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Demonstration In Myanmar | Download and watch video below.

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In this clip, there are young men and women who participated as the initiator or leader of the mass.

People are showing their disapproval upon the sky high fuel prices without notice and the outcome of higher price of goods that was never solved.
The basic average salary of citizen are not enough to get survive by doing the normal basic business which is available.

Currently, many other people around the country are also demonstrating but almost all of them have been offended and attacked by violent people who were gathered by government authorities for the security of the country.

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Demonstration In Yangon On 22.8.08

Today, there are some groups of people who were leaded by well-known group of old students. They marched from Hleden to Suu Lay and other crowded places at about afternoon and began demonstration till evening.

Some people got caught and some people got injured who included monks, students and other political runners.

The demonstration was offended by a group of people who brought the people by cars.

There could possibly be another demonstration in near future but we don’t know where it will be.

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Increasing Fuel Prices In Myanmar Makes People Roll Out

The gasoline,diesel and CNG prices were going up last week, 14.8.07 at night.

The gasoline price has been increased to 3000Kyats(approx. US$2.30 per gallon = US$ 0.608 per litre), The price of petrol was raised to 2500 kyat (approx. US$ 2 per gallon = US$ 0.52 per litre) respectively from 1500 kyat (approx. US$ 1.15 per gallon = US$ 0.304 per litre), and CNG ( Compressed Natural Gas) from 54 to 273 Kyat (US$ 0.209) per kilogram.

The authorities have not made any official statement before or after the fuel price rise.

Currently, the minimum fare of normal bus goes up to 150 kyats which has been increased from 40 kyats. The regular price of bus round about 2004 is only 20 kyats for maximum distance. Right now, nobody can check the right fare that has been usually posted on the bus because of spares won't ask the shown amount which has been approved by the head of the department of vehicles.

The prices of other goods are more likely to be increased because of this situation.

Here are the fare list posted on 56 legally but people seemed to be asked over that price illegally.

Here are the photos that have been taken during the demonstration at 19.8.06

"It is not a protest rally but a demonstration to show that we are walking because we cannot afford to travel by buses due to the increased fares caused by hike in fuel prices," Ko Ko Gyi said.

"We are doing this to highlight the situation the people are facing. We want to draw the attention...." Ko Ko Gyi said.

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