Sittwe, 11th June 03: "This is Sittwe, capital of the western Burmese Rakhine State. Like in other parts of the state tuning to the popular Burmese broadcasts from BBC, VOA, RFA, and DVB, or any other foreign broadcasts are attracting huge crowd usually in ?clandestine groups? since the listeners could land anytime in trouble: says a retired teacher in the town. ... A townsman on phone told us that the people have lost all their faith in the SPDC broadcasts, as they are one-sided and detached from the reality. The junta leaders who are living a life of luxury seldom know what the majority ninety percent people of Burma is living with: utter poverty, deprivation of human rights, suppression of human rights and last but not list, subjecting the people to accept the gross lies through the official Burmese media newspapers, radio and TV. So the people have been compelled to depend upon the news from the four radio broadcasting services of the BBC, VOA, RFA and DVB..."