Burma’s notorious censorship board, the Press Scrutiny and Registration Division, has closed “The Voice Weekly” in Rangoon for two weeks.

 

Burma’s notorious censorship board, the Press Scrutiny and Registration Division (PSRD), has closed “The Voice Weekly” in Rangoon for two weeks, according to media sources.

The order followed the publication of an article, “Concept and Process”  by Aung Htut, a pseudonym of Dr Nay Win Maung, the editor of The Voice Weekly journal, according to sources close to the journal.

The article discussed the 2008 Constitution and used some language, such as “it is hard to explain to Burmese,” which offended the censors, said one source.

“The Voice Weekly” has otherwise supported the 2008 Constitution and the proposed election and published pro-military articles, said observers.

Nay Win Maung also publishes Living Color magazine. Living Color began publishing under the support of the former intelligence spy chief Gen Khin Nyunt. Dr Ye Naing Win, the son of Gen Khin Nyunt, is a close associate of Nay Win Maung.

The Washington Post has described Nay Win Maung as “a son of a military officer who was brought up among Burma's military elites, giving him good connections to military insiders.”

The Voice Weekly regularly publishes articles praising the coming elections and the regime’s “road map” to democracy. It is not known if the publication has been ordered to publish such articles or acts on its own under its editorial policy.

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