289th Session... Governing Body Geneva, March 2004... Developments concerning the question of the observance by the Government of Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)... Latest developments: Allegation relating to persons sentenced to death for high treason. "1. On 11 March 2004, the Office received documentation in the form of an alleged translation of a Myanmar court judgment against nine persons found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death last November, which referred to alleged evidence of contacts, communications or information on ILO matters entertained by some of the convicted persons. 1 On 12 March the Office wrote to the Myanmar Minister for Labour concerning this matter (see Appendix 1). 2. Following subsequent contacts between the Office and the Myanmar authorities in Geneva and Yangon, the Liaison Officer a.i. had a meeting on 17 March with the Minister for Labour..."