Activists Send Panties To Myanmar Embassies To Oust Superstitious Generals From Power

October 20, 2007 12:16 a.m. EST

Bangkok, Thailand (AHN) - Women peace activists from Thailand, Australia, Singapore, and European countries are sending or delivering their underwear to Myanmar missions.

The symbolic act is meant to protest the Myanmar junta's violent crackdown of monks-led rallies in Yangon last month, and to oust the generals ruling the country from power.

The Lanna Action for Burma organized the action dubbed "Panties for Peace" and started sending and delivering the panties this week.

The group's website said the generals ruling Myanmar are superstitious and they believe that touching panties or the traditional women's outfit sarong will eliminate their powers.

The group said the campaign is a chance for women to take away the power of the military junta, which received worldwide condemnation for violently suppressing the pro-democracy protest on Sept. 26 and 27 resulting in a number of deaths. The junta also ordered the arrests of protest leaders, including Buddhist monks.