Press Conference (19th August,1999)

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Press Conference (19th August,1999)

Internal and external anti-government groups? conspiracy to cause

unrest in September 1999


Perpetrations of expatriates in collusion, armed insurgent terrorists and 
absconders? scheme to cause destruction to Myanmar and to create unrest in 
the country in the coming September were presented at the Press Conference 
held on 13 August.

The conspiracies of absconders of National League for Democracy led by 
expatriate Sein Win, armed terrorists led by KNU Bo Mya, armed ABSDF 
terrorists led by Moe Thee Zun and Aung Naing and the remnants of expatriates 
under the name of The Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in Burma 
(CRDB) led by Tin Maung Win under the leadership of National Coalition Union 
of Burma ( NCUB ), which was a collection of expatriate terrorists; and 
formation of Political Defiance Committee and four-nine committee under CRDB 
to implement the scheme to cause destruction to the nation; and of the 
contacts of remnants of insurgents in Myanmar, the remnant Under Grounds of 
Burma Communist Party, members of NLD, connections between All Burma Student 
Democratic Front ( Northern Bureau ) ( ABSDF ) ( NB) and NLD in Mandalay 
which were made through BCP remnants to cause destruction to the nation had 
already been clarified in detail.

This week, the other sector of the scheme to cause destruction to the nation 
which was conspired by various destructive gangs will be exposed and 
presented. The condition of conveying the persons from Bago who had 
connections with ABSDF to the border with Thailand and conducting of 
terrorist training for them; and seizure of documents, cassette tapes, 
posters which were smuggled into the country to be used in instigative acts 
to cause internal unrest will be presented here.

 

Seizures in Bago and Thaton

Some of the instigative leaflets dropped to create unrest in Bago were found 
beginning from July 1999. Some instigative leaflets dropped in the drainage 
canal at Leikpyakan Ward in Bago were found. Instigative leaflets were also 
found near the garbage pile in Zebaing Ward and in the public toilets of 
Shwemawdaw Pagoda.
Authorities concerned were able to expose and arrest the instigative leaflets 
droppers Lwin Moe Myint of Zaingganaing Ward, Bago, and his accomplices. 
Fifteen kinds of instigative leaflets totalling 244 sheets published by 
insurgents and one video-tape were found in Lwin Moe Myint?s house. Further 
investigation had led to seizure of leaflets published by insurgents and NLD 
at the clinic of Dr Daw Shwe Pon,
who was an executive of Bago Township NLD. During that time on 21 July, 21 
kinds of instigative leaflets totalling 6979 sheets, seven cassette-tapes, 
five seals and ten khutdaung (fighting peacock) flags packed in a bag were 
found at the bank of Shwegulay Creek under the bridge. According to further 
investigation, it was known that these instigative leaflets and materials 
were sent in by ABSDF insurgent Thein Win who was making contacts with 
internal elements from his residence in Measot, Thailand; and Thein Win gave 
money to merchant Daw Aye Than of Thaton to smuggle the instigative leaflets 
and materials into the nation. Daw Aye Than had smuggled in instigative 
leaflets and materials for five times under payment; she concealed the 
instigative leaflets and materials in biscuit tins, tins of soap powder and 
ice containers. When the leaflets and materials arrived at Daw Aye Than?s 
house in Thaton, Kyaw Wunna and Kyaw Aung took them to Bago. When authorities 
searched the house of Daw Aye Than at 588, Lanthit Street, Aukkyin Ward, 
Thaton, they found ten kinds of leaflets numbering 900 sheets, two 
video-tapes, eight seals and five khutdaung flags. The authorities arrested 
and investigated 26 persons including Lwin Moe Myint concerning that case. A 
total of 38 kinds of instigative leaflets numbering 8172 sheets, 15 khutdaung 
flags, 10 cassettes-tapes, three video-tapes and 13 seals were seized.

 

Contacts and perpetrations of ABSDF insurgent group and anti-government 
elements of Bago

Lwin Moe Myint went to Measot in Thailand in February 1999 and got contact 
with Thein Win of ABSDF. Thein Win had lived in Kyunthaya Ward, Bago. He was 
jailed for four years for his involvement in the disturbances in Bago in 
August 1990. Later he went underground at ABSDF insurgent group. Thein Win 
organized Lwin Moe Myint with payments. Thein Win sent Lwin Moe Myint to Bago 
to help Kyaw Wunna who was assigned duty to distribute instigative leaflets 
in Bago and organize youths to create disturbances in September. When Lwin 
Moe Myint arrived at Bago, he made contact with Kyaw Wunna and took some of 
the instigative leaflets and materials. Lwin Moe Myint distributed the 
instigative leaflets to Hla Win (a) Ale Kissa, Kyaw Thura (a) Athelay, Myint 
Oo (a) Kumar, Kyaw Maung, Win Tint (a) Anu and U Ba Chit of Oktha Myothit, 
Bago. Of them, Win Tint (a) Anu was the youth leader of Bago Township NLD. 
Win Tint (a) Anu organized Tet Htut Naing (a) Yama and gave him instigative 
leaflets. U Ba Chit is an ex-army captain. He was jailed for four years in 
1976 for high treason. He, after reading the instigative leaflets, 
distributed them to Dr Daw Shwe Pon, who was an executive of Bago Township 
NLD working at the cooperative clinic. Daw Shwe Pon after reading the 
leaflets organized patients coming to her clinic to read them. Those leaflets 
had already been seized from her clinic.

After Lwin Moe Myint and his accomplices were arrested together with the 
leaflets, authorities had to call in Kyaw Wunna who was a member of ABSDF and 
his wife Khin Khin Le for investigation. The authorities went to the couples 
house at Ward 3, Oktha Myothit and made a search on 23 July. But no one was 
at home at that time. Kyaw Wunna after learning that the authorities were 
making investigations, fled to Measot. Khin Khin Le was found at her parents? 
(U Myint Swe and Daw Myint) house on Socialist 3rd Street, Bago. The 
authorities had to put Khin Khin Le?s daughter Theint Wunna Khin under care 
of her grand-parents and took Khin Khin Le to ask some questions. Based on 
this incident, British Broadcasting Council , Voice Of America and Radio Free 
Asia announced the slanderous news collectively created by ABSDF insurgent 
group and International Human Rights Group. These foreign radio stations made 
an announcement as if Myanmar government had arrested a three-year-old girl; 
and that as if the three-year-old girl was released only after demands were 
made by those radio stations. The groups inside the nation with negative 
views presented this matter at the inter-party meetings; and made whispering 
campaign to spread the fabricated news among the people. "Just think. We the 
authorities while busy calling in the contact persons of insurgents to ask 
questions and checking the leaflets, will not take any trouble to call in a 
child. We are not running a day-care centre. Even if the mother wants to 
bring her child, we will not let her do so as there are the child?s 
grand-parents."

The matter concerning the seizure of instigative leaflets and materials under 
the Shwegulay Creek Bridge in Bago, had already been stated. The authorities 
could expose that all those leaflets and materials were from Kyaw Wunna?s 
house. As Kyaw Wunna had heard that the authorities concerned were conducting 
a search, he left the leaflets and materials at the bank of the creek as 
owner-less property to destroy the evidence.

Both Kyaw Wunna and Khin Khin Le` had contacts with ABSDF insurgents. Since 
Kyaw Wunna participated in the riotous demonstrations in Bago, 1990, legal 
action was taken against him, and he was put into prison. Kyaw Wunna went to 
Maesot beginning 1997. There, he could make contact with Thein Win from ABSDF 
insurgent group. From Maesot, Thein Win, consistently organizing and 
persuading those who got out of the country, managed to easily organize Kyaw 
Wunna coloured by anti-government politics. Thein Win provided cash 
assistance to him and assigned the duty to establish contacts with those from 
the country and ABSDF insurgents. Kyaw Wunna, on his part, carried documents 
and kept them at home in Bago. His wife Khin Khin Le` took part and assisted 
in these activities. Khin Khin Le` went along with Kyaw Wunna to Maesot, and 
made contact with members of ABSDF insurgent group. She also took the lead in 
destroying documents and exhibits. According to further investigation, one 
Kyaw Kyaw who lived at Leik Pya Kan Building in Bago, was found to have 
accepted the documents of Kyaw Wunna and given advice and assisted in the 
activities of Kyaw Wunna. Likewise, Min Min Soe (a) Min Min residing in Shin 
Saw Pu Ward was found to have accepted the documents and the cassette tape 
given by Kyaw Wunna and participated and assisted in the activities of Kyaw 
Wunna. It was found on the tape that ABSDF insurgent group gave detailed 
lectures on how to spread rumours which can make the people panic-stricken 
and lose faith in the Government with a view to causing riots in the country, 
and on how to establish strike camps if the crowd gathered.

According to further investigation, Kyaw Aung, member of ABSDF, living in 
Kyun Tha Ya Ward, Bago, was arrested. Kyaw Aung went to Maesot in 1998 to 
work there, and met Thein Win, an old acquaintance. Thein Win persuaded Kyaw 
Aung into participating and assisting in the activities of Kyaw Wunna, and 
gave K 20,000 twice. Kyaw Aung assisted Kyaw Wunna in carrying and 
distributing documents. In March, 1999, Kyaw Aung, together with his cousin 
Zaw Zaw Latt, Phyo Wai Min (a) Min Min of Myo Thit Ward-A, Bago and Kyaw Tun 
Min (a) Wa Gyi of the staff quarters of Livestock Breeding and Veterinary 
Department in Bago, went to Maesot and attended the political defiance course 
conducted by ABSDF insurgent group for seven days. At the course, Moe Thee 
Zun, Thein Win and Ye Htut (a) Ko Htut gave lectures.

Similarly, Thida Htwe (a) Thuza and Khin Phyu Htwe of Tarchar Ward, Pyu, went 
to Maesot in March 1999 and made contact with Thein Win. Thida Htwe joined 
ABSDF insurgent group and attended the political defiance course and the 
course on women?s rights and affairs in Maesot. With the arrangement of Thein 
Win, Khin Phyu Htwe attended the computer course to be able to participate in 
Internet programme, the invented news and anti-government leaflets spreading 
work of ABSDF. Later, Thida Htwe went back to Pyu and made contact with Thein 
Win by letters. Thein Win assigned to Thida Htwe the duty to organize student 
youths and
teachers into participating in the riots and gather news after joining Union 
Solidarity Develovement Association ( USDA ) and carrying out organizational 
works gradually. Cash assistance was also provided for her to be able to 
carry out these activities.

 

Seizure of documents carried along Myawady/Hpa-an route

It is found that ABSDF insurgent group met and organized merchants from 
inside the country who got to Maesot, and anti-government leaflets were sent 
to hard-core members inside the country. It is a route from Maesot to 
Myawady, and from Myawady into the country. On 1 August, three kinds of 
propaganda leaflets of insurgents totalling 927 sheets kept in 102 plastic 
mats carried on a truck from Hpa-an, were seized. It is learnt that these 
leaflets were sent to the address - Khaing Tun, Aung Nan Street 3, Hpa-an ? 
from Myawady. At the time the addressee was avoiding to claim the mats 
because of fear, the authorities confiscated them.
Likewise, at Myawady Check-Point, 18 plastic mats were found, and when a 
search was made, three kinds of documents totalling 134 sheets were found. On 
inquiry, Khaing Tun did not stay at that address. But, it is learnt that he 
put up at the special lodging-house on Ohn Daw Street in Hpa-an and 
disappeared. These documents are propaganda leaflets produced by expatriate 
insurgents to instigate riots in the country in September, 1999.

 

Seizure of documents in Ye

Receiving information that propaganda leaflets were to be distributed in Ye 
in August, 1999, the authorities carried out an inquiry; consequently, Aung 
Myo Win of Aung Thu Kha Ward, Ye, and six other persons, together with 16 
kinds of documents totalling 116 sheets and five tapes were arrested. These 
documents are propaganda leaflets and cassette tapes of insurgents, which are 
designed to sow discord among the people, among the Tatmadaw members, among 
the mass of students and among the workers, the peasantry and the government 
employees and to instigate civil riots in September, 1999.

Aung Myo Win, together with his parents, lived in Kyauk Taing Village, Ye 
Township, and was engaged in betel nut business. He obtained contacts from 
one Aung Htoo of People Defence Force (PDF) beginning September, 1998. ( PDF 
is an anti-government organization formed with some 10 members in Winka, 
Thailand. That organization is cooperating with Brigade No 6 of KNU in armed 
insurgency activities. So it is also an organization engaged in carrying out 
subversive activities. It is financed by BBC (Burmese Border Consortium), an 
NGO operating in Thailand. ) Aung Htoo provided cash assistance to Aung Myo 
Win and organized him. In the beginning of July, 1999, Aung Htoo arrived at 
Aung Myo Win, and gave him anti-government leaflets. He was also assigned the 
duty to distribute the leaflets in Ye. Aung Myo Win organized a worker of 
betel nut farm Soe Moe and his friends Soe Than, Myo Aung and Nyi Nyi Naing 
of Aung Thu Kha Ward, Ye, and Aung Myat Min of Thiri Nanda Ward, and 
distributed the leaflets among them to spread in Ye. Before these leaflets 
were distributed, the authorities managed to arrest them.

 

Seizure of documents in Mawlamyine

After receiving information that there were propaganda leaflets of insurgents 
designed to instigate riots in September, 1999, the authorities made 
inquiries; consequently, Ko Ko Zaw of Pabedan Ward, Mawlamyine, member of 
National League for Democracy, was arrested together with nine kinds of 
documents of insurgents totalling 163 sheets. It is found that these 
documents are designed to mislead the people into thinking wrongly of noble 
tasks of the Government and to disrupt rule of law and order and maintenance 
of discipline and to cause anarchism.

Ko Ko Zaw is the son of Chairman of Mawlamyine Township National League for 
Democracy U Kyi Lwin, who is serving a six-year prison term under the 
Printing Law, 1997. In August, 1998, to take the guidelines in connection 
with NLD?s declaration to summon Hluttaw, Ko Ko Zaw, together with Secretary 
of Mawlamyine Township NLD Kyaw Thein and member of the township organizer 
group Kyaw Soe, went to the house of Ye Myint, member of Kayin State 
organizer group of NLD, in Tamway Township. The authorities found them and 
detained them temporarily at a detaining camp. Later, the authorities 
released Ko Ko Zaw and Kyaw Thein after warning them to conduct themselves 
well. In the end of May, 1999, with the contact of a member of NLD from a 
neighbouring country, one Tun Ya got to the house of Ko Ko Zaw, and asked him 
to distribute propaganda leaflets of insurgents where and when convenient. Ko 
Ko was arrested by the authorities before distributing and sticking up these 
leaflets.

A study of the small posters seized in Mandalay, Bago, Thaton, Hpa-an, 
Myawady, Ye and Mawlamyine shows that most of them are the same type on which 
documents and materials can easily be pasted or removed from them. Some types 
were numerous and some were just a few. All the documents were written, 
printed and published abroad by various gangs comprising expatriates, 
absconders and destructive elements constantly making attempts to cause 
destruction to Myanmar after laying down the four-nine programme.

 

Conclusion

The events just presented are a revelation of only a part of the destructive 
acts to destroy Myanmar committed by expatriates, insurgents, destructionists 
and terrorists residing in Thailand which shares many miles of border with 
our country. All can see that among the documents and materials seized there 
isn?t any publication or material printed and distributed in this country. In 
addition to their conspiracy to distribute documents and instigative leaflets 
through their contacts inside the country, the expatriate saboteurs have also 
sent spies and destructive elements into the country along with explosives. 
There are also instances in which such elements resident in other countries 
have been engaged in instigative acts through telephones, fax and post 
offices. Moreover, they are attempting to force the Myanmar government into a 
tight corner in the world by distributing false news about its endeavours 
with the use of the mass media such as broadcasting stations, foreign Press, 
TV stations and Internet, and inciting riots inside the country. The Myanmar 
expatriate group in Thailand is not alone committing such acts. The 
expatriate groups in the United States, India, Japan and Britain are 
conspiring the scheme to destroy Myanmar in collusion. Democratic Voice of 
Burma (Norway) ( DVB ) and Radio Free Asia ( RFA ) (US) radios in addition to 
Voice of America ( VOA ) and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC ) airing 
in Myanmar language may be cited as evidence.

The journalists here may calculate to what extent the costs may incur in the 
use of such mass media and publishing books and leaflets. Needless to say, 
Myanmar expatriates are not in a position to earn millions of dollars by 
themselves to stand for the media costs. They have been able to exist and 
commit such acts because of the assistance and encouragement they received 
from organizations of some foreign nations. These are the acts of expatriate 
destructionists outside the country.

It is found that every time the acts of expatriate destructive elements 
resident abroad conspiring to cause destruction to the country in violation 
of the law occurs, there is the linkage between the incident and the National 
League for Democracy inside the country. In the case of Mandalay, or of Bago 
or of Mawlamyine, members of NLD were involved unquestionably.

However, the elderly men in the National League for Democracy usaually 
defended whenever their members were involved in such unlawful acts that "It 
is not concerned with NLD". But their attitude to give a green light to 
commit illegal acts is apparent so long as those concerned are not arrested 
or exposed. A study of the NLD leadership?s meeting with an insurgent, 
permitting him to hide and take shelter in the compound, acceptance of money 
sent by expatriate insurgents and destructive elements, NLD?s support for the 
Metharawhta declaration issued by the insurgents and its encouragement and 
support for the expatriate terrorists calling them
democracy supporters will show that its attitude is not honest.

Of the documents and materials on display at this Press conference, the 
badges are the same as those sold at the NLD office on Shwegondine Road at K 
60 apiece. The so-called NLD leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has issued the 
badges to sell them at K 50 apiece but the women?s group of the NLD is 
selling them at K 60 making a profit of K 10 each. Whatever the price may be 
those badges have been designed and produced in Thailand. They are the same 
as those seized from the expatriate saboteurs. They were not made in Myanmar. 
Only Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will know the best how these badges have got to 
NLD. How and from where they came is not the point. What is obvious is that 
it can be seen as an evidence NLD is not clear of the acts of expatriate 
saboteurs.

If the political movement of NLD is observed, it will be seen that it has 
been demanding the convening of the Hluttaw by force veering from the course 
of national politics, which suits most the practical life of the nation. A 
study of its activities will show that it has been issuing declarations to 
make the people misunderstand and hate the government and drive a wedge 
between the people and the government and to get those declarations broadcast 
by foreign radio stations; and it has been sending letters, recorded tapes 
and video features to foreign organizations with the use of diplomatic 
immunity of certain embassies and international organizations. It has been 
found most clearly that some materials written, speeches made and 
declarations issued are found to contain totally false statements. Some of 
them were found to be totally false. Some dealt with insignificant points and 
trivial matters. They exaggerated weaknesses of some local authorities and 
put blame on them. Obviously, the aim of such acts was to drive a wedge 
between the government and the people and to make the latter misunderstand 
and hate the former.

The aim and the acts of the NLD are the same as that of expatriates outside 
the country. They are acting in a synchronized manner. They are heading for 
internal riots. Most obviously, they are doing so after accepting material 
and moral support from outside.

The NLD From within the country and expatrites from outside are collaborating 
with certain foreign nations and foreign organizations for a vested interest 
and also taking their assistance and support to follow the path which is 
detrimental to Myanmar's national interest and security. They are often heard 
to be openly stating that foreign big nations are assisting them to secure 
democracy in Myanmar in the interest of the people. In our opinion, their 
assistance extended to the Myanmar expatriates and those with a vested 
interest does not benefit the people of Myanmar in any way. If the funds 
spent on such acts are used in construction of bridges across rivers, 
irrigation networks and hydro-electric power plants they will practically 
benefit the human beings. It is not that I am asking for assistance to be 
provided to Myanmar. The monetary assistance extended to the expatriates and 
saboteurs is like watering the plant of poison without producing any positive 
results. Hence, instead of extending aid to the saboteurs and Myanmar 
expatriates, it should be given to any other country so that the people will 
enjoy the direct benefits resulting from construction of roads, bridges and 
irrigation networks. However, massive aid has been extended to the persons 
who will be destabilizing the situation in Myanmar and inciting unrest. The 
aid would enable them to oppose the government in greater force. A study of 
practical life will show that such acts could lead the ignorant and 
unknowledgeable persons in the country into following and believing the 
axe-handles, who rely on foreign powers, and joining the riots thereby 
disrupting peace and stability and jeopardizing developments already achieved 
in the country.

The people of Myanmar today are well aware of this. They also see the truth. 
They experienced the country?s near collapse situation caused by the storm of 
rumours spread on the pretext of the four eights of 1988. The people nowadays 
realize the true situation however much unscrupulous elements and those from 
outside the country make incitements. As it is known to all foreigners of 
certain organizations in foreign countries, who would like to see 
disintegration of Myanmar but were unhappy about the improving peace and 
tranquillity in the country, entered the country in August 1998, shouted and 
distributed leaflets. The people of Myanmar, on their part, would not care 
four nines or four tens and they would not allow themselves to be deceived 
twice. They are desirous of following the correct national political path 
while preserving favourable foundations for internal peace, stability and 
development.

Hence, in accordance with the wishes of the people, the State Peace and 
Development Council will resolutely prevent all the schemes to cause 
destruction to the nation, and carry on to follow the path of national 
politics in conformity with the national objectives.

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