Sittwe, 14th January 02: "The State Peace and Development Council junta of Myanmar have declared open market economy in the country since it seized state power in 1988 after a bloody crackdown on democracy movement killing thousands of peaceful demonstrators and imprisoning and torturing many thousands more. But as for the farmers in the country, they have never been able to fetch right price for their produce because of the forced purchase of rice by the government at prices arbitrarily kept low by the government..."