Voice of America: Report: Burma Police Used Phosphorus in Mine Protest Crackdown

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Report: Burma Police Used Phosphorus in Mine Protest Crackdown Mar 12th 2013, 05:00 A Burmese parliamentary investigation has confirmed that police used phosphorus smoke bombs during clashes with protesters last year outside a controversial China-backed copper mine. Dozens of protesters were burned, some severely, by an incendiary crowd-control device described at the time as "fire balls" that were launched during the November demonstration against the military-operated Letpedaung copper mine. The report Tuesday acknowledged "unnecessary" burns were ...

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