缅甸当局逮捕了一位著名诗人，罪名是他最近出版的诗暗藏批评军政府领导人丹瑞的内容。
诗人索瓦在一个受欢迎的周刊杂志上为下个月的情人节提前发表了这首情诗。
仔细阅读后发现，每行诗的第一个词所组成的句子称丹瑞是权力狂。
缅甸军政府密切注意所有媒体，以封杀对军政府统治的任何批评。但是异议人士过去曾使用类似手段来躲避政府的新闻检查。缅甸一家报纸去年刊登的一个广告就影射丹瑞是杀人凶手。
Authorities in Burma have arrested a prominent poet over a recently published work that contains a hidden message criticizing junta leader Than Shwe.
The romantic-themed poem by Saw Wai was published in a popular weekly magazine in advance of next month’s Valentine’s Day observance.
But on closer reading, the first word of each line forms a phrase that calls General Shwe power crazy.
Burma’s ruling military junta keeps a close watch on all media outlets to snuff out any criticism of its rule. But dissidents have used similar techniques in the past to avoid government censors. An advertisement in a Burmese newspaper last year contained a hidden message calling Than Shwe a “killer.”