NEWS - Yangon Quiet as Suu Kyi Pays (r)

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Re: NEW-Yangon quite as Suu Kyi pays Martyrs'Day Respects
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So, one of the SPDC's earlier statements which claimed that there were 
rumours that there would be demonstrations organised on July 19, 1998 
have be proven wrong.

One down and another one to go. Would that be true or false? Whose 
rumours were they? 

Who do you think are the habitual criminals in Burma ? The restrained 
NLD MP's or the SPDC generals?

I wonder what Khin Nyunt has been advised to react by the two leading 
officials from one of the top investing ASEAN nation on his way home 
from Burnei?  Stricly adhering to non-interference policy at the outset 
and practicing a true quiet diplomacy indeed.

As it now stands, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, 
and Laos have made their opinions public. We know that it can be a night 
mare to think about the actual situations in Burma for the investors who 
took risks with the mentality of the SPDC. But we got to be realistic 
sometimes at some point and this definitely is the time. No point 
sitting on a fence and swallow whatever SPDC
had to say in their defence. It is be wiser to listen to the will of the 
people of Burma this time before it's too late. 

 



Minn Kyaw Minn
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>Yangon Quiet as Suu Kyi Pays Martyrs' Day Respects
>
>            Reuters
>            19-JUL-98
>
>            YANGON, July 19 (Reuters)- Myanmar's capital Yangon was
>quiet and
>            security relaxed as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi paid
>respects at her
>            father's tomb in Yangon on Sunday morning as the country
>commemorated
>            its annual Martyrs' Day. 
>
>            The ruling government had recently warned opposition groups
>against
>            fuelling rumours there would be unrest in the city either
>this Sunday or on
>            August 8, the 10th anniversary of the 1988 student protests
>which were
>            crushed by the military. 
>
>            Suu Kyi arrived at the Martyrs' Mausoleum near the foot of
>the central
>            Shwedegon Pagoda Hill this morning in a black
>government-arranged sedan.
>
>            For the fourth consecutive Martyrs' Day ceremony Suu Kyi 
was
>accompanied
>            by Colonel Than Tun, a senior government intelligence
>officer who has acted
>            as her liaison since her release from house arrest on July
>10, 1995. 
>
>            Dressed in a traditional black longyi (sarong), white 
blouse
>and black scarf,
>            53-year-old Nobel Peace Laureate Suu Kyi knelt and placed
>three baskets of
>            flowers before the tomb. 
>
>            Suu Kyi's father General Aung San, the architect of
>Myanmar's
>            independence from Britain, six of his cabinet colleagues, a
>secretary and a
>            bodyguard were gunned down on July 19, 1947 while holding a
>meeting six
>            months before the country's independence. 
>
>            Top government generals from the ruling State Peace and
>Development
>            Council (SPDC) did not attend this morning's ceremony but
>were
>            represented by the Minister of Culture Win Sein and other
>government
>            officials. 
>
>            They laid a wreath on behalf of the SPDC chairman, Senior
>General Than
>            Shwe. 
>
>            Suu Kyi's opposition party the National League for
>Democracy, which won a
>            landslide general election victory in 1990 that was never
>recognised by the
>            government, also marked the day with a ceremony. 
>
>            About 500 guests, including party members, foreign 
diplomats
>and some
>            veteran politicians gathered inside Suu Kyi's lakeside
>residence for a
>            commemoration but no speeches were made. 
>
>            Security arrangements near Suu Kyi's residence were more
>relaxed than
>            normal and there were no reports of disturbances elsewhere
>in the city.
>
>


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