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31 Southeast Asian Press Alliance, SEAPA warns of worsening press conditions following prime minister's
dismissal, Oct. 22, 2004, at http://www.seapabkk.org/alerts/2004/11/20041102.html.
32 See The Law Amending the 1962 Printers and Publishers Registration Law, June 18, 1989, available at
http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs3/16-89-P&PRegActamdmt.htm (increasing maximum prison sentence for
violations to 7 years and maximum fine to US $5,100).
33 Human Rights Watch, Burma: Childrens Rights and the Rule of Law, Jan. 1997, available at
http://www.hrw.org/reports/1997/burma2/Burma-05.htm.
34 Magazine banned by military, editor circumvents censorship by publishing different magazine,
International Freedom of Expression eXchange, Apr. 9, 2004, at
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/58225.
35 Press freedom organisations challenge military junta's denial over closure of Khit-Sann, Reporters Without
Borders, Sept. 22, 2004, at http://www.rsf.org/print.php3?id_article=11442.
36 Computer Science Development Law, ?? 27, 28, Sept. 20, 1996, at
http://www.myanmar.com/gov/laws/computerlaw.html.
37 Computer Science Development Law, ? 31.
38 Computer Science Development Law, ?? 32, 33, 35.
39 The new Net regulations in Burma, Digital Freedom Network, Jan. 31, 2000, archived copy available at
http://web.archive.org/web/20010220220441/http://dfn.org/voices/burma/webregulations.htm.
40 The new Net regulations in Burma, Digital Freedom Network.
41 Computer Science Development Law, ? 34.
42 Bagan Cybertech Announces Further Internet Restrictions, The Irrawaddy, June 7, 2005, at
http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=4695&z=153.
43 U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights: Burma (2004).
44 CIA, The World Factbook - Burma (2003), updated June 14, 2005, at
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bm.html.
45 Shawn L. Nance, How to fool the cyber spooks, The Irrawaddy Online, Mar. 27, 2005, at
http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=4504&z=104 (inset).
46 Mail4u, Access Kit FAQ, at http://www.mail4u.com.mm/kit.asp?s=kit.
47 Bagan Cybertech, About mail4u, at http://www.bagan.net.mm/products/services/aboutmail4u-e.asp.
48 Reporters Without Borders, Internet Under Surveillance - Burma (2004), http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?
id_article=10748&Valider=OK.
49 IT in Burma, Democratic Voice of Burma, Jan. 3, 2005, at http://english.dvb.no/news.php?id=1207.
50 IT in Burma, Democratic Voice of Burma.
51 The great firewall of Burma, The Guardian Online, July 22, 2003, at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1003752,00.html.
52 Privacy International, Silenced - Burma, Sept. 21, 2003, at
http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd%5B347%5D=x-347-103639.
53 The great firewall of Burma, The Guardian Online.
54 Prime Minister Attends Ceremony to Introduce Fortinet Antivirus Firewall, The New Light of Myanmar.
55 Bagan Cybertech Announces Further Internet Restrictions, The Irrawaddy.
56 Lintner, Myanmar payback time.
57 The new Net regulations in Burma, Digital Freedom Network.
58 The new Net regulations in Burma, Digital Freedom Network.
59 Iyer, Acts of Oppression: Censorship and the law in Burma.
60 Computer Science Development Law, Section 35.
61 Electronic Transactions Law, Chapter V (33).
62 Electronic Transactions Law, Chapter V (33) (compare items a and b).
63 Official Secrets Act, Section 3(c), Apr. 2, 1923, available at http://www.blcburma.org/html/Burma%20Code/lr_e_bc02_17.html.
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