Information Sheet N0.A-0600(I) (r)

[kzy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Dear Ko Okkar,
	I am confused by your message that those members of NLD are
invited for exchanging their views.  Can they contact their families
freely and do their families know where they are and why they are there?
Last time when a whole bunch of NLD members were detained, SLORC (at that
time) said that it didn't detain anyone but invited them for reasons that
no one knew.  Then, it confessed that it detained them for security
reasons.  Therefore, no one will buy what SPDC or SLORC says because its
words are contrary all the time and it is very obvious that it is always
try to lie as long as it can.  Nothing is consistent at all in its words
and its acts.  
	One thing really amazing to me is that if it wants to exchange
the views of NLD members, why don't it inform the NLD and NLD leaders?  It
is an illegal move.  If, an opposition party detain some of SPDC members
without informing SPDC leaders, and says that it is to exchange views with
them.  What will SPDC say?  It will say it is a crime, isn't it.  SPDC is
commiting a crime.  

Yours sincerely,
Kyaw Zay Ya



On 9 Sep 1998 OKKAR66129@xxxxxxx wrote:

>  MYANMAR INFORMATION COMMITTEE
> YANGON
> Information  Sheet
> 
>                          N0.A-0600(I)                        9th September
> 1998 
> 	
> Government of Myanmar Says U.S. Remarks are Inaccurate
> 
> 		The Government of Myanmar noted with concern the inaccurate remarks by U.S.
> State Department spokesman James Rubin on  September 8 regarding " Arbitrary
> Detentions " of opposition figures, and " a decision to deport " Ms. Suu Kyi.
> 
> 		No member of the National League for Democracy has been arrested or charged
> with any crime. Some members of the NLD have been invited by the Government to
> help ensure a peaceful transition to a multiparty democracy. The NLD members
> have been very cooperative, and are being comfortably housed in government
> guest houses.
> 
> 		The U.S. State Department has also mistakenly accused the Government of
> threatening to deport Ms. Suu Kyi. The Government has made no such threats.
> One writer in a daily newspaper expressed his opinion that Ms. Suu Kyi should
> be deported, but that was merely the opinion of one  private individual. Other
> writers in Myanmar newspapers have expressed different views towards 
> Ms. Suu Kyi, encouraging her to take a more helpful role in developing the
> country.
> 
> 		The Government has an obligation to protect the rights of all Myanmar
> citizens to a safe, secure environment. The Government of Myanmar would like
> to remind the United States that Myanmar remains a peaceful country, without
> the political violence that exists in many other developing countries around
> the world.
> 
> 		The Government of Myanmar welcomes any efforts by the United States  and the
> international community to help Myanmar maintain the current stability during
> its transition to a multiparty democracy. Irresponsible remarks by uninformed
> observers only make that transition more difficult, and should be avoided.
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