China enjoys natural resources from Burma. Burmese generals enjoy luxurious life-style by earning millions from the country's resources. But majority Burmese under grinding poverty will remain poor indefinitely, as long as China , India & Thailand continue to protect the world's most cruel regime .

swe, Yangon, Burma

West often said victims were left to die of hunger without help/aid from Govt. Today(11/06/08) saw on TV west aid workers handing out sweets candy bars etc to young children who did not look sickly or starving. Trying to win the hearts and minds of children who would grow up mind washed??. Umm

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Mike, Nottm,
corrections. I meant to say :"Unlike the West where oil matters most"

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Mike, Nottm,
China is friendly to all especially to its neighbours. If you don't know,there is in the pipeline a joint Mekong River development plan in the region. This is good for the whole of SEA & Asia. We will develop in peace & harmony. V r Asian brothers & sisters.
Unlike West, oil matters

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

The ruling junta will take another 40 years time.
Are they fooling the international community or the US. & EU? Ban the Olympics of China & see how China turns the table on Burma. Shame on India the big brother of Democracy, helping the junta with arms. Drag these butcher Generals to Int.Court.

khin zaw, Manchester, United Kingdom

There should be intervention in Burma as well as a tiny island nearby which supports it and has similar father figures

Claire, Baltimore, United States

"Burmese people should realise that China is their brother"

Well the Chinese are certainly friendly to the Junta supplying it with arms and why?, well there's that important oil pipeline from Burma to China isn't there

Oil again eh

Mike, Nottm, UK

May I ask Parry: When did it become OK to file a report of capital crime when the single source’s “account is impossible to verify? When did the source become credible when he came out with his allegation only three years later, especially when his case of asylum is threatened?

Nyeinc, Yangon, Myanmar

U.S. asylum laws require that the asylum status can be revoked from those who committed the crimes. Aung Lin Htut, being an officer from the infamous military intelligence, fears that his asylum might be revoked if the former political prisoners abroad recognized his face and so reported to Immigration.

Nyeinc, Yangon, Myanmar

KoKoNyane, Washington DC, USA
Though there are world wide cruelty there are still many who care. If you are Myanmarese pls don't lose hope. Myanmar will change and rebound from this disaster. Remember the world today really need peace. Pressure from any source will make matters worse.

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

The West today is full of cowards; and the rest arein Burma reaping rewards for being friends on this "JUNTA'". A shameful state of affairs...and yes...there is "OIL" in "BURMA"!

Jaker, London/Dublin, Ireland/England

Humans should have feelings for other human beings and creatures. Thousands of people in Burma have suffered so much and they are still suffering under the military. The global community should make more efforts to end this unnecessary suffering. It would be so selfish to say why should we care!

KoKoNyane, Washington DC, USA

"Silly English people" (Mark, Minneapolis). How desperately ironic. What exactly do we have to learn from a backward, perverted regime such as Burma's? Your comment would almost be amusing if it actually made any sense.

Benjamin Griffiths, London,

If anyone have done any sort of research on evidence of Genocide in Burma, they would know that those weapons used for the Genocide is from China alone, and China is fully aware of what these weapons are being used for. you can find out more info at www.burma-network.org

Sophie, arizona, usa

Lim, you're absolutely right.
<br/>Burmese people should realise that China is their brother
<br/>and really care about them. Don't wait for whitemen coming
<br/>for help.

Leong, S'pore, Singapore

So when the Jews were being 'eliminated' by Hitler, we should have just said let them take care of their own problems, we got our own 'more important' issues to take care of?

'the world is horrible place not because of the evil people in it but because of those who does nothing about it'

Sophie, arizona, usa

Who care about the people of Myanmar? Do they have oil? No. Do they affect the balance of payments of the EU or USA? No. Are they killing EU or USA citizens? No. So what does it matter?

Deepak, Wayland, USA

William, Atlanta, usa
Agree with u. USA has got too many things on its hand. Its economy is not well. There is worsening unemployment. Does it want more? So It is better not to act. If some people need to act it should be the Myanmarese people themselves, not anyone else.

Peace to the world.

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Boedaw, Rangoon,
Brother Boedaw, Look from a broader picture. If China can help Myanmar become a 2nd Shanghai, don't you think it is good for the Myanmarese. China is a peaceful nation and the planned Mekong River Region development cooperation will bring development and progress to the area.

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Silly English people, these Burma people have a culture they can share with us, we must learn from them. Yes you may not like the killing, but why don't we see if we can relocate some of these people to England and the USA and get them to teach us in our schools how they do this.

Mark, Minneapolis, USA

Who support and cover the Burmese Junta? China soft power take-over the whole Burma right now. China dream is to make Burma to become 2nd Shanghai. I can mention that Burmese Junta can killing their civilian because of China and Russia covering them. What UNSC can do? I can say nothing & never.

Boedaw, Rangoon, Burma

People starved in Iraq while Saddam filled mass graves and built golden palaces and paid suicide bombers in Gaza. That was OK as long as the US/UK patrolled the skys getting shot and Europe got rich from the Oil for Food kickbacks. Now i hear"why dont we act"? No thank you. Take care if it yourself.

William, Atlanta, usa

I am wondering whether the British and or American soldiers will open fire if someone or a group of people strayed into what is a security area.? Maybe the nervy soldiers will shoot at any thing that moves.
Does not the word strayed meant "unknowingly intruded" or "unintended intrusion" H E L P !

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

As per the other response , When will there be action against the criminals who ruin the country ?
There is more to life than the goods being stolen without the country's real owners ever getting any benefit , how about a thought without the greed motivation as usually is required !!

Garry , bunbury, australia

When is enough finally enough!? What new crimes of the junta would justify intervention? Are they right now still within the bounds of being acceptably criminal? How many more lifes need to be destroyed? How many more children will never get a chance at a normal life? When will the world act???

Ron, Norway,

When is the international community going to have the guts to acknowledge that those in charge of Burma are either insane or in the grip of paranoid megalomania? Thousands of people have needlessly died. The ruling Junta is as guilty as Milosevic, and should all be tried for genocide.

Benjamin Griffiths, London,