I think it is tragic that the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok can close on a public holiday when aid workers are rushing to provide humanitarian aid.
Given that tens of thousands hae lost their lives and many thousands more are at risk, one would think that the least the Myanmar bureaucrats could do is to work overtime. One suspects that they are closely guided by their political masters in Yangon, or rather mystical Naypyidaw.
Indeed, one wonders why the Myanmar leadership does not simply announce a temporary visa waiver for aid workers during this period.
After all, if my house was on fire, I doubt I'd be asking the firemen at the door for their identity cards and verifying them with the fire service before letting them in.
Cyclone Nargis may have blown the roofs of buildings, but has apparently not moved the junta's political baggage one inch.
