Myanmar’s Good Friday
A senior Church leader in Myanmar said today (Maundy Thursday) that the current situation is getting worse. This is what he said.
“From Friday April 2 there will be no websites. The Government is shutting down the internet altogether. Our phones may still work.
The military government has carried out air strikes on villages. People are trying to flee to the Thailand side of the border but they are being returned by the Thai authorities who have set up barbed wire fences at the border points, for example down one river. I do not know why Thailand will not accept our refugees.
In the protests eight to ten people die every day. Real bullets are used. The Government will not change its position so every protester will be killed or be detained. We have a military terrorist Government. They are looting the people. When people in cars or motorbikes are checked on the roads, if the army see money or phones in the vehicle, they just steal them.
Pastors and Christian leaders are not involved in the protests. If we were to do so we would be arrested and jailed. People are afraid that if they go out the army will arrest them.
We will be able to meet for Easter Services, in groups of up to 30. The Intelligence Service People will be checking that these numbers are not exceeded.
My Easter message will be that people should pray for the Government and the Population. The protesters are mostly younger people between seventeen and forty five. The older people do not take part since unlike the young people they cannot run away. So they pray for their sons and daughters out on the road. They do not stop them from going out.
I ask people outside Myanmar to pray for this Military Government who have really become terrorists. They have no sympathy. They show no mercy to people. They use bulldozers to remove vehicles from the roads. Pray that God will soften their hearts.”
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