Myanmar/Burma... Getting Democracy?

Or is Myanmar/Burma adopting capitalism? Looking at this: Several monks were in a "critical condition" , it appears capitalism is winning.

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Several monks were in a "critical condition", according to pro-democracy campaigner Myo Thant of the 88 Generation Students group.

It was unclear exactly what caused the burns but President Thein Sein's office denied local media allegations that some kind of chemical weapon was used.

In a statement Thursday it said that water cannon, tear gas and smoke bombs were deployed against the protesters, but later retracted the statement without giving a reason.
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The tragic part of this article is where the Bangkok Post has replaced the picture of a Buddhist monk with burns on his face and eye with something not so gut wrenching. The original article also mentioned these burns were from acid.

As is often the case, when money and natural resources are involved, it appears the suppression of dissent was quite brutal.