They record me
and I record them.

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So we can also define
who was who at the time.

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Take her! Take her!

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We shoot everything.
Get it in the camera, you know!

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The taxi driver is saying -

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- "Yeah, they are very brave!
I'm glad to see this!"

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"I am very excited!
I am saving money for my family -

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- and if something happens
I will join the demonstration!"

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This is not normal.

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Saying political things to a stranger
has never happened before.

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But at the time we knew
what would happen next.

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Yeah, the movement
is bigger and bigger.

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And now we edit the pieces
and we send it to Oslo.

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A few hours later a friend called me:

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The pictures were shown
on CNN and the BBC.

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Shown repeatedly.
Again and again.

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Such public displays of dissent
are exceedingly rare in Burma -

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- and a clear challenge to the
country's hard-line military rulers.

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Some say the most serious
challenge in more than a decade.

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The Democratic Voice
of Burma, or DVB, -

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- uses satellite TV
and short-wave radio -

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- to send news of the
protests around the world -

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- and, for the first time,
back into Burma.

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About 30 reporters are on
the ground working undercover.

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They film material and then
smuggle it out of the country -

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- at great personal risk.

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It was so amazing to see our
footage going around the world.

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For the first time I feel
we can really do something.

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But I also know for sure I cannot
stay in Burma a day longer.

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So finally I agreed to go
to Thailand for a while.

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We all think there will
be more demonstrations -

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- and people are
heading for the movement.

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So I will be the centre -

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for spreading
the news around the world.

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I was very unhappy at the time -

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- to be in the office,
to answer the phones -

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- and to call and send emails
into Burma and manage people.

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I just wanted to be in the field.

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Hello. Since I'm here I cannot
do the Rangoon job for you.

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I'll stay one month.
Then I'll go back.

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But I needed to be there -

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- and I began preparation
for our cameramen in Burma.

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- Hello.
- Hello. Can you hear me?>

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Loud and clear.
How many cameras have you got?

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Five altogether.

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How is the new office?

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It is quiet and safe.

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What about the shop opposite?

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In the shop opposite
there are only two elderly people.

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There is a problem.
Our cameras are not working well.

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We've already had to do repairs twice.
The lens doesn't retract.

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We'll have to share with the other
team if we're to be effective.

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- Can you see inside?
- No, the view's blocked.>

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What did you hear?
Tell me, what other news is there?

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Wait, hold on.

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- Hello?
- Tun Zaw is getting some news.>

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- Who is he talking to?
- Monks. There are many monks.

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- I'll ask my people.
- Hello.

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It's the monks!
The monks are joining!

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Suddenly the monks
were beginning to move.

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I called a leader of the monks
I had met before.

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Hello ...
Hello Reverend Monk.

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Don't address me as a monk.
Call me Ko Nyo.

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- OK, OK.

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We gave the generals
an ultimatum.

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If our demands are not met
and the generals remain silent -

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- we have prepared for action.

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We will march all over the country.
Mandalay, Rangoon.

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The whole world must know
that the monks are on strike.

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How are you going to do it?

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We've already designated
lots of locations.

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But for security reasons
I can't tell you where.

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- Where the hell are they?
- Should be down here somewhere.

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- Look!
- Driver, we'd like to pay!

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- Shit, they are walking fast!
- Hurry up, hurry up!

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What are you doing
with that camera?

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Your reverence,
I am a reporter.

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Don't! It'll cause problems.

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Don't take pictures!

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- We are from DVB.
- Go somewhere else!

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Ko Maung and Tun Tun
are trying to talk to the monks.

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But the monks think
they're intelligence agents.

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Protect them, protect them.

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But there were some real
intelligence people in the street.

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And they tried to grab our reporters.

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So now the monks
protected the reporters -

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- and took them into their lines.

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From now on our guys could
walk freely with the monks.

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We could really work together.

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One protester in the streets cannot
do much; but there are thousands.

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Maybe there are
400 000 monks in Burma.

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Really it is the only force in
Burma who can scare the military.

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And the government
made a very big mistake.

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In a town near Mandalay
they beat up some monks.

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In Buddhist thinking, we are
never, never allowed to do that.

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So everybody was very upset -

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- and the monks demanded
an apology from the government.

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Monks are not supposed
to do political things.

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But when the people
are suffering and starving, -

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- sometimes they rise
to give them their support.

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This has happened before,
even a thousand years back.

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:09.280
They turn their alms
bowls upside down.

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:13.400
They will no longer
take alms from the generals.

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:23.800
Only a few civilians
were following them.

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:28.280
People are under fear of the guns.

00:29:59.360 --> 00:30:02.840
- Tens of thousands of monks!
- Only a hundred.

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:06.680
No, look! There are lots of them!

00:30:11.360 --> 00:30:15.840
Only the monks can put
an end to the government.

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:20.480
We can't know
what's going to happen.

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:23.440
Three days without shooting.

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:29.960
- They won't dare to shoot the monks.
- You never know.

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:35.320
The government is cornered.

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:39.920
They must make a decision.
They may use an iron fist.

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:43.200
The government may fall.

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:46.280
People are very eager
to see our footage.

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:49.160
They just switch on
Democratic Voice of Burma.

00:30:49.320 --> 00:30:52.680
They are waiting to see what
we are going to show them.

00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:56.640
My people in Burma were working
very enthusiastically.

00:30:56.800 --> 00:30:59.560
So I was full of energy.

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:07.320
Journalists from every
prominent media organization -

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:11.800
- were waiting to see our footage
coming out of Rangoon.

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:19.360
In Burma hundreds of monks have
been protesting for a third day -

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:22.000
- after a significant rise
in fuel prices -

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:26.040
- prompted a wave
of public discontent.

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:28.720
The BBC has obtained
exclusive images.

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:32.200
To protest here is
to risk gaol and torture.

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:34.680
But for today and for the past
month people across Burma -

00:31:34.840 --> 00:31:38.920
- dared to challenge one of the
world's most oppressive regimes.

00:31:39.080 --> 00:31:42.000
The demonstrations are
being led by Buddhist monks, -

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:45.000
- a powerful force
in a devout nation.

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:47.280
- Hello.
- Hello.>

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:49.600
Your Reverence ...

00:31:49.760 --> 00:31:53.080
What you monks are doing is great.

00:31:53.240 --> 00:32:00.040
People are beginning to join
and the movement is growing.

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.840
Yes.

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:08.800
I think this religious protest
could turn into a political one.

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:13.680
What if we invite the public to join?
Would it be fruitful?

00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:16.480
I think it will be very useful.

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:21.720
That's my opinion, anyway.

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:29.600
We will call an urgent meeting
to see how we can organize this.

00:32:29.760 --> 00:32:33.640
- So you'll issue a statement?
- Of course!>

00:32:33.800 --> 00:32:36.840
We really want the public
to take part.

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:41.920
So far it has only been religious.
The public will make it political.

00:32:42.080 --> 00:32:44.120
That's exciting news.

00:33:05.280 --> 00:33:09.680
We young monks who follow Buddha's
teachings must join the protest.

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:19.120
Let's have a rehearsal.
I'll start, and you follow.

00:33:20.520 --> 00:33:24.640
- Reconciliation now!
- Our cause, our cause!

00:33:24.800 --> 00:33:28.720
- Reconciliation now!
- Our cause, our cause!

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:31.880
- We demand a dialogue!
- Our cause, our cause!

00:33:32.040 --> 00:33:37.320
Free all political prisoners
and Aung San Suu Kyi too!

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:43.720
- Did you hear that?
- Unbelievable.

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:46.240
They're really doing it!

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:50.680
We must be careful
during the demonstration.

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:55.280
Everybody must be disciplined.

00:33:55.440 --> 00:34:03.360
We will leave from the Eastern gate
and proceed down Baham Street.

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:10.640
One of our reporters was always at
the front of the demonstrations,

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:13.960
- working with
the leaders of the monks.

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:20.880
Go further ahead, turn left,
and more people will join you.

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:24.760
So he makes suggestions to the
monks about which way to go.

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:27.800
He tells them where
they'll get the most support -

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:31.040
- and people will
join the demonstrations.

00:34:32.040 --> 00:34:35.720
OK, we'll start from
the Northern gate instead.

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:40.560
Everybody please move
to the Northern gate!

00:35:18.120 --> 00:35:22.200
May all beings living to the East

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:25.280
All beings of the universe,
be free!

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:28.760
Free from fear

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:32.320
Free from all distress

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:36.040
Free from poverty ...

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:40.000
May they have peace
in their hearts ...

00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:44.200
May all beings living to the East

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:47.240
All beings of the universe,
be free!

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:50.600
Free from fear

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:54.400
Free from all distress

00:35:54.560 --> 00:35:57.600
Free from poverty ...

00:35:57.760 --> 00:36:01.720
May they have peace
in their hearts ...

00:36:09.680 --> 00:36:12.880
- Reconciliation now!
- Our cause, our cause ...

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:17.360
- Reconciliation now!
- Our cause, our cause!

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:30.200
Film them, film them all!

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:33.240
So many, so many!

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:07.120
- We demand a dialogue!
- Our cause, our cause!

00:37:18.760 --> 00:37:22.200
We are doing this
for our future generations.

00:37:29.600 --> 00:37:33.040
- Hello?
- Brother, it's fantastic!>

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:38.720
- Where are you now?
- They've just passed Yuzana Plaza.>

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:42.320
How many of them? Thousands?

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:46.720
Tens of thousands! You'll love
the footage we are getting.

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:49.360
They're shouting all the slogans.

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:55.400
- Everything is possible now!
- Let's hope so.>

00:37:55.640 --> 00:37:59.240
- Free Aung San Suu Kyi!
- Our cause, our cause ...

00:38:01.160 --> 00:38:04.320
The monks' demands
are our demands!

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:24.240
- Can you zoom onto the back?
- There's no end to it!

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:26.840
Just ordinary people.

00:38:34.040 --> 00:38:38.120
- It's been 19 years.
- Yes, we've been waiting 19 years.

00:38:38.560 --> 00:38:40.400
19 years!

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:47.960
- This will be the final match.
- Yes, the final match.

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:54.280
Today up to 100 000 people
took to the streets of Rangoon -.

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:58.800
- a protest that has grown in size
and confidence in the last 6 days.

00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:03.480
... military dictatorship ...
... thousands marching ...

00:39:03.640 --> 00:39:07.400
- Free Aung San Suu Kyi!
- Our cause, our cause!

00:39:07.560 --> 00:39:10.320
The monks have come
to symbolize dissent, -

00:39:10.600 --> 00:39:14.000
- a quiet, patient, peaceful
rebuke to military brutality, -

00:39:14.160 --> 00:39:17.400
- and the chance of
an alternative Burma.

00:39:17.560 --> 00:39:20.240
Millions of people
are watching our footage.

00:39:21.080 --> 00:39:24.320
Our network is really small.

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:28.920
We don't have manpower.
We have to rely on handicams.

00:39:29.080 --> 00:39:31.200
Film it, film it!

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:36.040
But the things we did
shook up the people of Burma -

00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:40.000
- as well as people
around the world.

00:39:41.120 --> 00:39:47.040
That really happened.
It is our dream coming true.

00:39:58.200 --> 00:40:02.120
- Free Aung San Suu Kyi!
- Our cause, our cause!

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:06.560
Clap your hands!

00:40:08.520 --> 00:40:12.040
- Hello.
- Can you hear me?

00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:16.000
The generals have got to respond.

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:20.840
They have to release
Aung San Suu Kyi.

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:25.760
- That would be great.
- It's the only way, brother.

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:30.720
Americans are outraged
by the situation in Burma -

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:35.920
- where a military junta has
imposed a 19 year reign of fear.

00:40:36.520 --> 00:40:40.520
The regime is holding more
than 1000 political prisoners, -

00:40:40.680 --> 00:40:42.880
- including Aung San Suu Kyi.

00:40:43.040 --> 00:40:46.120
Yet the people's desire for
freedom is unmistakable.

00:40:46.280 --> 00:40:49.560
... vowing to bring down
a repressive military government.

00:40:49.720 --> 00:40:52.640
The last time anybody
defied the generals like this -

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:57.360
- the army killed 3000 people.
What will they do this time?

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:04.400
- Free Aung San Suu Kyi!
- Our cause, our cause!

00:41:10.160 --> 00:41:14.640
They removed the road blocks in
front of Aung San Suu Kyi's house!

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:16.920
Who gave the order?

00:41:17.080 --> 00:41:20.040
I don't know.
Some local commander.

00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:24.080
Monks and people are
on their way there.

00:41:24.240 --> 00:41:27.640
Can you hear the chanting?

00:41:31.640 --> 00:41:35.320
Yes, it's beautiful.
Will you be shooting it?

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:38.960
I'm running out of battery.
I'll try and use the cell phone.

00:41:39.120 --> 00:41:42.160
Yeah, you have got
to catch it somehow.

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:51.600
The detained opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi, -

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:54.800
- has been seen in public for
the first time in several years.

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:56.440
Thousands of Buddhist monks -

00:41:56.600 --> 00:42:01.440
- were allowed to walk past
police barricades to her home.

00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:09.560
I was crying -

00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:14.680
- when I hear that monks are going
to Aung San Suu Kyi's home.

00:42:20.120 --> 00:42:25.400
She came out to the gate. She gave
respect to the monks with tears.

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:31.800
Everybody who saw this was
crying at the time; and me, too.

00:42:32.040 --> 00:42:35.160
In front of the computer.

00:42:42.320 --> 00:42:48.120
It is not a good photo.
You can only see a small lady -

00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:52.000
- but we couldn't see her
for a long time.

00:42:53.080 --> 00:42:57.360
She is still under custody,
you know, house arrest.

00:42:58.800 --> 00:43:02.520
They have tried to make
the people forget her.

00:43:02.680 --> 00:43:06.520
But she is still in our hearts.

00:43:08.200 --> 00:43:14.120
It is very dangerous for
the monks to go and see her.

00:43:16.600 --> 00:43:21.000
In the 1990s
the generals made a big mistake.

00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:27.000
They held an election and
almost everybody voted for her.

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:39.520
It was like she made
the whole people forget their fear.

00:43:50.680 --> 00:43:52.680
The generals will
be very scared -

00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:55.240
- of this happening again.

00:43:57.800 --> 00:44:01.880
They will begin to do
something after that.

00:44:05.240 --> 00:44:08.240
My ... my thought was true.

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:18.280
Hello.

00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:21.040
Hello. Can you hear me?

00:44:21.200 --> 00:44:23.520
Yes, where are you?

00:44:23.680 --> 00:44:27.360
We are passing the road to
Aung San Suu Kyi's house.

00:44:27.520 --> 00:44:34.200
Has she met with the monks again?
We need better pictures this time.

00:44:35.120 --> 00:44:37.920
- Well ...
-Hello?>

00:44:38.600 --> 00:44:44.200
It's not going to happen, brother.
She is heavily guarded today.

00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:49.880
- Oh, shit.
- Not good. Actually, very bad.

00:44:53.320 --> 00:44:57.880
To the residents of Rangoon:

00:44:58.040 --> 00:45:03.840
Gatherings of more than
five individuals are forbidden.

00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:12.000
The decisive time was when
the government announced -

00:45:12.160 --> 00:45:16.600
- not to gather more than
five people in the streets.

00:45:16.840 --> 00:45:22.400
So I was confused.
That day I couldn't sleep.

00:45:23.680 --> 00:45:26.840
You know ... "Is it over?"

00:46:21.040 --> 00:46:22.520
Two ...

00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:25.800
Three ...

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:34.120
Four ...

00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:35.760
Five ...

00:46:39.200 --> 00:46:41.320
Six!

00:46:44.600 --> 00:46:46.840
Great!

00:46:51.160 --> 00:46:53.440
Oh, there's a lot!

00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:03.200
Great!

00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:20.640
When I see monks and
people come out that day -

00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:24.600
- I feel it is the time
for our victory.

00:47:25.800 --> 00:47:28.520
They just came out without fear.

00:47:32.720 --> 00:47:37.880
But we are still waiting for
the army to join the people.

00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:41.880
There are so many soldiers
who are suffering.

00:47:42.040 --> 00:47:45.960
The lower ranks and privates.
But for an army man, -

00:47:46.120 --> 00:47:50.880
- disobeying an order is
the most difficult decision.

00:47:51.360 --> 00:47:55.960
They know their generals
are really cruel, really brutal.

00:47:56.760 --> 00:47:59.320
They know more than us.

00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:22.680
- Hello.
- I am here, at Shwedagon.

00:48:22.840 --> 00:48:25.200
On the top platform.

00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:29.440
- All the exits are blocked.
- OK. What's it like?

00:48:29.600 --> 00:48:34.800
Very tense. Everyone
expects something to happen.

00:48:34.960 --> 00:48:38.760
They've blocked the entrance
to prevent any gathering.

00:48:40.960 --> 00:48:44.520
- Are you filming?
- Yes, from above.

00:48:47.440 --> 00:48:51.880
The monks are trying to leave
but they're being surrounded.

00:48:52.040 --> 00:48:57.880
I can see the car
of the chief of police.

00:48:58.600 --> 00:49:03.840
- Are they going to make arrests?
- Two monks are negotiating.

00:49:04.800 --> 00:49:06.680
Negotiating?

00:49:09.000 --> 00:49:11.200
It's all very tense.

00:49:17.440 --> 00:49:24.240
The monks are squatting
in front of the soldiers.

00:49:24.400 --> 00:49:29.680
- Can the people not withdraw?
- No. The soldiers are blocking.

00:49:32.040 --> 00:49:34.280
Soldiers are moving forward.

00:49:36.520 --> 00:49:38.080
Look!

00:49:44.120 --> 00:49:50.000
They are trying to grab the monks.
They are tearing off their clothes.

00:49:52.080 --> 00:49:56.400
They are kicking the monks
and pushing them into trucks.

00:49:58.640 --> 00:50:02.200
Don't turn off the camera!
Keep shooting!

00:50:03.200 --> 00:50:08.880
- How many have they got?
- 20 monks on the trucks.

00:50:12.560 --> 00:50:16.120
Look! Some of the monks
are trying to escape!

00:50:16.280 --> 00:50:18.120
From the trucks?

00:50:19.640 --> 00:50:25.200
They're using a trolley for cover.

00:50:27.400 --> 00:50:30.400
They're throwing tear gas!

00:50:32.120 --> 00:50:35.360
Soldiers are moving forward.

00:50:35.520 --> 00:50:39.000
There is smoke all over.
I can't see a thing.

00:50:43.680 --> 00:50:47.760
- Are they shooting?
- They are aiming their guns.

00:50:49.080 --> 00:50:52.240
- I can't see a thing!
- Shit!

00:50:52.400 --> 00:50:55.080
It's all smoke and pigeons.

00:50:56.200 --> 00:50:59.720
The situation is bad.
Let's talk again later.

00:50:59.880 --> 00:51:02.720
I have enough footage.
15 minutes.

00:51:04.240 --> 00:51:07.120
Good luck.
Take care.

00:51:14.920 --> 00:51:17.880
Did you hear?
They beat them up -

00:51:18.040 --> 00:51:22.200
-and dragged them onto trucks.>

00:51:23.880 --> 00:51:27.480
They are beating the monks!
Even the nuns!

00:51:27.640 --> 00:51:32.320
The monks are fleeing because
the police are beating them.

00:51:32.720 --> 00:51:35.360
- Did you hear?
- Yes, I heard.

00:51:55.480 --> 00:51:59.000
Citizens, it's time
to abandon your fear!

00:51:59.720 --> 00:52:02.280
Troops have fired tear gas
and warning shots -

00:52:02.440 --> 00:52:04.240
- at demonstrators in
Burma today.

00:52:04.400 --> 00:52:09.120
According to reports at least one
Buddhist monk has been killed.

00:52:09.280 --> 00:52:12.120
Some of those monks
were really badly beaten -

00:52:12.280 --> 00:52:16.520
- and yet the crowds were about
as large as on previous days.

00:52:16.680 --> 00:52:18.320
It took time for them to build up.

00:52:21.040 --> 00:52:25.960
The anger is palpable on the streets.
This is a very dangerous moment -

00:52:26.120 --> 00:52:30.720
- because if the security forces
can't control these protests -

00:52:30.880 --> 00:52:35.920
- there is a real risk of lethal
force in the days ahead.

00:52:37.000 --> 00:52:40.120
Calm down!
Please, no clapping!

00:52:40.280 --> 00:52:44.360
We've seen amazing scenes of
defiance on the streets today.

00:52:44.520 --> 00:52:47.880
Please sit down, everybody!

00:52:48.040 --> 00:52:54.640
We, the monks, are not fighting for
our own interests but for the people.

00:52:54.800 --> 00:53:00.840
I urge you to join hands with us.

00:53:01.000 --> 00:53:03.960
- Will you join us?
- Yes!

00:53:06.960 --> 00:53:10.720
- Improve the lives of the people!
- Our cause, our cause!

00:53:10.880 --> 00:53:14.520
- Improve the lives of the people!
- Our cause, our cause!

00:53:14.680 --> 00:53:21.520
- Reconciliation now!
- Our cause, our cause!

00:53:21.680 --> 00:53:25.520
We can't overthrow
the regime by ourselves.

00:53:25.680 --> 00:53:29.040
All the people need to participate.

00:53:29.200 --> 00:53:33.240
So I urge the public to meet us -

00:53:33.400 --> 00:53:38.480
- at Shwedagon
at 12 o'clock tomorrow.

00:53:40.440 --> 00:53:46.160
We will continue our demonstrations
under the leadership of the monks.

00:53:54.040 --> 00:53:59.480
The following edict has been issued
to the residents of Rangoon.

00:53:59.640 --> 00:54:03.840
The authorities have
imposed a curfew.

00:54:04.000 --> 00:54:08.960
Residents must remain in their
homes between 9 pm and 5 am ...

00:54:45.800 --> 00:54:50.160
- Hello?
- Joshua. It was so bad last night.>

00:54:50.320 --> 00:54:54.320
- Why, sister, why?
- They came to the monastery.>

00:54:54.480 --> 00:54:58.520
- And?
- They destroyed everything.>

00:54:58.680 --> 00:55:02.480
Soldiers beat up and
arrested the monks.

00:55:03.040 --> 00:55:09.360
- People could hear them screaming.
- Did any of the monks escape?

00:55:09.880 --> 00:55:15.000
I can't stand it any more. Please
send your friends to film it.

00:55:15.160 --> 00:55:18.880
Don't worry. The whole world
is going to know about it.

00:55:33.720 --> 00:55:38.760
I wonder where this guest is from?
I don't want to take any more risks.

00:55:38.920 --> 00:55:41.560
- I am from DVB.
- Oh, DVB.

00:55:44.120 --> 00:55:48.760
They drove through
the main door with a truck.

00:55:48.920 --> 00:55:50.600
And they came in.

00:55:50.760 --> 00:55:55.320
Once they were in
they beat up anyone they saw.

00:55:55.480 --> 00:55:59.480
They destroyed
everything around them.

00:55:59.640 --> 00:56:03.680
They tied us up and
forced us to kneel down.

00:56:03.840 --> 00:56:06.640
They kicked us if we looked up.

00:56:07.840 --> 00:56:11.600
- How many were taken away?
- There are 225 monks here.

00:56:11.760 --> 00:56:14.920
We are all that is left.

00:56:15.080 --> 00:56:18.240
About 50 of us.

00:56:26.640 --> 00:56:31.240
I sent Kyaw Kyaw to the place.
He filmed the occasion.

00:56:31.640 --> 00:56:34.080
And when he got
out of the monastery -

00:56:34.240 --> 00:56:38.400
- he saw soldiers and thugs
coming to raid again.

00:56:39.600 --> 00:56:41.720
The government troops
are coming back -

00:56:41.880 --> 00:56:45.040
- to take all the
rest of the monks.

00:57:11.080 --> 00:57:16.800
Later we found out that all the
rest of the monks were taken away.

00:57:17.640 --> 00:57:21.880
And we don't really know
where they are now.

00:57:24.800 --> 00:57:31.400
Bastards! Who can stop
them? I can't stand it.

00:57:32.320 --> 00:57:37.120
You may think
what I'm about to say is cruel.

00:57:37.280 --> 00:57:41.680
- Tell me.
- People have to get arrested.

00:57:41.840 --> 00:57:47.680
- They have to die. Monks, too.
- Don't say that.>

00:57:47.840 --> 00:57:53.120
Our country is different
from the rest of the world.

00:57:53.280 --> 00:57:56.120
I don't understand politics.

00:57:56.280 --> 00:58:00.600
But I don't want to see
monks and people dying.

00:58:00.920 --> 00:58:03.880
I can't stand it any more.

00:58:05.080 --> 00:58:07.480
Be strong, my dear.

00:58:36.000 --> 00:58:40.920
- They're gathering at the pagoda.
- Yes, let's get onto the footbridge.

00:59:16.080 --> 00:59:19.680
Amazing!
The monks are still turning up!

00:59:22.400 --> 00:59:24.560
I wonder how they manage.

00:59:32.120 --> 00:59:36.160
They just don't care
about dying, do they?!

01:00:25.240 --> 01:00:27.840
May all beings living to the East

01:00:28.000 --> 01:00:30.440
All beings of the universe, be free!

01:00:30.600 --> 01:00:33.880
Free from fear

01:00:34.320 --> 01:00:37.600
Free from all distress

01:00:37.760 --> 01:00:41.280
Free from poverty

01:00:41.440 --> 01:00:44.960
May they have peace
in their hearts

01:01:23.920 --> 01:01:26.680
This is a warning!

01:01:26.840 --> 01:01:30.640
This unlawful assembly must
be ended within ten minutes -

01:01:30.800 --> 01:01:33.040
or extreme action will be taken.

01:01:33.200 --> 01:01:38.440
This unlawful assembly must
be ended within ten minutes -

01:01:38.600 --> 01:01:41.720
- or extreme action will be taken.

01:02:25.960 --> 01:02:27.720
OK, this is it!

01:02:41.480 --> 01:02:43.160
Oh, my god!

01:03:24.240 --> 01:03:26.800
- Hello?
- Can you hear me?>

01:03:26.960 --> 01:03:29.280
I can't hear because of the crowd.

01:03:29.440 --> 01:03:33.160
I had to run away.
They are shooting.

01:03:33.320 --> 01:03:34.720
What happened?

01:03:34.880 --> 01:03:37.680
I was filming
when the soldiers came.

01:03:37.840 --> 01:03:39.600
Are there many people injured?

01:03:39.760 --> 01:03:44.280
I am not sure, but
they shot one guy point blank.

01:03:45.840 --> 01:03:49.520
- Who did they shoot?
- A guy with a camera.>

01:03:49.680 --> 01:03:55.440
- Was he one of ours?
- No. He could be a foreigner.>

01:03:56.200 --> 01:04:01.200
- A foreigner?
- I'm not sure, but I got it on tape.>

01:04:01.360 --> 01:04:04.560
He was definitely not Burmese.

01:04:04.720 --> 01:04:06.920
What, then?

01:04:07.760 --> 01:04:11.040
We might have another angle.

01:04:11.840 --> 01:04:15.880
He had white hair and fair skin.
I must have seen him before.

01:04:16.040 --> 01:04:19.680
He was taking
pictures in front of me.

01:04:19.840 --> 01:04:26.320
-Chinese or maybe Japanese.
- How was he dressed?

01:04:26.480 --> 01:04:34.360
He was wearing a white
shirt and khaki shorts.

01:04:34.520 --> 01:04:37.600
Then he's got to be Japanese.

01:04:37.760 --> 01:04:43.400
- They really shot a foreign reporter?!
- Right in front of the camera.>

01:04:43.560 --> 01:04:46.520
This will make headlines.

01:04:48.800 --> 01:04:52.400
Bloody smoke! I can't get a picture!

01:04:53.040 --> 01:04:55.800
You bastards!

01:04:55.960 --> 01:04:59.200
Stop it!
I am trying to film this!

01:05:02.880 --> 01:05:05.040
Get out of the way!

01:05:07.280 --> 01:05:10.560
- Can you hear me?
- Yes, I can hear you.

01:05:12.200 --> 01:05:16.840
The crowd is moving up
Pazundaung Street.> -

01:05:17.000 --> 01:05:19.440
The crowd is growing.

01:05:19.600 --> 01:05:23.320
Some are joining
from side streets.

01:05:23.480 --> 01:05:25.960
The number is increas...

01:05:27.760 --> 01:05:29.600
Hello?

01:05:29.920 --> 01:05:31.760
Hello?

01:05:46.640 --> 01:05:50.240
- Hello.
- Reverend monk! It's bad ...

01:05:50.400 --> 01:05:54.800
Many monks have been arrested.
Nobody knows where they are.

01:05:54.960 --> 01:05:56.720
Some say they are in gaol.

01:05:56.880 --> 01:05:59.440
I need to escape
to fight another day.

01:05:59.600 --> 01:06:02.760
So I can't contact you any more?

01:06:03.280 --> 01:06:08.240
You can try, but I will have to
disappear into the countryside.

01:06:08.400 --> 01:06:12.040
I am not safe.
I have to go. Don't use the phone.

01:06:12.200 --> 01:06:15.960
OK, OK, I hope to see you again.

01:06:54.000 --> 01:06:55.440
Hello? Speak up!

01:06:55.600 --> 01:07:00.560
Can you hear me?
I thought you'd been arrested.

01:07:00.720 --> 01:07:04.080
What happened to you?

01:07:06.360 --> 01:07:09.640
I'd rather not talk about it.

01:07:11.520 --> 01:07:14.520
I've escaped death twice today.

01:07:18.240 --> 01:07:21.520
At Tamwe there was shooting, too.

01:07:21.680 --> 01:07:25.240
I had to climb over
the wall to escape.

01:07:54.720 --> 01:08:00.200
I tried to get more pictures
but the soldiers closed in on me.

01:08:05.000 --> 01:08:08.080
I didn't dare raise my head.

01:08:17.560 --> 01:08:19.400
Shit!

01:08:20.440 --> 01:08:24.520
Did you see anyone getting killed?

01:08:24.680 --> 01:08:27.760
I was filming from my hiding place.

01:09:02.760 --> 01:09:05.760
I didn't feel very happy about it.

01:09:05.920 --> 01:09:09.480
Students were beaten
up in front of me.

01:09:13.800 --> 01:09:18.080
A boy was shouting
that he was going to die.

01:09:18.800 --> 01:09:21.960
That's hard to forget.

01:09:23.360 --> 01:09:27.600
I was shocked. That's all.

01:09:27.760 --> 01:09:31.360
- OK, OK, let's break off.
- OK.>

01:10:06.960 --> 01:10:10.320
In the late days of
September I began to think ...

01:10:10.480 --> 01:10:14.400
... "This is something
we have all seen before".

01:10:14.560 --> 01:10:19.560
The monks were gone. Only the
students were left in the street, -

01:10:19.800 --> 01:10:22.240
- just like 1988.

01:10:22.400 --> 01:10:27.440
And military trucks are going
around the city to chase them down.

01:10:32.840 --> 01:10:37.320
They are surrounding us.
They are already there.

01:10:37.480 --> 01:10:40.880
We must turn back.
No, we cannot retreat.

01:10:41.040 --> 01:10:44.680
We can no longer get through.
We cannot retreat now.

01:10:44.840 --> 01:10:47.000
Let's go with courage, then.
Even if we have to die.

01:10:47.160 --> 01:10:48.880
We mustn't break up.

01:10:49.040 --> 01:10:53.920
Those who are not afraid to die,
come to the front.

01:11:15.600 --> 01:11:18.240
It's a dead end.

01:11:22.240 --> 01:11:24.800
Don't run! If we must die, we will die.

01:11:24.960 --> 01:11:26.560
Hide!

01:11:28.120 --> 01:11:31.160
They're coming!

01:11:32.120 --> 01:11:35.040
Climb higher!

01:11:38.120 --> 01:11:39.520
Let's pray!

01:11:39.680 --> 01:11:44.240
Let's pray to conquer our fear of
death!

01:11:51.080 --> 01:11:54.320
Come on! Come quickly, everyone!

01:12:02.240 --> 01:12:04.320
Get down! Get down!

01:12:04.480 --> 01:12:07.480
They're shooting into the stairwell.

01:12:28.800 --> 01:12:32.120
Throw them into the truck.

01:12:32.280 --> 01:12:34.240
In the truck!

01:12:41.120 --> 01:12:42.640
The uprising was dying.

01:12:42.800 --> 01:12:46.840
There are only a few demonstrators
left in the streets of Rangoon.

01:12:47.840 --> 01:12:51.080
During these guerilla
demonstrations -

01:12:51.240 --> 01:12:53.360
- Ko Maung worked very well.

01:12:53.520 --> 01:12:56.400
He is one of
the old fighters from 1988.

01:12:56.760 --> 01:13:00.720
So he knew the way
the demonstrators move.

01:13:02.200 --> 01:13:05.200
Our cause! Our cause!

01:13:10.680 --> 01:13:14.000
- Hello, Ko Maung. Speak up ...
- Get their voices!>

01:13:14.160 --> 01:13:17.240
I can't use the camera!

01:13:17.400 --> 01:13:20.800
- So the students are there?
- Yes, hurry, it's our last shot!>

01:13:20.960 --> 01:13:24.160
- Hold on ...
- Troops are coming, you know!>

01:13:25.240 --> 01:13:27.680
You got it, you got it?

01:13:29.080 --> 01:13:33.360
- OK, I'm recording.
-Who will speak to DVB? -

01:13:33.520 --> 01:13:35.760
- Quick, quick!

01:13:35.920 --> 01:13:37.640
Hello.

01:13:37.800 --> 01:13:41.040
We will march in every street.
We will move on!

01:13:41.200 --> 01:13:44.080
Can you hear what I'm saying?

01:13:45.200 --> 01:13:48.400
We will keep demonstrating.

01:13:49.720 --> 01:13:52.480
Two of us, four of us -

01:13:53.800 --> 01:13:55.920
- ... until we die!>

01:14:00.280 --> 01:14:04.680
Get that guy! he is a reporter!

01:14:39.920 --> 01:14:44.080
That is how you stop the truth
coming out about a massacre.

01:14:44.240 --> 01:14:47.040
A Japanese journalist
shot dead yesterday.

01:14:47.280 --> 01:14:49.280
Today, the internet switched off, -

01:14:49.640 --> 01:14:51.200
- and troops beating
those with cameras, -

01:14:51.360 --> 01:14:54.480
- yelling "Is it you
who is sending pictures out?"

01:14:54.640 --> 01:14:57.920
But the pictures have come out.

01:15:00.400 --> 01:15:03.720
- Aung Tun?
- Can you hear me?>

01:15:04.000 --> 01:15:10.880
This morning there was a monk's
body floating in the nearby creek.

01:15:11.040 --> 01:15:13.520
- What did you say?
- A dead monk.>

01:15:13.680 --> 01:15:15.400
- A dead monk?
- Yes.>

01:15:15.560 --> 01:15:19.320
- Is he still there?
- Must be. Lots of people saw him.>

01:15:19.480 --> 01:15:21.880
Perhaps you could go to film it?

01:15:22.040 --> 01:15:25.720
It's too close to my house.
But I've asked someone else.

01:15:25.880 --> 01:15:28.480
We can trust him.

01:16:03.920 --> 01:16:08.760
Only the other day
they were beating up the monks.

01:16:08.920 --> 01:16:13.600
Now dead bodies are being seen.
This is the first one.

01:16:21.520 --> 01:16:26.280
In the later days of September
Rangoon is like a war zone.

01:16:27.520 --> 01:16:31.040
Nobody is
in the streets after 8 pm.

01:16:31.200 --> 01:16:36.120
It is the city.
But it's like, you know, desert.

01:16:38.720 --> 01:16:42.240
But our people are still working.

01:16:42.400 --> 01:16:47.080
The situation's gotten worse since
the crackdown began last week.

01:16:47.240 --> 01:16:51.800
Despite the information blackout
some images are still getting out.

01:16:54.160 --> 01:16:57.040
We received images from
Democratic Voice of Burma, -

01:16:57.200 --> 01:17:02.600
- the last media to be able to leak
information to the outside world.

01:17:02.760 --> 01:17:08.000
They use satellite connections
to send it out of Burma.

01:17:08.160 --> 01:17:13.320
Otherwise we wouldn't know
what was happening in Rangoon.

01:17:13.840 --> 01:17:16.480
It is taking too long.

01:17:18.880 --> 01:17:23.200
It has not even reached 1 megabyte.

01:17:23.360 --> 01:17:28.120
We know that this video was
taken yesterday in Rangoon.

01:17:28.280 --> 01:17:32.440
It shows that the repression
is still going on.

01:17:32.600 --> 01:17:36.320
The Burmese authorities
are trying to calm things down, -

01:17:36.480 --> 01:17:39.400
- saying that the protests are
over. This is not true.

01:17:39.560 --> 01:17:42.600
We see here that it is still
very violent in Rangoon.

01:18:12.160 --> 01:18:16.800
In the late days of September
generals were back in control.

01:18:20.280 --> 01:18:24.280
Military people are hunting
any person with a camera.

01:18:24.720 --> 01:18:27.760
We have to be very careful.

01:18:33.880 --> 01:18:36.320
DVB are the worst!

01:18:36.480 --> 01:18:39.200
The leaders in Oslo -

01:18:39.360 --> 01:18:42.600
- are getting false pictures -

01:18:42.760 --> 01:18:46.760
- from groups inside the country.>

01:18:46.920 --> 01:18:51.440
DVB are the ones who broadcast
most of the false news about s.

01:18:51.600 --> 01:18:55.680
The Burmese military government
realize that DVB is the one -

01:18:55.840 --> 01:19:00.800
- filming and smuggling all this
footage to international agencies.

01:19:00.960 --> 01:19:06.040
So they systematically target
DVB reporters on the ground.

01:19:08.960 --> 01:19:12.000
Everybody in our network
has spread out.

01:19:12.160 --> 01:19:16.080
They are feeling that
they can be arrested at any time.

01:19:16.800 --> 01:19:20.080
But we arranged
some hiding places.

01:19:24.200 --> 01:19:29.160
- Myint Aung, are you OK?
- Yes. Last night was not nice.

01:19:31.360 --> 01:19:34.920
Secret police came
knocking at every door.

01:19:35.080 --> 01:19:38.720
Luckily they thought
my flat was empty.

01:19:43.960 --> 01:19:48.280
It's too crazy here.
I am going up to Mandalay.

01:19:49.520 --> 01:19:51.560
OK, good luck.

01:19:52.680 --> 01:19:55.040
Hello, Ko Maung!

01:19:57.960 --> 01:20:00.840
Hello? Hello?

01:20:06.200 --> 01:20:09.280
Something strange
about Ko Maung.

01:20:09.440 --> 01:20:13.120
His phone gets picked up
but nobody answers back.

01:20:13.280 --> 01:20:17.120
I know.
He's been missing for hours.

01:20:17.280 --> 01:20:20.320
- What do you reckon?
- It's not good.

01:20:20.800 --> 01:20:25.320
- He'd have let us know.
- Do you think ...?

01:20:26.160 --> 01:20:29.240
Yes, he might be gone.

01:20:41.280 --> 01:20:43.320
Hello?

01:20:43.480 --> 01:20:46.680
Joshua, it's terrible.
They've taken headquarters!

01:20:46.960 --> 01:20:48.600
What?

01:20:48.760 --> 01:20:53.680
- Tun Zaw and Aung Win are lost.
- You mean arrested?

01:20:54.320 --> 01:20:58.600
Arrested. I saw it all.
Secret police everywhere.

01:20:58.760 --> 01:21:05.120
Tun Zaw just stared at me.
His face was all white.

01:21:05.280 --> 01:21:10.800
- Oh, no!
- I pretended to be a stranger.>

01:21:11.640 --> 01:21:17.080
- Can you go back?
- No. They're clearing the place.>

01:21:18.560 --> 01:21:25.320
- Don't go home tonight.
- No. I'll try to warn the others.>

01:21:25.480 --> 01:21:29.360
Yes, hurry. And take care, now.

01:21:29.520 --> 01:21:35.080
- I'll try.
- Promise me, will you?

01:22:35.440 --> 01:22:38.640
Film them! Film them all!
So many!

01:22:40.800 --> 01:22:43.000
So, so many!

01:22:51.240 --> 01:22:53.720
It is just too much.

01:22:53.880 --> 01:22:56.320
I feel hna myaw tal.

01:22:59.120 --> 01:23:04.480
It is like something has been
broken and cannot be repaired.

01:23:08.480 --> 01:23:13.760
But I'll just go on with my job.
Because we need to do it.

01:23:27.960 --> 01:23:32.080
I'll go back to Burma.
I'll go through the mountains -

01:23:32.240 --> 01:23:35.200
- and see what I can do.

01:24:11.440 --> 01:24:17.120
A massive cyclone has hit the
military-ruled country of Burma.

01:24:17.280 --> 01:24:21.440
50% of the buildings
are damaged or collapsed -

01:24:21.600 --> 01:24:24.720
- in the worst-hit
Irrawaddy delta towns.

01:24:26.760 --> 01:24:29.000
- Is it running?
- Yeah.

01:24:29.480 --> 01:24:34.400
May I ask a question?
We're not from the government.

01:24:35.000 --> 01:24:38.280
How many refugees
from the storm are here?

01:24:38.440 --> 01:24:42.040
There are 456 refugees here.

01:24:42.400 --> 01:24:45.680
How long have they been here?

01:24:45.840 --> 01:24:49.520
Two days.
We've had no proper help.

01:24:49.680 --> 01:24:52.080
We sleep where we can.

01:24:52.240 --> 01:24:55.000
Are you all right?

01:24:55.160 --> 01:24:59.320
We're just trying to survive.

01:25:00.200 --> 01:25:03.840
We dug out some
shelters for ourselves.