A Watch and Act warning is in place for Mount Sheila in the Shire of Ashburton, WA. Keep up to date withAn Australian A-League soccer team has been criticised for playing a football match in war-torn Myanmar against the government's official travel advice, with some observers calling the move dangerous.
"Violence, including explosions and attacks, can occur anywhere and anytime, including in Yangon," the Smartraveller advice reads, adding that attacks may be planned against locations that foreigners frequent, and that Australians may be at risk of arbitrary detention.The ABC understands DFAT officials spoke to Macarthur Football Club's management and Football Australia to reiterate the government's official travel advice.
"Both Macarthur FC and Football Australia formally requested the match be shifted to neutral territory considering the DFAT travel advice. The club also offered to meet the costs of this shift, where the request was denied," a Football Australia spokesperson said. "This Australian football team went into Yangon – a place where there are killings and bombings on a daily basis – against the advice of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade," he said.A new report on torture carried out by Myanmar's military regime describes people being hit and kicked, tasered or touched with electrical wires, and subjected to gender-based violence.
Wa Minn Corporation has been contacted to ask about Kun Naung Myint Wai's involvement in the projects, but the ABC did not receive a response by deadline. Mr Sidoti, who has studied military business ties both as part of the UN fact-finding mission and on the Special Advisory Council, said cronies operate by enriching the military and they get rich in turn.