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News from Japan ( 27th March, 1995



Subject: News from Japan ( 27th March, 1995 ) by Burma Youth Volunteer Association - Japan, Information Sub- committee.

>From Asahi Shimbun evening news ( 28th March, 1995 )

AID TO BURMA BREWS OUTRAGE
     Burmese dissidents aborad expressed outrage at Japan's release of aid to 
their 
military-ruled country in a joint statement Monday, exactly 50 years after a 
systematic 
campaign was initiated to rout the invading Japanese Imperial Army.
     The statement from 10 groups in five countries said, "If Japan truly has 
the 
interests of the Myanmar ( Burmese ) people in mind, it should recognize that 
the only 
humanitarian aid to Myanmar ( Burma ) is ' no aid to SLORC,' " referring to 
the military 
government of Burma known as the State Law and Order Restoration Council.
    Japan Friday extended Burma a grant-in-aid of 4 billion Yen as debt relief 
measure.
    Asking Japan to withhold aid to Burma, about 50 dissidents rellied past 
the Burmese
Embassy in Tokyo, which was celebrating the 50th anniversary of Burma's Armed 
Forces Day.



Khaing Min Swe
Joint In Charge ( 1 ) of Information Sub-committee
E-mail : 9869mm@xxxxxxxxx