Burma Facts:

The Burmese regime has more than doubled the size of its army to over 400,000 since 1988.

 Burma ( approx.total population 52 million) has the highest per capita ratio of soldiers to civilians in the world.

 The regime spends over 40% of its national budget on arms, and only 0.4% and 0.5% of its GDP on heath and education.

 The regime has refused to honour the national elections of 1990, won in a landslide victory by the National League for Democracy.

Continuing Civil war in the ethnic states has caused over 600,000 internally displaced in Eastern Burma, 140,000 refugees in camps on the Thai-Burma border including 120,000 Karen people, and about 2 million refugees/migrants in Burma's neighbouring countries.

 The regime earns over US$400 million a year from selling off Burma's natural gas to foreign investors. Now it wants to sell off the country's hydropower to further strengthen its military forces.