grown a bow as a journalist who's been covering myanmar for many years new joins us now from kuala lumpur dave the disrupted facebook and other social media services which people opposed to the coup were using to organize themselves how big of a blow is this for the protestors i'd certainly significant blow because facebook is the king of social media in myanmar for a lot of people that's all they know when it comes to social media and when it comes to the web for that matter that's of the communicate amongst each other that's how they get campaigns going during the political season last year that's how a lot of campaigning went on because of over 19 now it will people will still find ways to communicate obviously was not long ago there was no such thing as social media 10 years ago most people didn't even have a phone in this country and people still found a way to organize and have demonstrations but this will definitely slow things down and complicate things for them so people are largely cut off from digital communications now in myanmar what steps can we expect the military to take next.

to get those people to take that risk thanks very much for this update that was generous dave from kuala lumpur. well all around the world people are pinning their hopes on vaccines as a way of defeating the corona virus well now a new study suggests the oxford astra zeneca shot could indeed prevent people from spreading covert 19 the research by oxford university is the 1st to show a vaccine stopping the corona virus being passed on as well as protecting against the illness the university says the back seam could cut transmission of the virus by 2 thirds scientists also found that a single shot can offer a high level of protection for up to 12 weeks more than 10000000 britons have already been vaccinated british health minister matt hancock had this to say about the new study at this. report is a very good news at 8 backs the strategy that we've taken and it shows the world that the oxford vaccine works effectively and the really good news embedded in it is that it not just reduces hospitalizations that we know people in this part of the trial who hospitalized. do with covais that after gettin

to get those people to take that risk thanks very much for this update that was journalist dave from kuala lumpur. see look some other stories making headlines around the world today syrian state media have accused israel of launching missile strikes from the disputed golan heights the britain based syrian observatory for human rights says israel targeted military posts for regime forces and pro iranian militias syria's air defenses retaliated israel has not confirmed or denied the operation. canada has designated the probably ois extremist group as a terrorist entity ottawa says the group played an important role in the deadly riot at the u.s. capitol early last month separately the u.s. just justice department charged 3 members of the proper ways for their involvement in the attack on the top of. a french court says the government of president obama well michael must take more action on climate change are mentalists took the administration to court for not fulfilling commitments under the paris 2015 climate accord tribunals found in their favor and gave the government 2 months to change its pol

journalist dave going to bomb has been covering the country for many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur dave why do you think the military is choosing to charge on song suchi with this law in particular. well this is a very vaguely worded law that you can basically bend it to fit around anything and to accuse anyone of breaking this law as long as it was imported or export and you know the interesting thing here is that during the days of the previous. many of aung san suu kyi supporters this law was used against them and they were locked up and when her party came into power 5 years ago a lot of people thought that they should get rid of this law they did not they did not prioritize it it's still in the books and now it is being used against her here and when me and the president he's being charged with violating the natural disaster management lot of this is a fast developing story breaking news i don't have more specifics on this with him but i would not be surprised if the charge against these 2 is just the beginning i mean the military is trying to legitimize themselves by claiming the

journalist 8 going to bomb has been covering the country for many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur dave why do you think the military is choosing to charge on some sooty with this law in particular. well this is a very vaguely worded law that you can basically bend it to fit around anything and anyone of breaking this law as long as it was imported or export you know the interesting thing here is that during the days of the previous. many of aung san suu kyi supporters this law was used against them and they were locked up and when her party came into power 5 years ago a lot of people thought that they should get rid of this law they did not they did not prioritize it it's still on the books and now it is being used against her here and when me and the president he's being charged with violating the natural disaster management lot of this is a fast developing story breaking news i don't have more specifics on this with him but i would not be surprised if the charge against these 2 is just the beginning i mean the military is trying to legitimize themselves by claiming the election and t

dive bomb is a journalist who spent many years reporting from mine mine he joins us now from kuala lumpur dave vague reports of a military coup but things are moving quickly now what more can you tell us. well as you said many political leaders have been detained this includes state councilor on from sochi who is the de facto leader of the civilian government the president when. several regional chief ministers also along with some political activists this tamed inside the country we can't say with certainty of this is the beginning of a coup but certainly things seem to be pointing in the wrong direction here as you said the army has been complaining about fraud in the november elections. in some cities nationally for democracy political party won 83 percent of the available seats and election that was really seen as a referendum on her government which came into power 5 years ago in 2016 now it's really important to point out though that the army. the constitution that ma'am are has this is a military drafted constitution and the army does not answer the civilian side of government here they

greene a bomb is a journalist who has been covering the anwar for many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur dave we understand that the junta has now put off facebook where many people were expressing opposition to the coup organizing civil disobedience therefore what impact is this likely to have on efforts to resist. it's certainly a blow because facebook is king of social media in myanmar a lot of people the only thing they know when it comes to social media the only thing they know when it comes to the web in fact just last year during the campaign season a lot of a political campaign because of course in 1000 happened on facebook now a lot of people say well you know you can give virtual private networks weekends to try to get around the block but the quality of the pm the cost of that is beyond the means of a lot of people and medium are. ok so so then what happens next i mean are there other steps that the country is also taking that the security forces are taking to counter opposition it will 1st of obviously people will find other means of my will is could slow things down but look just

gergen obama's journalist who has been covering me on maher for many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur dave we understand that the junta has now been off facebook or many people were expressing opposition to the coup organizing civil disobedience therefore what impact is this likely to have on efforts to resist. it's certainly a blow because facebook is king of social media in myanmar a lot of people only thing that you know when it comes to social media the only thing they know when it comes to the web in fact just last year during the campaign season a lot of the political campaigning because of course in 1000 happened on facebook now a lot of people would say well you know you can get virtual private networks weekends to try to get around this block but a quality d.p.m. the cost of that is beyond the means of a lot of people in myanmar. ok so so then what happens next i mean are there other steps that the country is also taking that the security forces are taking to counter opposition it well 1st of obviously people will find other means of my will is could slow things down but look just

general aung saw and the independence hero who was assassinated when she was a girl that's dave green a bomb in kuala lumpur thanks much dave sure thing. germany has summoned the russian ambassador over the kremlin's expulsion of swedish polish and german diplomats russia accuses them of participating in a legal protest against the jailing of opposition figures alexina vonnie the kremlin made the announcement while the european union's top diplomat josep burrell was in moscow he described the blocks chuy's with russia as being under severe strain. it was supposed to be a day to mend strained ties between the european union and russia but when 3 diplomats from sweden poland and germany were expelled from russia friday evening the message was clear and so was the response. and we consider these expulsions unjustified and we believe this to be yet another expression of what we're seeing in russia it is far from the realms of the rule of law a moment in who pulled off this. russia alleges the diplomats had participated a print of ali rallies the linen sisterhood that staying informed about ongoing issues is sim

i'll dive bomb is a journalist who spent many years reporting from mine mine joins us now from kuala lumpur dave vague reports of a military coup but things are moving quickly now what more can you tell us. yeah well as you said many political leaders have been detained this includes state councilor on some suchi who is the de facto leader of the civilian government the president when me and several regional chief ministers also along with some political activists detained inside the country as you said the army has been complaining about fraud in the november elections. some 2 cheese nationally for democracy political party won 83 percent of the available seats an election that was really seen as a referendum on her government which came into power 5 years ago in 2016 now it's really important to point out though that the army. the constitution that mia mark has this is a military draft constitution and the army does not answer to the civilian side of government here they control the security forces independently but obviously this is something that is really of great concern to the whole inter

journalist it when a bomb has been covering the country for many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur dave why do you think the military is choosing to charge you with this law in particular. well this is a very vaguely worded law that you can basically bend it to fit around anything into accuse anyone of breaking this law as long as it was imported or export you know the interesting thing here is that during the days of the previous. many of aung san suu kyi supporters this law was used against them and they were locked up and when her party came into power 5 years ago a lot of people thought that they should get rid of this law they did not they did not prioritize it it's still in the books and now it is being used against her here and when me and the president he's being charged with violating the natural disaster management lot of this is a fast developing story breaking news i don't have more specifics on this with him but i would not be surprised if the charge against these 2 is just the beginning i mean the military is trying to legitimize themselves by claiming the election and the

dave barry bonds a journalist who's been covering them often many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur dave widespread cuts to the internet access some a calling it a nationwide blackout what's behind this crackdown. yeah all makes it tougher for the organizers of these demonstrations to communicate with one another and strategize with one another i also makes it tougher for them to get their messages and powerful visuals out to the outside world for us to see certain the military like to clamp down on that you know the military they've got a playbook that they worked out before they went forward with the coup on monday what they're doing is seeing what the public does the reach of the playbook grab the plating of that particular time or what they think to me now in australia an advisor to elected lady. she has been detained as she has also they why are authorities tongan targeting her in a circle so it's really not clear at this time why they're detaining sean turn out that australian economic advisor that you're talking about particular since she's not really known by most of the people o

is her father general the independence hero who was assassinated when she was a girl that's dave in kuala lumpur thanks much dave sure thing. and to your now germany has some in the russian ambassador over the kremlin's expulsion of swedish polish and german diplomats russia accuses them of participating in illegal protest against the jailing of opposition figures alexina the kremlin made the announcement while the european union's top diplomat. was in moscow he described the blocks ties with russia as being under heavy strain. it was supposed to be a day to mend strained ties between the european union and russia but when 3 diplomats from sweden poland and germany were expelled from russia friday evening the message was clear and so was the response. we consider these expulsions unjustified and we believe this to be yet another expression of what we're seeing in russia it is far from the realms of the rule of law. in. russia alleges the diplomats had participated a print of on the rallies berlin insisted that staying informed about ongoing issues is simply part of a diplomat studious that they

will move us towards and we've got dave green about on the line now he's a journalist who spent many years reporting from myanmar and he joins us now from kuala lumpur so dave the coup what has drawn condemnation from many countries the us is threatening sanctions is that likely to have any effect on the coup leaders receive just these these sanctions they get and i'm about why most are unlikely to have any impact on the decision of the general makes because are any of the generals make because they've been through this for decades in the back of the military and have very little impact or real concern would be if there are broad based economic sanctions that have huge impact on the overall 6 economy of myanmar which could take these people most of them live in absolute poverty and make things even worse for them to back the calculation have to be made by the work would they really want to risk have that happening the key player in a key question is how does china respond because during the days of the dictatorship of. china was their best friend and china could make them an overseer to ease the economic pressure on them so china's response to any e

greene obama's journalist who has been covering me on maher for many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur dave we understand that the junta has now blocked facebook where many people were expressing opposition to the coup organizing civil disobedience therefore what impact is this likely to have on efforts to resist. certainly a blow because facebook is king of social media in myanmar a lot of people the only thing that you know want to come to social media the only thing they know when it comes to the web in fact just last year during the campaign season a lot of political campaigning because a couple 19 happened on facebook now a lot of people say well you know you can get virtual private network speak against it try to get around the block but a quality pm the cost of that is beyond the means of a lot of people in myanmar. ok so so then what happens next i mean are there other steps that the country is also taking that the security forces are taking to counter opposition. it will 1st of obviously people will find other means of my will is could slow things down but look just 10 years ago mo

and bring in dave green about him he's a journalist who spent many years reporting from the n.r.a. he joins us on the line now from kuala lumpur hi dave at the coo is consummated around the world the u.s. is even threatening sanctions is that likely to have any effect on the army commanders. it's likely not going to have significant impact keep in mind that for decades when myanmar was under a military rule there were crippling economic sanctions on the country which did have an enormous impact on the general population and the country went from one of the richest to one of the poorest with so many people living in the extreme poverty but the military generals and their cronies in the business unit the business elite still live very well so that's not likely to have a big impact they've been through this before now there could be targeted economic sanctions where you just target specific individuals pacific general but that happened before the senior gentleman on long as as had as a targeted sanctions they clearly have been cowed made these calculations before going through with this military coup a big question is going to be

let's bring in journalist dave grinning here he's covered me on more extensively and joins us now from kuala lumpur good to see you again dave tell us house the situation in myanmar right now how volatile is it. yeah i communicated with some people on the ground and yeah i got this morning and it's clearly things are very tense there as you said armored vehicles on the streets soldiers patrolling in fatigues you've got police you've got water cannons visible people are certainly on edge now there are reports that there are fewer demonstrators on the streets in the ngata now compared to previous days but it's early afternoon there are still see if those crowds pick up one thing that has also created a lot of tension are these nighttime raids and arrests that are going on the military has given itself sweeping powers they can detain people without a court order they can search property without a court order now people have created these sort of neighborhood watch groups to try to keep an eye out for the police to alert one another to try to protect one another but they tell me this is leading to just

journalist dave byrne about who has reported widely on man in both in the country and out is now following developments from the malaysian capital kuala lumpur he joins me now dave protest as a gang taking to the streets today despite yesterday saying the worst violence yet in weeks of protests can you give us a bit more detail yes so you saw the large crowds out on the streets today you know and people these these memorials of people are doing to the people who were killed yesterday as well as the funeral for the young woman who died on friday i mean these people have become a rallying cries for the demonstrators it is just uniting everyone adding more fuel to the protest movement you saw the people not only louder voices but there are signs saying they do not want dictatorship they want democracy they want on some suchi free but we could really see some pick things tomorrow there are calls for a nation wide strike and already some of the country's largest retailers are already said that they will not open tomorrow so with that we could see an increase norma's crowds out on the streets not only in the big cities but the small cities of the

journalist dave greenham bomb is following developments in the in march from malaysia's capital kuala lumpur and he joins us now for the latest hello to you dave so more protests today people seem undeterred by yesterday's fatal clashes with the riot police what are you hearing on the ground in the line. yeah i mean we're already seeing video thousands of demonstrators out in the streets today out in the streets and the late again these deaths this happened yesterday these these this fatal incident it is just becoming a rallying right there was jitters i've spoken to people in the biggest city since yesterday's fatal incident and they tell me that this is they are just rallying behind these people they see them as absolute martyrs it is just adding more fuel to the protest movement they have no intention of backing down the police the people just sound source and it's not just the mentally i mean i don't we talk a lot about them because they're the 2 biggest cities as well as naked at the capitol but there are people demonstrating in cities towns and small villages across the country now muc

dave thank you very much as always that was journalist david greene about in kuala lumpur now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today russian opposition figure alexina bonney is back in court where he's being tried for allegedly defaming a world war 2 veteran he says the case is politically motivated and mounting is already serving a 3 year sentence for violating terms of his probation at the time he was being treated in germany for poisoning. a group of prominent pro-democracy activists have gone on trial in hong kong they're facing charges in connection with the anti-government protests that rocked the city in 2019 include the founder of the hong kong democrats martin lee and media tycoon jimmy lie. new zealand's prime minister just into our down has accused australia of shirking its responsibilities in the case of a woman with dual citizenship detained in turkey for suspected links to islamic state militants australia has cancelled the woman citizen ship australian prime minister scott morrison said he was acting in the national interest. and honda and

and we've got dave green about on the line now he's a journalist who spent many years reporting from myanmar and he joins us now from kuala lumpur so the coup has drawn condemnation from many countries the u.s. is threatening sanctions is that likely to have any effect on the coup leaders. well it seems we've lost our line to kuala lumpur perhaps we can get back meanwhile let's talk a little faith u.s. sanctions ok go ahead sorry so these these job these these these sanctions they get them on the bottom line but are unlikely to have any impact on the decisions of the general makes because or any of the generals might because they've been through this for decades in the past in the military owns up and had very little impact the real concern would be if there are broad based economic sanctions that have huge impact on the overall and comedy of myanmar which could take these people most of them live in absolute poverty and make things even worse for them so that's the calculation as to be made by the west would they really want to risk have that happening the key player here and a key question is how does china respond because dur

joining us is journalist dave going to bomb in kuala lumpur to walk us through what is happening day not too long ago you were formerly based in myanmar this is a fast moving story but how serious is this political crisis and why is the military moving at this particular time. it when you look at why the military is moving at this particular time point the fingers at the commander in chief of the army senior general min long he's approaching retirement age 65 later this year mandatory retirement age and it's no secret that he's had his eyes on the presidency but with the elections in november where the nationally for them ocracy won more than 80 percent of the a valuable seats there really seem to be no way for him to legitimately get there any time soon now they were bringing up accusations of widespread election fraud just over a week ago which the elections commission rejected there were rumblings that there might be of could things seem like they might damp down a little bit that's the kind of impression we're getting over the weekend and then this today but why now really seemed

joining us is journalist dave going to bomb in kuala lumpur to walk us through what is happening day not too long ago you were formerly based in myanmar this is a fast moving story but how serious is this political crisis and why is the military moving at this particular time. it when you look at why the military is moving at this particular time point the fingers at the commander in chief of the army senior general min long he's approaching retirement age 65 later this year mandatory retirement age and it's no secret that he's had his eyes on the presidency but with the elections in november where the nationally for them ocracy won more than 80 percent of the a valuable seats there really seemed to be no way for him to legitimately get there any time soon now they were bringing up accusations of widespread election fraud just a week ago which the elections commission rejected there were rumblings that there might be of things seem like they might damp down a little bit that's the kind of impression we're getting over the weekend and then this today but why now really seemed like he

dave thank you very much as always that was journalist david greene about in kuala lumpur well in just a few hours from now a special flights carrying around half a 1000000 doses of china's sign of farm coronas virus vaccine will arrive in hungary hungary will be the 1st european union country to administer both the chinese and russia's sputnik vbac scene the government has granted emergency approvals through the vaccines bypassing approval from medical regulators after criticizing the pace of the e.u. vaccine rollout. hungary is going it alone last friday it became the 1st country in the european union to administer russia's sputnik v. vaccine starting with a batch of $2800.00 doses on tuesday at the livery of the chinese scene a farm vaccine is expected to arrive another 1st in the e.u. this is a clear break with the e.u.'s vaccine rollout plan which officials in hungary have repeatedly criticized for being too slow. prime minister viktor orban said hungary is taking matters into its own hands. we can stop the virus without vaccines because it will always come back in new waves that'

journalist dave greene a bomb is following developments in may in mar capital kuala lumpur and he joins us now for the latest hello to you dave so more protests today people seem undeterred by yesterday's seydel clashes with the riot police what are you hearing on the ground in the amman. yeah i mean we're already seeing video thousands of demonstrators out in the streets and yet god today out in the streets of mandalay today again these deaths happened yesterday these these this fatal incident is just becoming a rallying cry for demonstrators i've spoken to people in the biggest city since yesterday's fatal incident and they tell me that this is they are just rallying behind these people they see them as absolute martyrs it is just adding more fuel to the protest movement they have no intention of backing down the police the people just sound source and it's not just the mentally and don we talk a lot about them because they're the 2 biggest cities as well as in a bit of the capital but there are people demonstrating in cities towns and small villages across the country now much of the

journalist dave greene a bomb is following developments in the in march from malaysia's capital kuala lumpur and he joins us now for the latest hello to you dave so more protests today people seem undeterred by yesterday's fatal clashes with the riot police what are you hearing on the ground in the line. yeah i mean we're already seeing video thousands of demonstrators out in the streets today out in the streets and the late again these deaths this happened yesterday these these this fatal incident it is just becoming a rallying cry for there was jitters i've spoken to people in the biggest city since yesterday's fatal incident and they tell me that this is they are just rallying behind these people they see them as absolute martyrs it is just adding more fuel to the protest movement they have no intention of backing down the police the people just sound source and it's not just the mentally and we talk a lot about them because they're the 2 biggest cities as well as naked of the capital but there are people demonstrating in cities towns and small villages across the country now much of the

joining us is journalist dave going to bomb in kuala lumpur to walk us through what is happening day not too long ago you were formerly based in myanmar this is a fast moving story but how serious is this political crisis and why is the military moving at this particular time it when you look at why the military is moving at this particular time point the fingers at the commander in chief of the army senior general min long he's approaching retirement age 65 later this year mandatory retirement age and it's no secret that he's had his eyes on the presidency but with the elections in november where the nationally for them ocracy won more than 80 percent of the available seats there really seem to be no way for him to legitimately get there any time soon now they were bringing up accusations of widespread election fraud just over a week ago which the elections commission rejected there were rumblings that there might be a coup things seem like they might damp down a little bit that's the kind of impression we're getting over the weekend and then this today but why now really seemed lik

killed by some estimates more than 10000 of them dave thank you very much for your insights that was journalist they going to be talking to us from kuala lumpur. i was take a look at a couple of other stories making headlines around the world today president richard type out of one says he would discuss drafting a new constitution for turkey with his party's allies he criticized the current constitution for containing traces of military influence in 2018 turkey transition to a presidential system that concentrated power in out of one's hands. and an out of control wildfire has destroyed dozens of homes close to the city of perth in western australia authorities have told many people living in the vicinity to be prepared to fight the blaze as it is now too dangerous for them to leave their properties. now to the corona virus crisis the pandemic is pushing hospitals in portugal to the brink of collapse the country has the highest number of new cases in the world mainly because the new variant of the virus 1st checked in in britain is spreading out of control the situation is so critical that other european countries are now coming to the countr

dave grandmamma's a journalist who's been covering them often many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur widespread cuts to the internet access some a calling it a nationwide blackouts what's behind this crackdown. yeah all makes it tougher for the organizers of these demonstrations to communicate with one another and strategize with one another i also makes it tougher for them to get their messages and powerful visuals out to the outside world for us to see certain the military like to clamp down on that you know the military they've got a playbook that they worked out before they went forward with the coup on monday what they're doing is seeing what the public does the reach of the playbook grab the plating of that particular time or what they think to me now in australia an advisor to elected later. she has been detained as she has also they not why are authorities tongan targeting her in a circle so it's really not clear at this time why they're detaining sean turn out that australian economic advisor but you're talking about the case and she's not really known by most of the people

journalist dave green obama is following developments in and mom from malaysia's capital kuala lumpur and he joins me now there's been a lot of attention surrounding the the 2 people killed in mandalay yesterday and the live ammunition that was fired on demonstrators but we understand that a man was also killed overnight and yang gong can you give us some more details about that so they're going these neighborhood watch groups forming communities around the country and this is a response to the nighttime raids and arrests the security forces have been doing it's also a response to concerns over the 10s of thousands of prisoners that the military government released recently concerns that perhaps some of them would be used to rough up demonstrators at the nighttime in their neighborhoods so these neighborhood watches have been going around and according to local media our last night in one of the underlying outlying neighborhoods of one of these did watch which came across to police vehicles at least one officer got out and see the fire what was shot in the air the neighborhood watch g

the military that refuses to relinquish power journalist dave green obama is following developments in and mom from malaysia's capital kuala lumpur and he joins me now there's been a lot of attention surrounding the the 2 people killed in mandalay yesterday in the live ammunition that was fired on demonstrators but we understand that a man was also killed overnight and yang gong can you give us some more details about that so they're going these neighborhood watch groups forming communities around the country and this is a response to the nighttime raids and arrests the security forces have been doing it's also a response to concerns over the 10s of thousands of prisoners at the military government released recently concerns that perhaps some of them would be used to rough up demonstrators at the one time in their neighborhoods so these neighborhood watches have been going around and according to local media the m.r. last night one of the underlying outlying neighborhoods of one of these did watch groups came across to police vehicles at least one officer got out and see the fire what were shot in the air the neighborhood watch g

dave thank you very much as always that was journalist david greene about in kuala lumpur. catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today a group of prominent pro-democracy activists have gone on trial in hong kong they're facing charges in connection with the anti-government protests that rocked the city in 2019 they include the founder of the hong kong democrats martin lee and media tycoon jimmy line. new zealand's prime minister just into our den has accused australia of shirking its responsibilities in the case of a woman with dual citizenship detained in turkey for suspected links to islamic state militants australia has cancelled the woman citizenship australian prime minister scott morrison said he was acting in the national interest and calm during authorities incinerated nearly wanted to have tons of cocaine seized from drug cartels incineration comes as u.s. prosecutors investigate one during president on orlando one and as for accepting bribes to protect drug traffickers who shipped cocaine to the u.s. . the chinese government's cra

for more now we can speak to journalist dave group who's been covering the country for several years he joins us from kuala lumpur or can you tell us about the protests yeah well that's quite a stand last night these were really where we started seeing the 1st signs of civil disobedience from the public as you said people were honking their horns they were on the streets and from their balconies banging pots and form of protest and i mean our civil disobedience group said that at 70 hospitals and medical centers as you said in 30 different communities across the country that doctors and medical workers are not working that they've walked off the job additionally you may see boycotts of military link products this could include cell phone services brands of beer the medium our military controls a vast array of businesses across the country now of course all this leads to the natural follow up question is will we at some point in the days or weeks ahead see mass mobilization mass numbers of people protesting in the streets of yangon and other cities in the country i've spoken to contacts in myanmar today you tell m

dave brubeck was a journalist who's been covering manmohan for many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur widespread cuts to the internet access some calling it a nationwide blackout what's behind this crackdown yeah well makes it tougher for the organizers of these demonstrations to communicate with one another and strategize with one another i also makes it tougher for them to get their messages and powerful visuals out to the outside world for us to see certainly military like the clamp down on that you know the military they've got a playbook that they worked out before they went forward with the coup on monday what they're doing is seeing what the public does they reach in the playbook grab the plating of that particular time or what they think to me now in australia an advisor to elected laid out suit she has been detained as she has also they why are authorities tongan targeting her in a circle. so it's really not clear at this time why they're detaining sean turnout australian economic advisor but you're talking about the case and she's not really known by most of the people in th

journalist dave gergen a bomb is following developments in an ma from malaysia's capital kuala lumpur and he joins me now day there's been a lot of attention surrounding the the 2 people killed in mandalay yesterday in the live ammunition that was fired on demonstrators but we understand that a man was also killed overnight in yang gong can you give us some more details about that. yes so they're going these neighborhood watch groups forming communities around the country and this is a response to the nighttime raids and arrests the security forces have been doing it's also a response to concerns over the 10s of thousands of prisoners that the military government released recently in concerns that perhaps some of them would be used to rough up demonstrators at the one time in their neighborhoods so these neighborhood watch groups have been going around and according to local media in myanmar last night in one of the underlying outlying neighborhoods of one of these neighborhood watch groups came across 2 police vehicles at least one officer got out and seen the fire what was shot in t

that's got more from dave grohl about who's been covering them up for many years he joins us from kuala lumpur and talk us through these charges day welcome by the way the import irregular hours in a few walkie talkies doesn't sound serious enough to warrant summary arrest and perhaps did and perhaps 2 years in jail. yeah well the new military regime is just taking a page out of the playbook of memoirs old military regime i mean this import export law the way it's written is so arcane that you can basically take just about anything and twist and turn anything that was important or export and twist and turn this law around such a vague law and make it as if this item broke the law that's how this is in fact the thing here is those that went on sun suit she's in a stray she came into office 5 years ago a lot of people encouraged them to scrap this law to get it out of the books because some of her supporters during the days of the old regime the old who would have been jailed under well they did not do that and now this law is being used against her so how people likely to react. well you know w

dave. is that nationwide strike is not taking hold. it is i just want to clarify that i'm coming to you from kuala lumpur malaysia i lived in myanmar for many years though before yes this nationwide strike it is big it has a lot of momentum behind it a lot of major retailers have closed down including the largest supermarket chain in the country city market we've got restaurant chains both domestic brands and international brands of close down food delivery seems to be closed down a lot of mom and pop shops across the country completely closed down but i spoke to some contacts this morning in the i gotta tell you when it comes to the number of demonstrators on the streets they expect today we'll see the largest number of demonstrators we've seen so far in yangon on and it's still early afternoon there so we have to see how these demonstrations develop throughout the day but when you look at the numbers we're seeing so far and you look at the video that's coming in from yet mandalay the 2nd biggest city in the country as well as other communities they really seem to have just massive numbers of these protesters they are not backing down

dave heard about as a journalist who's been covering them often many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur gave widespread cuts to the internet access some a calling it a nationwide blackout what's behind this crackdown. yeah all makes it tougher for the organizers of these demonstrations to communicate with one another and strategize with one another i also makes it tougher for them to get their messages and powerful visuals out to the outside world for us to see certain the military like to clamp down on that you know the military they've got a playbook that they worked out before they went forward with the coup on monday what they're doing is seeing what the public does the reach of the playbook grab the plating of that particular time or what they think. now in australia an advisor to elected laid out suit she has been detained as she has also they not why are authorities tongan targeting her in a circle so it's really not clear at this time why they're detaining sean turned out that australian economic advisor that you're talking about the case and she's not really known by most of th

has got more from dave grohl about who's been covering myanmar for many years he joins us from kuala lumpurand talk us through these charges day welcome by the way. import irregular hours a few walkie talkies doesn't sound serious enough to warrant summary arrest and perhaps a date and perhaps 2 years in jail. yeah well the new military regime is just taking a page out of the playbook of memoirs old military regime i mean this import export law the way it's written is so arcane that you can basically take just about anything and twist and turn anything that was important or export and twist and turn this law around such a vague law and make it as if this item broke the law that's how this is in fact the thing here is those that went on sun suit she's in astray she came into office 5 years ago a lot of people encourage them to scrap this law to get it out of the books because some of her supporters during the days of the old regime the old who want to have been jailed under well they did not do that and now this law is being used against her so how people likely to react. well you know we ha

journalist a dave grusin about them is a long time and not observer he joins us from kuala lumpur malaysia well what do the generals want. or what they want is to stay in power and you know they really have had power through it throughout all of this if you look at it through they drafted the current constitution of this country which gave them 20 of the military 25 percent of the seats in parliament guaranteed in addition to whatever their proxy party could win at the ballot box the military was guaranteed 3 ministries ministry of defense home affairs and border affairs so they've really had the power and the civilian government kid could never have no oversight of the military so they have the power so i guess getting more to your question why why this coup well 1st off if you look at the timing why did it happen now this week the 1st session of parliament since the election was due to start which would finalize the election results with the approval of the next governments and they're going to move they really need to make this maneuver by today they try to legitimize it by saying that

dave brubeck was a journalist who's been covering man often many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur dave widespread cuts to the internet access some a calling it a nationwide blackout what's behind this crackdown yeah well makes it tougher for the organizers of these demonstrations to communicate with one another in.

it's going to more from dave grusin about who's been covering myanmar for many years he joins us from kuala lumpur and talk us through these charges dave welcome by the way. irregulars a few walkie talkies doesn't sound serious enough to warrant summary arrest and perhaps and perhaps 2 years in jail. yeah well the new military regime is just taking a page out of the playbook of memoirs old military regime i mean this import export law the way it's written is so arcane that you can basically take just about anything and twist and turn anything that was important or export in twist and turn this law around such a vague law and make it as if this item broke the law that's how this is in fact the thing here is those that went on sunday to choose administration came into office 5 years ago a lot of people encouraged them to scrap this law to get it out of the books because some of her supporters during the days of the old regime the old who would have been jailed under well they did not do that and now this law is being used against her so how people likely to react. well you know we have seen some civ

dave grandmamma's a journalist who's been covering man often many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur gave widespread cuts to the internet access.