Information Sheet No. A-0047

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                                 Information Sheet
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No. A-0047                                              Date 26-5-97

		U Myo Khin (39 yrs) from Yankin Township of Yangon 
Division was sentenced to imprisonment for fraudulent of documents 
by the Yankin Township Court on the 23rd of May. U Myo Khin, 
a salesman had made fraudulent alterations in the family registration 
list and the citizen registration card. Thus on 12th of May the 
Yankin Township Immigration officer from the Township Immigration 
and Manpower Department lodged a criminal complaint at the 
Yankin Township Police Station. Action had been taken by the 
police under section 465/471 (Fraudulent of Documents) of the 
penal code and criminal proceedings had been filed at the township 
court.

		On the 23rd of May, Yankin Township Court after hearings 
found U Myo Khin guilty of both accounts and sentenced him 
to (4) years imprisonment. U Myo Khin coincidently happens to be 
the Secretary of the Yankin Township NLD and thus being a 
political party member of a certain political party does not grant him 
the right to make any fraudulent alterations on official documents.

		This incident can very well be exploited by the NLD for 
their propaganda purpose and raise the number of so called detainees by
another (+50) to make their head count go up to 
(300) or conveniently accuse the government of beginning to detain 
or oppress party members from Yangon area.

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