"1.After suffering a term of imprisonment, U Hla Htun, NLD MP for Kye-myin-dine constituency (Yangon Division) was released on the 10 December 1998. On 21 December, the Deputy Manager U Tin Myint summoned Daw Mya Than (his wife) who was holding a proficiency level 3 position at the Myanma Pharmaceutical Industries. As per orders from his superiors, he directed her to bring a letter the next day (22-12-98) from her husband U Hla Htun indicating his resignation from the NLD and his position as Member of Parliament. Failure to comply could effect their jobs. 2. U Hla Htun said that there was no way he would resign. He stood by his convictions and maintained that as a member of a legally constituted party who had been voted in wholeheartedly by his constituents he respected their trust in him and he would not fail them. The message he sent to the Deputy Manager was that resignations (if any) would be from his wife and daughter and not from him. 3. On receipt of this response, U Tin Myint told Daw Mya Than and daughter that they needn't come to work anymore..."