Maung Thura has been detained by the Burmese authorities after returning from handing out aid to victims of the cyclone. Maung Thura, is Burmas most famous comedian and government critic. Maung Thura - stage name Zarganar - was arrested at his home last Wednesday, and has not been heard from since.

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This started me thinking. Yesterday I was out with my wife and was hounded by people canvasing for injury compensation, and no win no fee solicitors. No win no fee solicitors? What the hell has happened to this country since solicitors were given the right to advertise. Watch the cable chanels and 4 out 5 adverts are for; accident lawyers, compensation lawyers, personal injury lawyers, and no win no fee solicitors.

Where is this poor mans no win no fee solicitor? He has spent time in jail for doing no more than telling jokes about the government, did he put in a compensation claim - I don’t think so. Now, he has been detained while trying to bring help to the cyclone victims. The Burmese government has given no reason for his detention, but Amnesty International had this to say, There’s simply no doubt this was done for political reasons … but has an extra element because it can presumed to be linked to the humanitarian assistance effort,”

A witness to Maung Thura’s arrest said that he was bundeled away and that his house was ransacked, and all his possetions were confiscated. Did compensation lawyers come running to his aid and get him compensation for the damages? O f course not, he’s languishing in jail with his house and life in ruins, while we in the west, watch adverts for no win no fee solicitors, where a fat woman wins 1000’s for stubbing her toe. The whole thing makes me sick.

Compensation lawyers are parasites, they incourage people to put in compensation claims for the most stupid of things just so they can get a big fee. Why don’t they do something useful, like human rights lawyer.

I’m sorry if this has become a bit of a rant, but to me the world has gone mad. So, please do me a favour.

The next time you get stopped by someone promoting a no win no fee solicitor or a phone call from the office of a compensation lawyer, remember this poor man and people like him, and tell them to get stuffed.