<p><strong>Solving the murder of Phra Supoj: back to the drawing board? </strong>This is the third of a four-part series on the murder of Phra Supoj Suwajo, of Suan Metta Dharm forest monastery in Chiang Mai&#39;s Fang district in June 2005.</p>

<p><span>Chiang Mai</span><span>, Oct 4. Lanna Action for Burma (LAB) comprising NGOs, human rights activists and Burmese students in Chiang Mai, gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate demanding that the government of China stop providing assistance and investment in Burma. </span></p>

<p>To show spiritual solidarity and call for peaceful transformation in Burma, individuals and a dozen organizations in Chiang Mai, Siam, have formed the "<em>Interfaith Group for Peace in Burma</em>". Initially, a week-long event has been planned to educate the public, both Thai and international, concerning the conflict and the fight for freedom and democracy in Burma. </p>

<p><span style="font-size: 9pt">The Open Society Institute condemns the Burmese military&#39;s use of deadly force against unarmed and peaceful demonstrators, and calls on the international community to intervene.</span></p>

<p><span>The junta-installed National Legislative Assembly</span><span> (NLA) voted 156 to 1 with 3 abstentions to remove National Human Rights Commissioner Jaran Ditta-apichai for his leading role in the United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) which clashed with police during their protest in front of the residence of Privy Council chairman Gen Prem Tinsulanonda on July 22. Jaran tendered his resignation on the following day.</span></p>

<p>The Centre for Democratization Studies, Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration, Chiang Mai University, organized a public discussion on "<span><em>The Political Crisis in Burma</em></span><span>" with speakers from various organizations working to help refugees from Burma and the media. </span></p>

<p>The consensual nature of the outcome of the Council&#39;s fifth special session is an important step towards the establishment of the body as a credible force for the protection and promotion of human rights.&nbsp; It is only right that the Council should strongly deplore the violent repression of peaceful demonstrations in Burma/Myanmar.</p>

<p>&nbsp;<span>On Oct 2, the Thai and Japanese governments exchanged agreement documents in Tokyo as the final step for the Japan-Thai Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA) to take effect in early November.</span></p>

<p><span><span>WAN seriously concerned by continuing restrictions on press freedom one year after coup</span></span></p>

<p>In today&#39;s conflicts over access to natural resources in Chiang Mai&#39;s Fang district, big investors reap all the benefits at the expense of local villagers.</p>

<p>In Yangon , later Sunday afternoon, Mr. Gambari met for over an hour with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. He also consulted with the United Nations Country Team and the International Committee of the Red Cross.</p>

<p>Despite his kind and gentle manner, social worker and Buddhist monk Phra Supoj Suwajo fought fearlessly against greedy investors hungry to turn his monastery in Fang district into tangerine orchards. The young monk paid for the struggle with his life. Two years after his brutal murder, the police have yet to arrest anyone. This is the first of a four-part series.<strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>