The Tinhorns are at it again, according to the Democratic Voice of Burma.

A technical conference for Burmese bloggers due to be held on 31 August in Rangoon was banned by the military authorities at short notice after organisers had already advertised the event.

The conference was organised by the Myanmar Computer Experts Association and was to be held at Rangoon’s International Business Centre, situated on the bank of Inya Lake. The organisers had arranged for Burmese bloggers and writers such as Thitsani and Kyaw Win to attend the conference and deliver lectures.

A member of staff from the computer association said the government had claimed the theme of the conference was not valid. “We said that we were going to talk about technical development and they insisted that [blogging] does not have much to do with technology,” he said.

During the monk-led protests last year the Burmese “government” arrested a number of bloggers, including Nay Phone Latt, and most recently arrested a comedian and blogger named Zarganar.