When I pick up the camera, maybe my hands are shaking.
I may have a heavy heartbeat.
But after shooting for a little while, it is OK.
I have nothing in my mind. I have only my subject.
I just shoot.
This is my country.
And this is the way it has been for more than 40 years.
I only remember a few weeks when things were any different.
In 1 988 I was just a little boy.
But that's when everybody in Burma got into the streets.
They'd had enough of military rulers. They wanted change.
It was the students who led the demonstrations.
They became more and more outspoken.
They demanded that the generals give up power.
There was so much hope.
We even had Aung San Suu Kyi -
- who came back from Europe to lead the people.
But the generals wanted it differently.
At the end of the day 3000 people were killed in the streets -
- and it was all over.
I feel I want to fight for democracy.
But I think we had better make a longer plan.
We cannot go out into the streets again and get shot -
- because we have no more people to die.
These people were so brave.
But sometimes I feel they died for nothing.
There is nothing left from '88.
It's as if everything has been forgotten.
Aung San Suu Kyi is in house arrest in the middle of Rangoon.
She is in the house but you cannot go and talk to her.
There is just... darkness.
I feel the world is forgetting about us.
That's why I decided to become a video reporter.
At least I can try to show that Burma is still here.
We have to hide our camera in a bag. We can only shoot for a little while.
And after that we have to smuggle our footage out of the country.
It is a very difficult job. But we try.
If they catch me with a camera I know I will go to prison.
And if people tell us what they think, they will go away too.
So they keep silent. Our stories are silent.
In the night times I always think about what I did during the day.
A little worried... "Oh, who could have been watching?"
Or something like that.
What if someone knows me and noticed I am shooting pictures?
Yeah, I think about this.
Fear is so deep in everybody. Also in me.
Sometimes when I feel like this I go and see Ko Maung.
- Did you buy this camera for me? - It is for you, you little devil.
There is a whole group of us in Rangoon.
We are all facing the same problems -
- but Ko Maung looks at it differently -
- even though he's already spent 1 2 years in prison.
He is a special guy. He doesn't seem to mind.
- Where is the zoom? - Right here.
- I see. - You can use it either way.
Ah, OK, OK. That is very convenient.
Yes, you will love it, too.
Oh, shit!
Ko Maung is a persistent person.
He is rarely upset or depressed. He is strong.
Sometimes I don't see the point of what we are doing.
We try so hard and we don't change a thing.
Nonsense. Our job is important. You can't expect a scoop on CNN.
That's childish.
What matters is to keep telling the truth about our country.
- But everything stays the same. - Don't be too sure.
People have had enough. They're ready for change.
People are scared.
It's in their blood. How long have you been fighting the generals?
1 9 years.
-That is a long time. - Exactly.
That's the whole point. You should listen to what the Buddha says.
Don't be greedy.
Be patient.
Things will happen, brother.
Any information, pictures and photos from Internet reporters are crucial.
It's telling the world what is going on.
They are the world's eyes and ears in this situation.
We journalists can't fulfill our role.
We are banned from going in.
I remember 1 5 August quite well.
I was on a bus to Rangoon. I decided to make a story.
Because the mood was quite strange on the bus -
- not like usual.
What took you so long? I've been waiting for ages.
Put it somewhere safe.
-The fare has gone up to 1 000. - What? Why not 500?
Fuel prices are up, you know.
I ought to make a complaint.
Complain to anyone you like. Try the police!
What am I supposed to do?!
On that day the government raised fuel prices to double rate.
Everything got more expensive. It was a huge problem.
- I'll have to take her out of school. - That won't help you.
- It's a bloody mess. - Excuse me, may I ask a question?
They are still scared.
Who's an informer? Who's Military intelligence?
But although they are not talking I know something'll happen soon.
I can feel it.
When I arrived in Rangoon -
- I heard that a prominent demonstrator -
- was going to stage a solitary strike in a crowded market.
Security is very tight in Rangoon.
So many government people are there without uniforms.
He won't last for more than two or three minutes; he'll be arrested.
For our team it was time to use all our energy.
We decided everyone would go there.
So we went there and spread around -
- and these things happened just in front of me.
-The people are suffering. -The government is doing nothing.
Take to the streets and join us!
Kyaw Kyaw got this footage. My tape is lost.
I got too greedy at the time. Because I followed them.
That's me in the white shirt with the black bag.
I followed very close and saw them throw the demonstrator on a truck.
I ran towards the truck. I had to get a picture of this!
- And I hear somebody shouting: -There's a camera!
It was me. They got me.
They took me to an office of the secret police to question me.
Howe did I get the camera? Why was I shooting this? So many questions.
I explained that I'd borrowed it and was there by accident.
They said "We don't believe you".
"But we keep the camera and the tape and you can go".
I was relieved. But I knew I should not be fooled.
Why did they release me? Just to follow me and see what I did next.
Do I work with somebody else? How do we operate?
All those kinds of things.
When I informed my organization's headquarters -
- they told me, "You are not secure enough in Burma".
"We want you to come to Thailand".
But I didn't reply to their email. I ignored their order.
I know something will happen. If I miss the chance to shoot now -
- I'll have to wait another 20 years. It is once in a blue moon.
So I decided "Whatever happens to me, -
- I'll do it!"
Where are you now? Have you seen the lady yet?
I'm at the bus stop. I think it's happening across the street.
Where are you? I can't find you in this crush.
Hey! I can see it now! It's right in front of me!
Looks like she brought some friends to protect her.
After a few days I got the news that Su Su Nway, -
- who is very famous for her courage, -
- would make a demonstration.
It can lead to a bigger demonstration if she can do something very well.
So we need to promote. As usual, we spread around.
Don't worry, I got the whole thing now.
That's it, then. But be careful.
There's a lot of agents. We can't afford to lose this.
We're fighting for all the people! Everybody join us!
It's the thugs! The thugs are coming!
They try really hard to get her, but the people cover and protect her.
It was a big moment for us and a big mistake for them.
Because they did so many brutal things in front of people -
- and we could document that.
Pull him out! Get him!
Help him! Pull him back!
Mo, no, you bastards!
Help her! She can escape this way!
We are shooting this and the police are shooting us.
They record me and I record them.
So we can also define who was who at the time.
Take her! Take her!
We shoot everything. Get it in the camera, you know!
The taxi driver is saying -
- "Yeah, they are very brave! I'm glad to see this!"
"I am very excited! I am saving money for my family -
- and if something happens I will join the demonstration!"
This is not normal.
Saying political things to a stranger has never happened before.
But at the time we knew what would happen next.
Yeah, the movement is bigger and bigger.
And now we edit the pieces and we send it to Oslo.
A few hours later a friend called me:
The pictures were shown on CNN and the BBC.
Shown repeatedly. Again and again.
Such public displays of dissent are exceedingly rare in Burma -
- and a clear challenge to the country's hard-line military rulers.
Some say the most serious challenge in more than a decade.
The Democratic Voice of Burma, or DVB, -
- uses satellite TV and short-wave radio -
- to send news of the protests around the world -
- and, for the first time, back into Burma.
About 30 reporters are on the ground working undercover.
They film material and then smuggle it out of the country -
- at great personal risk.
It was so amazing to see our footage going around the world.
For the first time I feel we can really do something.
But I also know for sure I cannot stay in Burma a day longer.
So finally I agreed to go to Thailand for a while.
We all think there will be more demonstrations -
- and people are heading for the movement.
So I will be the centre -
for spreading the news around the world.
I was very unhappy at the time -
- to be in the office, to answer the phones -
- and to call and send emails into Burma and manage people.
I just wanted to be in the field.
Hello. Since I'm here I cannot do the Rangoon job for you.
I'll stay one month. Then I'll go back.
But I needed to be there -
- and I began preparation for our cameramen in Burma.
- Hello. - Hello. Can you hear me?
Loud and clear. How many cameras have you got?
Five altogether.
How is the new office?
It is quiet and safe.
What about the shop opposite?
In the shop opposite there are only two elderly people.
There is a problem. Our cameras are not working well.
We've already had to do repairs twice. The lens doesn't retract.
We'll have to share with the other team if we're to be effective.
- Can you see inside? - Mo, the view's blocked.
What did you hear? Tell me, what other news is there?
Wait, hold on.
- Hello? -Tun Zaw is getting some news.
- Who is he talking to? - Monks. There are many monks.
- I'll ask my people. - Hello.
It's the monks! The monks are joining!
Suddenly the monks were beginning to move.
I called a leader ofthe monks I had met before.
Hello... Hello Reverend Monk.
Don't address me as a monk. Call me Ko Myo.
- OK, OK.
We gave the generals an ultimatum.
If our demands are not met and the generals remain silent -
- we have prepared for action.
We will march all over the country. Mandalay, Rangoon.
The whole world must know that the monks are on strike.
How are you going to do it?
We've already designated lots of locations.
But for security reasons I can't tell you where.
- Where the hell are they? - Should be down here somewhere.
- Look! - Driver, we'd like to pay!
- Shit, they are walking fast! - Hurry up, hurry up!
What are you doing with that camera?
Your reverence, I am a reporter.
Don't! It'll cause problems.
Don't take pictures!
- We are from DVB. - Go somewhere else!
Ko Maung and Tun Tun are trying to talk to the monks.
But the monks think they're intelligence agents.
Protect them, protect them.
But there were some real intelligence people in the street.
And they tried to grab our reporters.
So now the monks protected the reporters -
- and took them into their lines.
From now on our guys could walk freely with the monks.
We could really work together.
One protester in the streets cannot do much; but there are thousands.
Maybe there are
Really it is the only force in Burma who can scare the military.
And the government made a very big mistake.
In a town near Mandalay they beat up some monks.
In Buddhist thinking, we are never, never allowed to do that.
So everybody was very upset -
- and the monks demanded an apology from the government.
Monks are not supposed to do political things.
But when the people are suffering and starving, -
- sometimes they rise to give them their support.
This has happened before, even a thousand years back.
They turn their alms bowls upside down.
They will no longer take alms from the generals.
Only a few civilians were following them.
People are under fear of the guns.
-Tens of thousands of monks! - Only a hundred.
Mo, look! There are lots of them!
Only the monks can put an end to the government.
We can't know what's going to happen.
Three days without shooting.
-They won't dare to shoot the monks. - You never know.
The government is cornered.
They must make a decision. They may use an iron fist.
The government may fall.
People are very eager to see our footage.
They just switch on Democratic Voice of Burma.
They are waiting to see what we are going to show them.
My people in Burma were working very enthusiastically.
So I was full of energy.
Journalists from every prominent media organization -
- were waiting to see our footage coming out of Rangoon.
In Burma hundreds of monks have been protesting for a third day -
- after a significant rise in fuel prices -
- prompted a wave of public discontent.
The BBC has obtained exclusive images.
To protest here is to risk gaol and torture.
But for today and for the past month people across Burma -
- dared to challenge one of the world's most oppressive regimes.
The demonstrations are being led by Buddhist monks, -
- a powerful force in a devout nation.
- Hello. - Hello.
Your Reverence...
What you monks are doing is great.
People are beginning to join and the movement is growing.
Yes.
I think this religious protest could turn into a political one.
What if we invite the public to join? Would it be fruitful?
I think it will be very useful.
That's my opinion, anyway.
We will call an urgent meeting to see how we can organize this.
- So you'll issue a statement? - Of course!
We really want the public to take part.
So far it has only been religious. The public will make it political.
That's exciting news.
We young monks who follow Buddha's teachings must join the protest.
Let's have a rehearsal. I'll start, and you follow.
- Reconciliation now! - Our cause, our cause!
- We demand a dialogue! - Our cause, our cause!
Free all political prisoners and Aung San Suu Kyi too!
- Did you hear that? - Unbelievable.
They're really doing it!
We must be careful during the demonstration.
Everybody must be disciplined.
We will leave from the Eastern gate and proceed down Baham Street.
One of our reporters was always at the front of the demonstrations,
- working with the leaders of the monks.
Go further ahead, turn left, and more people will join you.
So he makes suggestions to the monks about which way to go.
He tells them where they'll get the most support -
- and people will join the demonstrations.
OK, we'll start from the Morthern gate instead.
Everybody please move to the Northern gate!
May all beings living to the East
All beings of the universe, be free!
Free from fear
Free from all distress
Free from poverty...
May they have peace in their hearts...
May all beings living to the East
All beings of the universe, be free!
Free from fear
Free from all distress
Free from poverty...
May they have peace in their hearts...
- Reconciliation now! - Our cause, our cause...
- Reconciliation now! - Our cause, our cause!
Film them, film them all!
So many, so many!
- We demand a dialogue! - Our cause, our cause!
We are doing this for our future generations.
- Hello? - Brother, it's fantastic!
- Where are you now? -They've just passed Yuzana Plaza.
How many of them? Thousands?
Tens of thousands! You'll love the footage we are getting.
They're shouting all the slogans.
- Everything is possible now! - Let's hope so.
- Free Aung San Suu Kyi! - Our cause, our cause...
The monks' demands are our demands!
- Can you zoom onto the back? -There's no end to it!
Just ordinary people.
- It's been 1 9 years. - Yes, we've been waiting 1 9 years.
1 9 years!
-This will be the final match. - Yes, the final match.
Today up to 1 00 000 people took to the streets of Rangoon -.
- a protest that has grown in size and confidence in the last 6 days.
... military dictatorship... ... thousands marching...
- Free Aung San Suu Kyi! - Our cause, our cause!
The monks have come to symbolize dissent, -
- a quiet, patient, peaceful rebuke to military brutality, -
- and the chance of an alternative Burma.
Millions of people are watching our footage.
Our network is really small.
We don't have manpower. We have to rely on handicams.
Film it, film it!
But the things we did shook up the people of Burma -
- as well as people around the world.
That really happened. It is our dream coming true.
- Free Aung San Suu Kyi! - Our cause, our cause!
Clap your hands!
- Hello. - Can you hear me?
The generals have got to respond.
They have to release Aung San Suu Kyi.
- That would be great. - It's the only way, brother.
Americans are outraged by the situation in Burma -
- where a military junta has imposed a 1 9 year reign of fear.
The regime is holding more than 1 000 political prisoners, -
- including Aung San Suu Kyi.
Yet the people's desire for freedom is unmistakable.
... vowing to bring down a repressive military government.
The last time anybody defied the generals like this -
- the army killed 3000 people. What will they do this time?
- Free Aung San Suu Kyi! - Our cause, our cause!
They removed the road blocks in front of Aung San Suu Kyi's house!
Who gave the order?
I don't know. Some local commander.
Monks and people are on their way there.
Can you hear the chanting?
Yes, it's beautiful. Will you be shooting it?
I'm running out of battery. I'll try and use the cell phone.
Yeah, you have got to catch it somehow.
The detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, -
- has been seen in public for the first time in several years.
Thousands of Buddhist monks -
- were allowed to walk past police barricades to her home.
I was crying -
- when I hear that monks are going to Aung San Suu Kyi's home.
She came out to the gate. She gave respect to the monks with tears.
Everybody who saw this was crying at the time; and me, too.
In front of the computer.
It is not a good photo. You can only see a small lady -
- but we couldn't see her for a long time.
She is still under custody, you know, house arrest.
They have tried to make the people forget her.
But she is still in our hearts.
It is very dangerous for the monks to go and see her.
In the 1 990s the generals made a big mistake.
They held an election and almost everybody voted for her.
It was like she made the whole people forget their fear.
The generals will be very scared -
- of this happening again.
They will begin to do something after that.
My... my thought was true.
Hello.
Hello. Can you hear me?
Yes, where are you?
We are passing the road to Aung San Suu Kyi's house.
Has she met with the monks again? We need better pictures this time.
- Well... - Hello?
It's not going to happen, brother. She is heavily guarded today.
- Oh, shit. - Mot good. Actually, very bad.
To the residents of Rangoon:
Gatherings of more than five individuals are forbidden.
The decisive time was when the government announced -
- not to gather more than five people in the streets.
So I was confused. That day I couldn't sleep.
You know... "Is it over?"
Two...
Three...
Four...
Five...
Six!
Great!
Oh, there's a lot!
Great!
When I see monks and people come out that day -
- I feel it is the time for our victory.
They just came out without fear.
But we are still waiting for the army to join the people.
There are so many soldiers who are suffering.
The lower ranks and privates. But for an army man, -
- disobeying an order is the most difficult decision.
They know their generals are really cruel, really brutal.
They know more than us.
- Hello. - I am here, at Shwedagon.
On the top platform.
- All the exits are blocked. - OK. What's it like?
Very tense. Everyone expects something to happen.
They've blocked the entrance to prevent any gathering.
- Are you filming? - Yes, from above.
The monks are trying to leave but they're being surrounded.
I can see the car of the chief of police.
- Are they going to make arrests? -Two monks are negotiating.
Megotiating?
It's all very tense.
The monks are squatting in front of the soldiers.
- Can the people not withdraw? - No. The soldiers are blocking.
Soldiers are moving forward.
Look!
They are trying to grab the monks. They are tearing off their clothes.
They are kicking the monks and pushing them into trucks.
Don't turn off the camera! Keep shooting!
- How many have they got? - 20 monks on the trucks.
Look! Some of the monks are trying to escape!
From the trucks?
They're using a trolley for cover.
They're throwing tear gas!
Soldiers are moving forward.
There is smoke all over. I can't see a thing.
- Are they shooting? -They are aiming their guns.
- I can't see a thing! - Shit!
It's all smoke and pigeons.
The situation is bad. Let's talk again later.
I have enough footage.
Good luck. Take care.
Did you hear? They beat them up -
- and dragged them onto trucks.
They are beating the monks! Even the nuns!
The monks are fleeing because the police are beating them.
- Did you hear? - Yes, I heard.
Citizens, it's time to abandon your fear!
Troops have fired tear gas and warning shots -
- at demonstrators in Burma today.
According to reports at least one Buddhist monk has been killed.
Some of those monks were really badly beaten -
- and yet the crowds were about as large as on previous days.
It took time forthem to build up.
The anger is palpable on the streets. This is a very dangerous moment -
- because if the security forces can't control these protests -
- there is a real risk of lethal force in the days ahead.
Calm down! Please, no clapping!
We've seen amazing scenes of defiance on the streets today.
Please sit down, everybody!
We, the monks, are not fighting for our own interests but for the people.
I urge you to join hands with us.
- Will you join us? - Yes!
- Improve the lives of the people! - Our cause, our cause!
- Reconciliation now! - Our cause, our cause!
We can't overthrow the regime by ourselves.
All the people need to participate.
So I urge the public to meet us -
- at Shwedagon at 1 2 o'clock tomorrow.
We will continue our demonstrations under the leadership of the monks.
The following edict has been issued to the residents of Rangoon.
The authorities have imposed a curfew.
Residents must remain in their homes between 9 pm and 5 am...
- Hello? - Joshua. It was so bad last night.
- Why, sister, why? -They came to the monastery.
- And? -They destroyed everything.
Soldiers beat up and arrested the monks.
- People could hear them screaming. - Did any of the monks escape?
I can't stand it any more. Please send your friends to film it.
Don't worry. The whole world is going to know about it.
I wonder where this guest is from? I don't want to take any more risks.
- I am from DVB. - Oh, DVB.
They drove through the main door with a truck.
And they came in.
Once they were in they beat up anyone they saw.
They destroyed everything around them.
They tied us up and forced us to kneel down.
They kicked us if we looked up.
- How many were taken away? - There are 225 monks here.
We are all that is left.
About 50 of us.
I sent Kyaw Kyaw to the place. He filmed the occasion.
And when he got out of the monastery -
- he saw soldiers and thugs coming to raid again.
The government troops are coming back -
- to take all the rest of the monks.
Later we found out that all the rest of the monks were taken away.
And we don't really know where they are now.
Bastards! Who can stop them? I can't stand it.
You may think what I'm about to say is cruel.
- Tell me. - People have to get arrested.
-They have to die. Monks, too. - Don't say that.
Our country is different from the rest of the world.
I don't understand politics.
But I don't want to see monks and people dying.
I can't stand it any more.
Be strong, my dear.
-They're gathering at the pagoda. - Yes, let's get onto the footbridge.
Amazing! The monks are still turning up!
I wonder how they manage.
They just don't care about dying, do they?!
May all beings living to the East
All beings of the universe, be free!
Free from fear
Free from all distress
Free from poverty
May they have peace in their hearts
This is a warning!
This unlawful assembly must be ended within ten minutes -
or extreme action will be taken.
This unlawful assembly must be ended within ten minutes -
- or extreme action will be taken.
OK, this is it!
Oh, my god!
- Hello? - Can you hear me?
I can't hear because of the crowd.
I had to run away. They are shooting.
What happened?
I was filming when the soldiers came.
Are there many people injured?
I am not sure, but they shot one guy point blank.
- Who did they shoot? - A guy with a camera.
- Was he one of ours? - Mo. He could be a foreigner.
- A foreigner? - I'm not sure, but I got it on tape.
He was definitely not Burmese.
What, then?
We might have another angle.
He had white hair and fair skin. I must have seen him before.
He was taking pictures in front of me.
- Chinese or maybe Japanese. - How was he dressed?
He was wearing a white shirt and khaki shorts.
Then he's got to be Japanese.
-They really shot a foreign reporter?! - Right in front of the camera.
This will make headlines.
Bloody smoke! I can't get a picture!
You bastards!
Stop it! I am trying to film this!
Get out of the way!
- Can you hear me? - Yes, I can hear you.
The crowd is moving up Pazundaung Street. -
The crowd is growing.
Some are joining from side streets.
The number is increas...
Hello?
- Hello. - Reverend monk! It's bad...
Many monks have been arrested. Nobody knows where they are.
Some say they are in gaol.
I need to escape to fight another day.
So I can't contact you any more?
You can try, but I will have to disappear into the countryside.
I am not safe. I have to go. Don't use the phone.
OK, OK, I hope to see you again.
Hello? Speak up!
Can you hear me? I thought you'd been arrested.
What happened to you?
I'd rather not talk about it.
I've escaped death twice today.
AtTamwe there was shooting, too.
I had to climb over the wall to escape.
I tried to get more pictures but the soldiers closed in on me.
I didn't dare raise my head.
Shit!
Did you see anyone getting killed?
I was filming from my hiding place.
I didn't feel very happy about it.
Students were beaten up in front of me.
A boy was shouting that he was going to die.
That's hard to forget.
I was shocked.That's all.
- OK, OK, let's break off. - OK.
In the late days of September I began to think...
... "This is something we have all seen before".
The monks were gone. Only the students were left in the street, -
- just like 1 988.
And military trucks are going around the city to chase them down.
They are surrounding us. They are already there.
We must turn back. Mo, we cannot retreat.
We can no longer get through. We cannot retreat now.
Let's go with courage, then. Even if we have to die.
We mustn't break up.
Those who are not afraid to die, come to the front.
It's a dead end.
Don't run! If we must die, we will die.
Hide!
They're coming!
Climb higher!
Let's pray!
Let's pray to conquer our fear of death!
Come on! Come quickly, everyone!
Get down! Get down!
They're shooting into the stairwell.
Throw them into the truck.
In the truck!
The uprising was dying.
There are only a few demonstrators left in the streets of Rangoon.
During these guerilla demonstrations -
- Ko Maung worked very well.
He is one of the old fighters from 1 988.
So he knew the way the demonstrators move.
Our cause! Our cause!
- Hello, Ko Maung. Speak up... - Get their voices!
I can't use the camera!
- So the students are there? - Yes, hurry, it's our last shot!
- Hold on... -Troops are coming, you know!
You got it, you got it?
- OK, I'm recording. - Who will speak to DVB? -
- Quick, quick!
Hello.
We will march in every street. We will move on!
Can you hear what I'm saying?
We will keep demonstrating.
Two of us, four of us -
-... until we die!
Get that guy! he is a reporter!
That is how you stop the truth coming out about a massacre.
A Japanese journalist shot dead yesterday.
Today, the internet switched off, -
- and troops beating those with cameras, -
- yelling "Is it you who is sending pictures out?"
But the pictures have come out.
- Aung Tun? - Can you hear me?
This morning there was a monk's body floating in the nearby creek.
- What did you say? - A dead monk.
- A dead monk? - Yes.
- Is he still there? - Must be. Lots of people saw him.
Perhaps you could go to film it?
It's too close to my house. But I've asked someone else.
We can trust him.
Only the other day they were beating up the monks.
Mow dead bodies are being seen. This is the first one.
In the later days of September Rangoon is like a war zone.
Nobody is in the streets after 8 pm.
It is the city. But it's like, you know, desert.
But our people are still working.
The situation's gotten worse since the crackdown began last week.
Despite the information blackout some images are still getting out.
We received images from Democratic Voice of Burma, -
- the last media to be able to leak information to the outside world.
They use satellite connections to send it out of Burma.
Otherwise we wouldn't know what was happening in Rangoon.
It is taking too long.
It has not even reached 1 megabyte.
We know that this video was taken yesterday in Rangoon.
It shows that the repression is still going on.
The Burmese authorities are trying to calm things down, -
- saying that the protests are over.This is not true.
We see here that it is still very violent in Rangoon.
In the late days of September generals were back in control.
Military people are hunting any person with a camera.
We have to be very careful.
DVB are the worst!
The leaders in Oslo -
- are getting false pictures -
- from groups inside the country.
DVB are the ones who broadcast most of the false news about s.
The Burmese military government realize that DVB is the one -
- filming and smuggling all this footage to international agencies.
So they systematically target DVB reporters on the ground.
Everybody in our network has spread out.
They are feeling that they can be arrested at any time.
But we arranged some hiding places.
- Myint Aung, are you OK? - Yes. Last night was not nice.
Secret police came knocking at every door.
Luckily they thought my flat was empty.
It's too crazy here. I am going up to Mandalay.
OK, good luck.
Hello, Ko Maung!
Hello? Hello?
Something strange about Ko Maung.
His phone gets picked up but nobody answers back.
I know. He's been missing for hours.
- What do you reckon? - It's not good.
- He'd have let us know. - Do you think...?
Yes, he might be gone.
Hello?
Joshua, it's terrible. They've taken headquarters!
What?
-Tun Zaw and Aung Win are lost. - You mean arrested?
Arrested. I saw it all. Secret police everywhere.
Tun Zaw just stared at me. His face was all white.
- Oh, no! - I pretended to be a stranger.
- Can you go back? - Mo.They're clearing the place.
- Don't go home tonight. - Mo. I'll try to warn the others.
Yes, hurry. And take care, now.
- I'll try. - Promise me, will you?
Film them! Film them all! So many!
So, so many!
It is just too much.
I feel hna myaw tal.
It is like something has been broken and cannot be repaired.
But I'll just go on with my job. Because we need to do it.
I'll go back to Burma. I'll go through the mountains -
- and see what I can do.
A massive cyclone has hit the military-ruled country of Burma.
50% of the buildings are damaged or collapsed -
- in the worst-hit Irrawaddy delta towns.
- Is it running? - Yeah.
May I ask a question? We're not from the government.
How many refugees from the storm are here?
There are 456 refugees here.
How long have they been here?
Two days. We've had no proper help.
We sleep where we can.
Are you all right?
We're just trying to survive.
We dug out some shelters for ourselves.