SPDC sabotages ASEAN Summit. ASEAN leaders: decide to deport Rohingya - if they really exist; adopt a draft of toothless procedures for ASEAN’s human rights body; and allow the junta to hijack meaningful dialogue with civil society organizations.
• The Tripartite Core Group calls for additional Nargis aid, while the SPDC limits the TCG's mandate to mid-2010. Independent report concludes that SPDC abuses during post-Nargis humanitarian response may amount to crimes against humanity.
• UNODC says that poppy cultivation in Burma increased by 3% in 2008 - the second consecutive
annual increase. US State Department says that Burma remains the largest source for methamphetamines in Asia.
• UN Special Advisor on Burma Ibrahim Gambari returns to Burma and says his visit doesn’t yield any “tangible outcomes”. UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma Ojea Quintana visits the country and says the human rights situation has not improved.
• The regime sentences ten dissidents, including two monks and two elected MPs, to prison terms. SPDC extends the house arrest of NLD Deputy Chairman Tin Oo by another year.
• SPDC releases 6,313 prisoners, mostly common criminals, in an attempt to defuse international pressure ahead of the ASEAN Summit. Only 24 of those released are political prisoners.
• ILO says that the SPDC’s use of forced labor is getting worse. In February, three villagers die while performing forced labor.
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February 2009 Burma Bulletin 
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