Election round-up November 11

Ma Ba Tha donors demand money back
U Wirathu and other Ma Ba Tha leaders are believed to have gone into hiding after angry donors demanded their money back following a landslide victory for the NLD in Sunday’s elections.

One angry former donor told Burma Tha Din, “We gave them millions of kyat to reduce the NLD vote, but their vote has gone up! They had a job to do and didn’t do it, so it is correct for them to give us our money back.”


British Foreign Secretary not at all patronising to the people of Burma
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has issued a statement on the elections stating, “I congratulate the people of Burma on the calm and orderly manner in which elections took place on 8 November. Normally natives in former colonies get very excited in these situations and start throwing spears at each other. Orderly queues epitomise the best of British culture and it’s wonderful to see this colonial legacy alive and well in Burma today.”


Newspaper apologises for article on election
The New York Herald Post has apologised for publishing an article about the election in Burma without using the worlds ‘landmark’ and ‘historic’. The article caused a storm on social media with one NLD supporter in Burma tweeting: “This is an insult to our nation. If the foreign journalist who wrote this is still in our country he should be jailed and then deported.”