Saturday, October 29, 2011

Kyi May Kaung's comment on actress Emma Thompson's trip to Burma -

during which she claimed to see "change in Burma".

Left on website - 10-29-2011

"I admire Emma Thompson tremendously as an actor and activist etc.

But in this case she is MISTAKEN -

she has fallen into the trap of speaking for a non-profit which needs to be on the right side of the junta to continue in-country operations.

The so-called change is only a media whitewash so the junta can get western sanctions lifted.

Ms. Thompson needs to look at things deeper than one "fact-finding" trip sponsored by one non-profit organisation.

Kyi May Kaung (Ph.D.)"

Research paper--Burma/Myanmar--humanitarian crisis post 2021--Paul Virenze from Linked IN

https://www.ui.se/globalassets/ui.se-eng/publications/ui-publications/2025/final-ui-report-no.-6-2025_pv.pdf