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One wedding and 100,000 funerals

Myanmar's general, who held a $50 million wedding for his daughter; spared only $5 million for the natural disaster which may have killed 100,000 people.

The misery in Myanmar, hit by the Nargis cyclone, is on the rise. The US has declared that "the number of deaths may exceed 100,000." Junta leader, General Than Shwe held a wedding for his daughter that cost $50 million; however for the over one million left homeless he has spared only $5 million aid. Turkey is also sending the country one million dollars in aid.

Junta leader does not care about the public

09.05.2008

Myanmar's military junta leader Than Shwe spared only $5 million for the total one million people left homeless in Myanmar. However, two years ago the leader had paid $50 million for his daughter's wedding.

The official number of people killed by the cyclone in the Asian country Myanmar has exceeded 100,000. Military junta leader Than Shwe has suspended the aid requests of millions of dollars; and has only given a donation of $5 million since the day of the disaster. However, in 2006, the junta leader had spent $50 million on his daughter's wedding. Shwe had bought a luxurious mansion for his daughter and his son-in-law. The opponents criticized the colonel harshly; the non-governmental organizations in the EU are also condemning the junta. British Save the Children Association authority Farmaner: "spending such an amount on the wedding is the shame of this regime. They prevent the international donations and do not use their own sources."


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