<p>The Irawaddy - At least two Burmese migrant workers were beaten by Thai police during their investigation into the murder of two British tourists on the southern Thai island of Koh Tao, one of the alleged victims has claimed.</p>

<p>What one of the world's most repressive dictatorships could not silence, the global recession and shifting donor policies finally did. <em>The Irrawaddy</em>, considered the most influential English-language magazine covering events in military-ruled Burma, indefinitely suspended publication of its print edition this month because of financial difficulties. &quot;It is a sad and painful decision, but we must be realistic,&quot; Aung Zaw, the founder and editor, tells TIME.</p>

<p>Thailand-based magazine, &quot;Irrawaddy&quot;, which is a leading critic of the Burmese junta, reported that its website has been under attack since midnight of Monday, 27 September 2010.</p>

<p>Thailand's Ministry of Labor warned Thai employers not to bring any migrant workers to join ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra's supporters, who are scheduled to launch a major anti-government protest in Bangkok this weekend.</p>

<p>In the latest escalation of labor tensions in Burma, around 4,000 factory workers at an industrial estate on the outskirts of Rangoon staged a sit-in on Saturday to demand better pay, according to sources in the area.</p>

<p>Three persons were killed and five were wounded after being shot by Thailand's security forces in the southern part of the country. All the victims were identified as Burmese who were trying to enter Thailand illegally. Two of the dead were children aged two and four, according to Burmese workers living in the area.</p>