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Subject: Protest to Foreign Minister Win Aung  At Asia Society

Protest to Foreign Minister Win Aung at Asia Society


Win Aung Go Home!  Win Aung Liar! Free Burma Now!  Free Rachel now! Free 
James  Mawdsley Now!.Synchronized chanting of dissident's voice filled in 
the air of busy Mahattan Street in the morning of 24th September at 8 am. A 
group of dissidents carrying placards, banner emblemed with fighting 
peacock, gathered at the entrance of Asia Society building at 725 Park 
Avenue in New York City. Earlier, one of the leaders of dissidents: Tin Win 
Thein from Civil Society of Burma, went inside the building and confronted 
the person responsible for admission to the event: Win Aung's speech " 
Myanmar in next Millenium" and demanded to be admitted as he had registered 
on 20th of this month. A person responsible is nobody other than David 
Steinberg himself. Respondent of the speech and Director of Asia Studies at 
Georgetown University in Washington. Steinberg firmly denied access stating 
that there was no seat available for Burmese activists though it was 
registered in advance.
However, at the end of the event, one of the attendee said some of the seats 
were empty in the hall which can accommodate more than fifty people.
We are making demonstration against Foreign Minister Win Aung as a protest 
to Military Regime, as a protest to his speech: nonsense lies to the people 
around the world covering all the truth., as a protest against jailing of 
Rachel  Goldwyn and James Mawdsley, and finally as a protest in support of 
"Committee representing people's parliament (CRPP), says one activist who 
did not want to mention his name.
If the Win Aung 's well assisted and well planned tour-speech to New York's 
Asia Society is a segment of propaganda machinery and a mission of marketing 
Burma for next millenium, it was a disaster. Before the event started, 
dissidents managed to distribute pamphlets showing records of Military 
wrongdoing including gross human rights violation and arbitrary executions. 
Questions directed to Foreign Minister after his speech showed that SPDC 
could not make fool of the people around the world." There is no human 
rights violation what so ever in Myanmar", Win Aung repeatedly says the 
joke, at the same time denying any mass grave inside Burma. "One day you 
might well be accountable for war crime" says academic from Columbia 
University School of International Public affairs to Win Aung. "He is 
smooth, very much better than his predecessor although he tries to cover 
true facts", admits Assistant Dean from prestigious University. While 
Foreign Minister was in full speed delivering his speech, one thing he did 
not know was American public in the whole United States were informed with 
true facts when National Public Radio (Pacific Radio), came on air about 
Burma and briefly covering demonstration in live.

Foreign Minister Win Aung 's mission impossible turned to mission 
disgraceful when he finished the event and made his way to his limousine 
surrounded by a group of smartly dressed young men seemed to be his body 
guards from military intelligence. It was
Evident by watching his body language. As soon as he came out of the 
building, spontaneous burst of voices from dissidents transformed him red 
face minister running to his car as fast as he can. He reminds me the 
marathon runner of the last Olympic.


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