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Originally Posted by punky
Its not that they are are worried about how the world sees the regime that worries them, its that that if foreigners are allowed in, they'll convince the population how good they have it outside of Burma and cause the people to revolt. As they say, governments should be scared of their citizens, but in Burma, with absolute control, they don't have that.
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I think there is very much the view that the regime will be toppled if foreigners are let in. Firstly as you say the people in there will find out what its like on the outside, be secondly the regime is not humanitarian and if evidence of that gets out action would be taken