In Burma, state television issued a warning against the continuing protest that "action would be taken", though no specific details were given. The junta blamed Daw Aung San Suu Kyi as well as the West for the uprising that started three weeks ago after the fuel price hike. The junta is also comparing it to 8-8-88. But this is not meant to be flattering, it is intended to be a warning.
These threats are real and are being foreshadowed in the sentencing of six labor activist who had nothing to do with the recent protest walks, each receiving 28 years for organizing a seminar earlier this year.
It seems to me that in the last 6 to 12 months, activist have been claiming more and more that this would be coming. Some are saying this is just the beginning which is easy to believe with the 20 year anniversary of 8-8-88 now less than a year away. There will be a price to pay for those who choose to march, but from the beginning three weeks ago, no one has hid their face from the cameras.
