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Myanmar junta moves deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi
to solitary confinement
Has the military had enough of Burma's conscience?
By Clyde Hughes
In April, the junta-led government sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison on a corruption conviction.
Military prosecutors said she took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, including gold.
File Photo by Pat Benic/UPI | License Photo
June 23 (UPI) -- Myanmar's military-led government said on Thursday that it's moved former civilian leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to a solitary confinement prison in Naypyidaw.
Suu Kyi, 76, has been in the custody of the military junta since a coup on Feb. 1, 2021. She has since been charged with nearly two dozen criminal offenses, including corruption and using unauthorized communications devices. The charges could keep her in prison for the rest of her life.
"By the law, it's confirmed that [Suu Kyi] has been moved to the prison," Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun said, according to CNN. "And she's been kept at separate confinement well."
Deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has already been sentenced to several years in prison on various
criminal charges that were filed after the junta takeover in Februry 2021. File Photo by Diego Azubel/EPA-EFE
Many senior members of Suu Kyi's government and party are among those held in Naypyidaw. Adviser and Australian economist Sean Turnell is also detained there.
In April, the junta-led government sentenced Suu Kyi to five years in prison on a corruption conviction. Military prosecutors said she took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, including gold.
Suu Kyi has rejected the accusations and some independent legal experts have said they are sham charges intended solely to legitimize and justify the military takeover last year.
Since Suu Kyi's removal, the Myanmar military has tried and convicted Suu Kyi on other charges -- including possessing unauthorized walkie-talkies and violating COVID-19 restrictions. She'd already been sentenced to six years in prison on separate charges.
I seriously doubt that she will survive prison. The government can do what it likes there. There should be serious international repercussions for this.
At least 22 'students' dead in South African nightclub
while 'celebrating end of exams'
By JACK WRIGHT and ELIZABETH HAIGH FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 16:26 EDT, 26 June 2022
At least 22 people have been found dead inside a nightclub in South Africa amid claims they were poisoned.
Police rushed to the Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery Park, a township in the southern city of East London, in the early hours of Sunday after receiving reports from the public.
Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana said those killed in the club are believed to be aged between 18 and 20.
The Eastern Cape provincial community and safety department official Unathi Binqose ruled out a stampede as cause of death. He said he understood the patrons were students 'celebrating pens down, a party held after writing (high school) exams'.
However, regional newspaper DispatchLive reported claims those who died were exposed to some kind of poison.
Empty bottles of alcohol, wigs and even a pastel purple 'Happy Birthday' sash lay strewn on the dusty street outside the double-storey Enyobeni Tavern, according to Unathi Binqose, a safety government official who arrived at the scene at dawn.
Local reports suggest none of the bodies had any obvious wounds or injuries, ruling out suggestions that a stampede or similar tragic incident would have occurred.
At least once a year you hear about multiple deaths at Indian weddings where alcohol was provided, often made with toxic ingredients. This could be a similar catastrophe.
Crowds gather as forensic personnel investigate Enyobeni Tavern, in Scenery Park, today
Local media also reported: 'Bodies are lying strewn across tables, chairs and on the floor; with no obvious signs of injury'.
Crowds of people, including parents whose children were missing, gathered on Sunday outside the tavern where the tragedy happened in the city of East London, while mortuary vehicles collected the bodies.
Senior government officials rushed to the southern city. They included national Police Minister Bheki Cele, who broke down in tears after emerging from a morgue where the bodies were being stored.
'It's a terrible scene,' he told reporters. 'They are pretty young... It breaks (you).'
The provincial government of Eastern Cape said at least eight girls and 13 boys had died. Seventeen were found dead inside the tavern. The rest died in hospital.
Drinking is permitted for over-18s in township taverns, commonly known as shebeens, which are often situated cheek by jowl with family homes or, in some cases, inside the homes themselves.
But safety regulations and drinking-age laws are not always enforced.
'We have a child that was there, who passed away on the scene,' said the parents of a 17-year-old girl.
'This child, we were not thinking was going to die this way. This was a humble child, respectful,' said grieving mother Ntombizonke Mgangala, standing next to her husband outside the morgue.
President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is attending the G7 summit in Germany, sent his condolences.
He voiced concern 'about the reported circumstances under which such young people were gathered at a venue which, on the face of it, should be off-limits to persons under the age of 18'.
The authorities are now considering whether to revise liquor licensing regulations. South Africa is among the countries in Africa where most alcohol is consumed.
'The number has increased to 20, three have died in hospital. But there are still two who are very critical,' the head of the provincial government safety department Weziwe Tikana-Gxothiwe said on local TV. This was before the confirmed death toll rose to 22.
A visibly shocked head of the Eastern Cape Province Oscar Mabuyane spoke from outside the scene, a building surrounded by houses in an area called Scenery Park.
'It's absolutely unbelievable, we can't understand it, losing 20 young lives just like that,' he told reporters, condemning 'this unfortunate consumption, unlimited consumption of liquor'.
'You can't just trade in the middle of society like this and think that young people are not going to experiment,' he said.
Local television showed police officers trying to calm down a crowd of people gathered outside the club in the city, which lies on the Indian Ocean coast, nearly 620 miles south of Johannesburg.
Mr Kinana told the Newzroom Africa rolling news channel: 'The SAPS confirms that about 17... were found dead inside a local cabin in Scenery Park, in the area of East London.
'We received this report in the early hours of Sunday. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation as we speak.
'We do not want to make any speculations at this stage. Our investigation is continuing.'
Russia’s secret UFO files reveal fighter jet was buzzed by strange lights
& 600mph craft moving like ‘no human aircraft’
Henry Holloway
10:50, 27 Jun 2022
RUSSIAN pilots encountered strange lights in the sky and soldiers witnessed objects moving in ways like no human aircraft, secret documents reveal.
Newly uncovered Cold War-era files reveal that it was not just the US who was experiencing encounters with strange objects in the sky - but the same phenomena was being seen in the Soviet Union.
KGB documents showing a sketch of a saucer shape firing a beam'
KGB documents show scores of reports by Russian soldiers, airmen and pilots as they observed eerie shapes, huge objects, glimmering lights and mysterious flashes.
Some of the most striking reports include a Russian colonel who reported a shape-shifting object which fired a "beam of light" towards the ground.
Others include a MiG-21 pilot who was baffled by a mysterious object, and a witness who saw an object that did not move like any known human machine.
The Sun Online can reveal these documents as Russia waded into the UFO debate - which has become a hot topic in Washington DC.
There is much more on this story at the Scottish Sun, including more photos and documents.
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Dozens of sailors confirm their warships were swarmed by
'at least 100' otherworldly UFOs
> Naval crew have told documentary maker Jeremy Corbell that US warships were swarmed in 2019 by 'at least 100' UFOs with unexplainable capabilities
>Last year Corbell published videos from the warship incidents that set social media ablaze
>The videos were verified by the Pentagon and showed flashing objects hovering above US Navy ships in the Pacific Ocean
>In an historic hearing on UFOs last month, Navy chiefs tried to explain away the incident, saying they were 'reasonably confident' the objects were drones
>Corbell is now hitting back, claiming that he has 'dozens' of accounts from crew, investigators and briefed officials who say that the UFOs were otherworldly
>The nature and origin of the craft are still unknown, and witnesses say that they flew in ways that would put publicly known drone technology to shame
>A crewman with direct knowledge of the case, who spoke to DailyMail.com on condition of anonymity, called the incident 'world-changing'
By JOSH BOSWELL and CHRIS SHARP FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Please go to the Daily Mail for the full story, more photos and videos.
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