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NOTED IN PASSING:
'You will not be surprised to learn that it is not
possible for me to leave Burma at present.'
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in a letter to Taiwan's President-
Elect. (See KYODO: SUU KYI UNABLE TO ATTEND TAIWAN
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION)
*Inside Burma
KYODO: SUU KYI UNABLE TO ATTEND TAIWAN PRESIDENTIAL
INAUGURATION
KNPP: REPORT OF EXECUTION OF CAPTURED BURMESE SOLDIERS
FALSE; REPORTERS INVITED TO INTERVIEW THEM
AVA: SPDC HOLDING MANDATORY ANTI-NLD MEETINGS IN THE ARMY
DVB: POLICE FORCE ORDERED TO CRUSH DEMOCRACY PARTY
MICB: MAN APPEALING TO SPDC TO PREVENT DESTRUCTION OF
MOSQUE DISAPPEARS
MICB: FIVE HUMAN MINE-SWEEPERS KILLED
MICB: MUSLIM PRAYERS PROHIBITED
*International
THE NATION: THAILAND REACTS WITH ANGER TO CHARGE IT
PROFITS FROM BURMA'S REFUGEES
TV MYANMAR: LEADER SAYS NEOCOLONIALISTS DISRUPTING
COUNTRY'S ECONOMY
KYODO: THAILAND, MYANMAR RELATIONS CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE
*Opinion/Editorials
BURMA PEACE FOUNDATION:U MAUNG MAUNG, ILO ETC
__________________ INSIDE BURMA ____________________
KYODO: SUU KYI UNABLE TO ATTEND TAIWAN PRESIDENTIAL
INAUGURATION
TAIPEI, May 10 Kyodo
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said in a letter
Wednesday she is unable to leave Yangon to attend the
inauguration of Chen Shui-bian as Taiwan's second
democratically elected president later this month.
'You will not be surprised to learn that it is not
possible for me to leave Burma at present,' Suu Kyi
wrote to Chen.
Suu Kyi, whose movements are closely monitored by
Myanmar's ruling junta following the lifting of her house
arrest in 1995, also said 'there are great difficulties'
to find someone suitable to attend the May 20 inauguration
on her behalf.
Suu Kyi, who heads the National League for Democracy
(NLD), said Taiwan's democratization gives 'fresh hope' to
all who seek political change in line with the will of the
people.
'Your election to the presidency represents the victory,
through fair and free elections, of a brave and
persevering opposition over a long entrenched government,'
she said.
While thanking Chen for the invitation, she added she
hoped to have an opportunity to meet Chen in the future.
Chen's inauguration will mark the first time Taiwan's
longtime ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) cedes central
government power to an opposition force.
Suu Kyi's NLD won parliamentary elections in a landslide
in 1990, but the junta subsequently refused to convene
parliament.
Chen is also believed to have invited other prominent
pro-democracy activists such as former South African
President Nelson Mandela and South Korean President Kim
Dae Jung to the ceremonies.
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KNPP: REPORT OF EXECUTION OF CAPTURED BURMESE SOLDIERS
FALSE; REPORTERS INVITED TO INTERVIEW THEM
Karenni National Progressive Party
Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 22:16:30 +0700
Three junta soldiers were captured by the Karenni army on
12 Feruary 2000 in a clash between the Karenni and SPDC
troops inside Karenni.
KNPP is concerned with the spread of opium poppies being
grown in Karenni. Opium poppies have not existed in
Karenni until the last few years. Between 1994 and 1996,
opium seeds were brought to Karenni for cultivation,
particularly in No. (3) District, West Karenni.
The Karenni were not able to operate the area for a few years,
but at the begining of this year, they managed to penerate
the area and were able to destroy 200 out of a total of
2000 acres. A man was interviewed who have been forced to
grow opium poppies. He said that every year the products
of opium are transported back to Shan States for
refinement to produce amphetamine and heroin. A total of
3000 acres has been targeted for poppy cultivation this
year.
SPDC troops from battalion No. 428, 427 and 27 are
operating in the area along with the Karenni National
People Liberation Front (KNPLF). The troops from both
sides are encouraging the villagers to grow opium poppies.
They provide seeds and security for the poppy fields.
The three Burmese soldiers were captured, interrogated for
information and later brought to a Karenni stronghold.
They have been released, but have not chosen not to return
to Burma or the Burmese junta army. The quote from Aung
Myant in the Bangkok Post ( 9 may 2000) stating that they
have been executed was false. It was stated to try and to
deter journalists from pursuing the story. For security
reasons, the whereabouts of the three was hoped to be kept
secret.
Journalists and concerned individuals are invited to come
and interview the men. For more information contact
ooreh@xxxxxxxxxxx
If you have seen media reports that have stated anything
contrary to the above , please forward this information to
them.
KARENNI FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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AVA: SPDC HOLDING MANDATORY ANTI-NLD MEETINGS IN THE ARMY
May 10, 2000
State Peace and Development Council has been holding weekly
mandatory anti-National League for Democracy (NLD) meetings within
the army. The main objectives of these meetings have been in
condemning the NLD along with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. On April 4, LIB
255 based at Salin in Magwe Division held an anti-NLD meeting led by
Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Zaw Win. These anti-NLD
meetings have been ongoing and dated as far as July of 1999 when LIB
326 at Tangyan in Northern Shan State held one.
A confidential source in the army informs Ava that the meetings are
conducted in a similar manner all throughout the country. Articles
from SPDC's two newspapers "The Mirror" and "The New Light of
Myanmar" are read and are forced to be supported by the attendants.
Anti-NLD and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi sentiment are also promoted through
discussions led by Regiment Commanders and high-ranking officials.
Such meetings have been taking place not only throughout the army but
also with the army families.
Ava News Group May 10, 2000
For further information please contact + 66 1 950 9533
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DVB: POLICE FORCE ORDERED TO CRUSH DEMOCRACY PARTY
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma, Oslo, in Burmese 1245
gmt 8 May 00
Text of report by Burmese opposition radio on 8th May
It has been learned from a reliable source that at a
meeting held on 20th April, the SPDC [State Peace and
Development Council] Home Ministry has issued a directive
to the police force to completely crush the National
League for Democracy [NLD] within this year.
At the meeting, SPDC Home Minister Col Tin Hlaing directed
all the regional police chiefs and the commandants of riot
control police battalions to employ all administrative
techniques to completely crush the NLD within the year.
The meeting was also attended by Col Soe Win, director
general of Myanmar Police Force.
The minister also ordered the respective police chiefs
from the states and divisions to relay the directive to
their subordinates and to supervise the strict
implementation of the directive.
Since the government has increased the salaries of the
state employees, the minister said, they should show
loyalty to the government and firmly follow orders. He
also ordered them to take action against those who do not
fulfil their duties.
The Home Ministry had already issued a directive to the
police force on 23rd May last year that the SPDC regard
the NLD as the enemy and the police should begin
eliminating the party. The present directive is to
completely crush the NLD.
Since last year, grass-roots NLD members and organizers,
NLD chairmen from various townships, states and divisions,
and NLD People's Assembly representatives were forced to
resign from the party and some were even arrested and
jailed. They are also gathering the names of NLD members
who have refused to resign.
Although the directive was to employ all administrative
techniques to completely crush the NLD, it is not clearly
known what kind of administrative techniques they are
going to implement.
____________________________________________________
MICB: MAN APPEALING TO SPDC TO PREVENT DESTRUCTION OF
MOSQUE DISAPPEARS
MUSLIM INFORMATION CENTRE OF BURMA(MICB)
P. O. Box 96, Chiangmai 50000, Thailand: P. O. Box 85,
Maesot, Tak 63110, Thailand.
On April, 01, 2000, a Kaw Kyaik villager, Mr. Abdur
Rahman who appealed to higher authorities of State Peace
and Development Council(SPDC) to spare their mosque from
destruction was arrested by the SPDC officers and later
disappeared. The authorities of Democratic Karen Buddhist
Army (DKBA) had ordered Kaw Kyaik villagers to destroy
their mosque.
Kaw Kyaik village, in Pa-an township of Karen state
consists of about 80 Muslim houses, a mosque and about 300
non-Muslim houses. Moreover, the authorities in that area
have been seizing most of the Muslim land and selling it
off.
____________________________________________________
MICB: FIVE HUMAN MINE-SWEEPERS KILLED
April 28, 2000
On April, 11, 2000, five porters, two of them Muslims
were killed when they were used as mine-sweepers while
fighting took place between SPDC and Karen National Union
(KNU) soldiers , on hill No. 6, near Shan Ywa Thit village
in Hlaing Bwe township. The two Muslim deceased were (1)
Hashim, 30, from Kaw kata/ Thaya gong village and (2)
Younus, 22 Zathabin/ Kaw Ri village. Both of the villages
are in Hlaing Bwe township of Karen state.
____________________________________________________
MICB: MUSLIM PRAYERS PROHIBITED
Muslims in block No.114 of Dagon township in Rangoon
division have not been allowed to pray in the mosque since
April, 10, 2000 by the members of the Union Solidarity and
Development Association (USDA), a pro-SPDC organization.
The members of USDA also instigated anti- Muslim agitation
there. Many Muslims have therefore been leaving for other
new places.
__________________ INTERNATIONAL ___________________
THE NATION: THAILAND REACTS WITH ANGER TO CHARGE IT
PROFITS FROM BURMA'S REFUGEES
May 11, 2000
THAILAND yesterday reacted angrily to a charge by a Burmese state
run newspaper that its humanitarian policy of receiving Karen
refugees was a smokescreen for seeking political and economic gain.
Contrary to the charge, Thailand has been the one suffering the
most from the 15 years of political and economic chaos in Burma,
Deputy Foreign Ministry spokesman Oum Maolanon said.
At present, he said, there are about 102,000 Burmese refugees,
mostly of Karen origin, scattered in a string of camps along the Thai-
Burmese border.
There are also close to 100,000 illegal migrant workers and exiled
Burmese dissidents in the Kingdom.
All these problems stem from the deteriorating economic and
political situation inside Burma, the Foreign Ministry said.
Oum said that the majority of the Burmese refugees are children,
women and elderly who sought refuge from bloody fighting between
Burmese troops and opposition groups and who cannot even look after
themselves.
"Therefore, it is impossible in whatever way that Thailand will
benefit from these people especially in economic terms. On the
contrary, Thailand has to shoulder this burden and continue to absorb
its adverse effects."
The Burmese state-run paper New Light of Myanmar on Monday
published a scathing editorial saying that Thailand had benefited
economically and politically from taking in Burmese refugees,
especially the Karens. It claimed that black market trade, not
humanitarian principles, was the real reason for Thailand's refugee
policy.
Oum said that the only reason Thailand continues to open its arms
to these people is for humanitarian concerns and the effort to show
that it is a responsible member of the international community.
Thailand's treatment of Cambodian refugees 20 years ago is a good
example of the kingdom's unwavering humanitarianism and sincerity, he
said.
The ministry's statement said it might be hard for a paper like New
Light of Myanmar to understand "humanitarian" and "international
responsibility".
Oum reiterated Thailand's wish for sustainable development and
peace in every neighbouring country and hoped that the refugees would
one day be able to return with dignity and safety to help reconstruct
the country.
____________________________________________________
TV MYANMAR: LEADER SAYS NEOCOLONIALISTS DISRUPTING
COUNTRY'S ECONOMY
Source: TV Myanmar, Rangoon, in Burmese 1330 gmt 8 May 00
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
May 11, 2000, Thursday
Excerpts from report by Burmese TV on 8th May
Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, chairman of the Work Committee for
Development of Border Areas and National Races and
secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council
[SPDC] met with local authorities and departmental
personnel in Myitkyina, Kachin State, on 7th May...
Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt held a meeting with local authorities,
departmental personnel and members of USDA and other
social organizations at the town hall in Myitkyina in the
afternoon...
In his address at the meeting, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin
Nyunt said he and the ministers have come to Kachin State
to attend to the needs Kachin State for development. He
said Head of State Senior General Than Shwe often comes,
almost once a year, to Kachin State to give guidance for
its progress. Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and
Development Council Gen Maung Aye had visited the state in
the previous month, he noted. He expressed his belief that
local authorities and officials are realizing the counsels
given by leaders of the state for progress of Kachin
State...
He said, according to the reports presented by officials,
Kachin State is making progress. The state now is selling
its surplus produce including rice to other regions. Due
to the harmonious efforts of local authorities and
departmental personnel, Kachin State is making progress.
Development undertakings can be carried out more as peace
and stability prevails in Kachin State. As the national
groups have returned to the legal fold with the aim of
developing Kachin State and its people, the region is
gaining peace, stability and progress. As Kachin State is
gaining peace and stability, the government is enhancing
its endeavours for further progress of the state and its
people...
Roads and bridges are being built for ensuring smooth and
secure transport in the region. Travel time between
Myitkyina and Putao has been cut to 12 hours from one
week. Bridges including Bala Minhtin have been built in
upgrading Myitkyina-Bhamo Road. Shwebo-Naba-Mogaung-
Myitkyina Road on the western bank of the Irrawaddy River
and Mandalay-Tagaung-Shwegu- Bhamo-Myitkyina Road on the
eastern bank has also been completed at present. The Union
Highway stretches on both banks of the Irrawaddy.
He said Lweje has been upgraded to town level and a border
trade point has opened. Another border trade point was
opened in Lizer region. Plans are under way to open a new
border entry point for progress of trade and tourism in
the region.
The government is giving assistance and encouragement with
a view to accelerating the rate of regional development
and improvement of living conditions of national brethren
in Kachin State with a view towards ensuring equitable and
balanced development. He said tourism will soon be
developed in the region...
He said, today, some neocolonialist nations are attempting
to disrupt the rate of development of the Union of Myanmar
through traitorous destructionists in order to dominate
the country. He said although the traitorous
destructionists, relying on external elements, are trying
to undermine national development, strong internal forces
and many volunteer social organizations in the country,
striving for peace and tranquillity and development of the
nation, have stood firm as reserve forces. The government
has managed to build development infrastructures such as
roads, bridges, dams, embankments and communication
facilities by relying on internal strength.
As armed struggles come to an end, peace and tranquillity
reign supreme in the entire nation, and favourable
economic conditions are emerging. It is, therefore,
necessary for public servants to participate in the
efforts of the government for the further strengthening of
the nation and for the further accelerating the growth
rate...
____________________________________________________
KYODO: WAHID MAKES PITCH FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Tim Johnson
BANGKOK, May 10 Kyodo
Abdurrahman Wahid said Wednesday he looks forward to the
day when all countries grouped together in the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) can enjoy democratic
rule.
'Now the Indonesian people, as well as the Thai people,
work very hard to establish democratic rule,' Wahid said
in a speech at Thammasat University in Bangkok on the
final day of a two-day visit to Thailand.
The democratically elected leader, who took office last
October, added he hopes he will be able to see in the near
future 'that other governments, other states and other
peoples will do the same.'
Wahid was at the university to commemorate the centenary
of the birth of its founder, the late Thai statesman Pridi
Banomyong, who is widely regarded among Thais as the
father of democracy in Thailand for helping end the
absolute monarchy in 1932 and drafting the legal
framework for a constitutional monarchy.
'I believe that all of you, together with other people in
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), will try
always for the spirit that's set out by Pridi,' Wahid told
his Thai audience.
The president did not elaborate which countries in ASEAN
lack democratic rule, but he appeared to be referring at
least party to Myanmar, which has been under continuous
military rule since 1962.
He created controversy shortly after taking office when he
indicated his hope to meet pro- democracy leader Aung San
Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy resoundingly
won the 1990 elections but was never allowed to take
power.
But after visiting the military-ruled country in early
November, he said he was unable to meet her without
offending the generals.
Wahid said Indonesia, which only recently emerged from
decades of authoritarian rule, 'has learned from Thailand
how to establish democracy.'
But he said that while individual Indonesian soldiers have
been responsible for human rights violations, the
Indonesian military as an institution should not be
condemned.
'We should respect the armed forces as an institution, but
not be afraid of giving sentences to those individuals who
were making mistakes when they were in power,' he said.
'In the effort to establish democracy, we have to remind
ourselves also that we have to fight for the rule of law,'
he said. 'It's imperative that the rule of law should be
based on something very firm and strong.'
Wahid's remarks came a day after 13 Indonesian soldiers
testified at an unprecedented military- civilian trial in
Aceh, the first of five human rights cases planned in the
restive province. They are charged with executing students
last July under orders from their superiors.
Since coming to power in October, Wahid has chipped away
at the enormous power enjoyed by the military during
Suharto's 32-year reign as president that ended in May
1998 when he resigned under public pressure. But no senior
commanders have yet been put on trial for human rights
violations.
Efforts are also underway to investigate generals linked
to last year's violence in East Timor where pro-Jakarta
militias went on a rampage of killing, looting and burning
after the East Timorese voted overwhelmingly for
independence from Indonesia in a U.N.-organized
referendum on Aug. 30.
Comparisons have been drawn between Wahid and Pridi in the
way both used nonviolent strategies to fight for democracy
in their respective countries.
Wahid thanked the university for conferring on him an
honorary doctorate of philosophy in law, saying, 'I hope
this trust will not have been given mistakenly to me. I
will work for the rule of law in my country, as well as in
the region and, if possible, for the whole world.'
'It's not easy to give this to me and for me also to take
this because I was a dropout from university. But I tried
to educate myself and I'm thankful that opportunity has
provided me with the ability now to tackle one of the most
difficult jobs in the world.
____________________________________________________
KYODO: THAILAND, MYANMAR RELATIONS CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE
BANGKOK, May 10 Kyodo
A strongly worded statement from Thailand's Foreign
Ministry underlined new strains Wednesday in relations
between Thailand and neighboring Myanmar.
Reacting to an article in the state-run New Light of
Myanmar charging Thailand welcomes refugees from Myanmar
for economic and political gain, not humanitarian reasons,
the foreign ministry said Myanmar's 'illegitimate ruling
and political system and inefficient economic management
are the main driving force pushing all the problems into
Thailand.'
Noting 'deteriorated and prolonged political and economic
problems in Myanmar for more than 15 years,' the ministry
added, 'It might be difficult for the New Light of Myanmar
to understand 'humanitarian' and 'responsibility towards
international community' ideals.'
The unusually harsh words are seen by many as expressing
increasing frustration in Thailand with the repressive
government in Yangon.
The junta-controlled newspaper rarely, if ever, runs
potentially controversial articles that do not have the
approval of the ruling generals.
Yet the newspaper had charged 'Thailand, which relishes
saying that it has received the so-called refugees on
humanitarian grounds, has done so because of economic
profits and political favors it gained.'
The foreign ministry press release retorted Thailand has
'long suffered' from Myanmar's internal strife, not only
from problems related to displaced persons fleeing the
junta, but also from a flood of as many as 800,000 illegal
laborers from Myanmar.
There are about 102,000 people fleeing the Yangon junta
living in refugee camps in Thailand, who the Thai
government allows to stay for their protection.
But the New Light of Myanmar, quoted by German news agency
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA), claimed black market trade
was the real reason for Thailand's refugee policy.
The newspaper claimed smuggling along the Thailand-Myanmar
border amounted to 16 billion baht ($420 million)
annually, with Thailand enjoying an annual 3 billion baht
trade surplus in the black market trade, according to
DPA.
But the Thai foreign ministry said that since most of the
refugees are women, children or elderly, 'It is impossible
for Thailand to economically earn from these people. In
contrast, Thailand has to shoulder consequences from their
stay such as public health and environmental problems.'
The statement said Thailand hoped every Myanmar citizen
who is now in Thailand would be able to safely return to
Myanmar and 'join the country's development with
integrity.'
The Thai foreign ministry cited its handling of Cambodian
refugees 20 years ago during the civil war there as a
success and a reflection of Thailand's 'humanitarian
policy' and 'sincerity' towards its neighbors.
With the return to stability in Cambodia in the early
1990s, most Cambodians are now back home.
_________________OPINION/EDITORIALS_________________
BURMA PEACE FOUNDATION:U MAUNG MAUNG, ILO ETC
[Edited]
[Posted to soc.culture.burma and various lists, May 9, 2000]
...The most detailed and damning condemnation of the SLORC/SPDC's
policy and practice of forced labour has come from the International
Labour Organisation (ILO), particularly its Commission of Inquiry
into forced labour in Burma, whose report was published in July 1998
(web reference below). U Maung Maung played a major part in
the process that led up to the Commission of Inquiry. In "The New
Light of Myanmar" and in statements to the ILO, the SLORC/SPDC has
attempted to discredit him and the Federation of Trade Unions Burma
(FTUB).
On 27 March 2000, the ILO Governing Body decided to refer the
question of forced labour in Burma to the next ILO General
Conference (30 May-15 June 2000). The SPDC put in a lot of work at
the ILO to oppose this Decision (text below) and at the
2000 session of the Commission on Human Rights, its main lobby
activity was an attempt (via Japan) to remove the paragraph on the
ILO Decision from the Commission resolution on the Human Rights
Situation in Myanmar (it succeeded in removing the description of,
but not the reference to, the ILO Decision).
Going by the lobbying efforts it is making, particularly among
Asian governments, the Burmese military seems to be very anxious
about what will happen at the forthcoming ILO Conference. It would
no doubt be very happy if U Maung Maung and the FTUB
were discredited, and will no doubt make disparaging remarks about
him in its statements to the ILO. However, the status of U Maung
Maung and FTUB is unlikely to influence what will happen at the
Conference, which will base its deliberations on the report of the
ILO Commission of Inquiry (plus updates), very little of whose
information came from the FTUB.
The Commission of Inquiry was composed of two former Chief Justices
(of India and Barbados) and a prominent Australian lawyer, and
supported by a team of experts from the ILO Secretariat. It invited
written submissions and received about 10,000 pages from government
and UN sources, and from international and local NGOs. It then held
hearings in Geneva under a quasi-judicial procedure, at which it
heard expert witnesses and direct victims of forced labour. Having
been refused entry to Burma, the Commission then carried out a field
mission to Bangladesh, India and Thailand, conducting 246
interviews. The activities of the Commission of Inquiry into forced
labour in Burma are widely regarded as exemplary, both for its
meticulous judicial procedure as well as its thoroughness and the
sheer volume of its documentation.
David Arnott (Burma Peace Foundation)
The text of the report, plus the updates, can be found on the ILO
website: www.ilo.org
The report itself is on:
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/gb/docs/gb273/myanmar
.htm
The current documents are on:
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/gb/docs/gb277/index.h
tm#GB
and the Decision of 27 March on:
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/gb/docs/gb277/pdf/gb-
6-add1.pdf
_______________
Acronyms and abbreviations regularly used by BurmaNet.
AVA: Ava Newsgroup. A small, independent newsgroup
covering Kachin State and northern Burma.
KHRG: Karen Human Rights Group. A non-governmental
organization that conducts interviews and collects
information primarily in Burma's Karen State but also
covering other border areas.
KNU: Karen National Union. Ethnic Karen organization that
has been fighting Burma's central government since 1948.
NLM: New Light of Myanmar, Burma's state newspaper. The
New Light of
Myanmar is also published in Burmese as Myanmar Alin.
SCMP: South China Morning Post. A Hong Kong newspaper.
SHAN: Shan Herald Agency for News. An independent news
service covering Burma's Shan State.
SHRF: Shan Human Rights Foundation
SPDC: State Peace and Development Council. The current
name the military junta has given itself. Previously, it
called itself the State Law and Order Restoration Council.
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