Did RFA really report as follows?

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                                 INFORMATION SHEET
                       NO.A -0298(I)	 28th  January   1998


ASTONISHINGLY FICTITIOUS

On 27 January at 07:00 hrs the (Radio Free Asia) Myanmar Language 
Version broadcast some news items in which one was on the dissolving of the
State Law and Order Restoration Council administration. It was quite an
interesting story which was heavily spiced with fabrications, exaggerations and
total untruth. 

(a) 	It also mentioned that the source of the news was from the diplomatic
circle and the people in Yangon. 

(b) 	It also mentioned that on the evening of 14  November barb-wired 
barricades were put up in the crowded downtown areas and on the night of 15
November Lt.Gen.Tun Kyi was being arrested with a shoot-to-kill warrant if
he resisted arrest.

 (c) 	It also went on to say that several weapons were seized from 
Lt.Gen.Tun Kyi and Lt.Gen.Kyaw Ba's residence and that (30) battalion
officers loyal to them were being demoted. 

 (d) 	It also accused Lt-Gen Tun Kyi of being the person who was 
behind the bombing of Secretary-2, Lt-Gen Tin Oo's residence in Yangon. 

 (e) 	It also created a story that while Senior General Than Shwe and
Lt-Gen.Khin Nyunt were attending the summit in Malaysia there was an
attempted coup in Yangon. Another story stated funnily that the attempted
coup has been failed because of the timely information  received by U Ne Win
and U Sein Lwin. 

  (f) 	It mentioned that there was a serious conflict between Secretary-1,
Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and Lt-Gen Sein Aung.  Then it went on to say that the
writer and movie director Tin Than Oo was Lt-Gen Sein Aung's son-in-law and
that legal action has been taken against Tin Than Oo. 

  (g) 	Finally, it concluded that  it broadcast with a story where the
security troops when sent to search andd raid the residences the following 
numbers of motor vehicles and gold were seized:-

(1)	Lt-Gen Tun Kyi	-(23) motor vehicles and (3) tons of gold.
(2)	Lt-Gen Myint Aung	-(3) tons of gold and over (400) million worth  of
jewellery.
(3)	Lt-Gen Myo Nyunt	- (8) tons of gold bar.
(4)	Lt-Gen Kyaw Ba	-(5.5) tons of gold, over (700) million worth of
unrefined gold blocks, (44) motor vehicles and (105) apartment rooms.

(5)	Lt-Gen Tun Kyi-	Over Kyats (600) million.

It is also quite interesting and dissappointing to learn that Radio Free Asia
has become a  platform for broadcasting fabricated and distorted news to its 
listeners. Anyhow, this piece of story has opened the eyes of its listeners for
they can now clearly judge the credibility of R.F.A.which now has proven to
stand for "Rumours and Fabrications for Asia. (R.F.A.)" 
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