"We in Burma would like to help the new PM Lt-Gen Soe Win if only he will allow us to. Burma?s new prime minister, Lt-Gen Soe Win, who succeeded Gen Khin Nyunt in October, never had a chance to enjoy a honeymoon period in his new job. One problem after another popped up right after he took up office. Ethnic ceasefire groups who have returned to the legal fold got restive because of Khin Nyunt?s ouster and Soe Win had to fly urgently to the border areas to assure them that Rangoon?s relationship remained unchanged. Another problem landed on Soe Win?s desk when more than 30,000 owners of vehicles imported illegally Thailand, with the connivance of military intelligence officials, showed their unhappiness with the anti-corruption crackdown..."