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Reuters-opposition member dies in c (r)
- Subject: Reuters-opposition member dies in c (r)
- From: enmasse_1@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 18:55:00
Subject: Re: Reuters-opposition member dies in custody
Re: Reuters-opposition member dies in custody
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....
>``The government of Myanmar regrets to report that U Aung Min, a
>member of the National League for Democracy, passed away in a >Defence
Services Hospital in Mandalay on October 21,'' it said in a >statement.
>
....
>The government has said an indeterminate number of NLD mambers have
>been ``invited'' to discuss the party's plans at government
>guesthouses since early last month.
>
....
The SPDC must stop issuing all sort of lies and immediately release all
those who are detained as it is not a proper way to "invite" the NLD
memebrs to discuss the party's plans while a genuine disccusion
between the leaders of the SPDC and the NLD party could have carried on.
If the authorities truly want to show their regrets about U Aung Min's
death they should be prepared to take full responsibility and allow
independent investigation into the sudden death of U Aung Min while he
was under unlawful detention against his will.
He was only '52'.
My sincere condolence to his family in "Upper Burma".
Good-bye my friend. We'll never forget your courage and sacrificing your
life for the true cause and re-emergence of democracy in Burma.
Minn Kyaw Minn
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>Myanmar opposition member dies in custody-military
>05:29 a.m. Oct 28, 1998 Eastern
>
>YANGON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - A member of Myanmar's pro-democracy
opposition died
>of cancer last week while in custody, the military government said on
>Wednesday.
>
>``The government of Myanmar regrets to report that U Aung Min, a member
of the
>National League for Democracy, passed away in a Defence Services
Hospital in
>Mandalay on October 21,'' it said in a statement.
>
> It said Aung Min, 52, had suffered from cancer of the lymph glands
which had
>spread all over his body.
>
>The announcement of the death comes during a visit by U.N. Assistant
>Secretary-General Alvaro de Soto, who was sent by Secretary-General
Kofi Annan
>to nudge the generals towards democracy. He arrived on Tuesday.
>
>Eight years ago, a senior member of the NLD, Maung Ko, died in custody
during
>a similarly high profile visit by U.N. official Sadako Ogata, now the
U.N.
>High Commissioner for Refugees, to check reports of human rights
abuses.
>
>The military said Maung Ko commited suicide, but relatives said bruises
on his
>body showed he had been tortured to death.
>
>Myanmar and U.N. officials have kept up a war of words in recent months
over
>human rights, in particular the military's treatment of the NLD.
>
>The party says nearly 1,000 of its members have been detained since
May, when
>it resolved to seek a parliament in recognition of its landslide win in
a 1990
>election which the military has ignored.
>
>The government has said an indeterminate number of NLD mambers have
been
>``invited'' to discuss the party's plans at government guesthouses
since early
>last month.
>
>In its statement, it said it had released 15 on Wednesday, bringing the
number
>allowed home in the past few days to 114.
>
>U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson called this month
for
>the freeing of Myanmar's political prisoners and urged the government
to halt
>``repression'' of the opposition.
>
>Human rights groups outside Myanmar accuse the generals of massive
abuses,
>including the use of forced labour, arbitrary detentions and summary
>executions. Yangon denies the charges.
>
>
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