"The Burmese military junta, in the course of its rule for the last forty years, has adopted a range of strategies for its survival. Overthrowing the constitution, bringing in a fake constitution, martial law rule, then an attempt to install constitutional rule by holding elections, then initiating talks with the winning party? the list seems endless. These are just a few of the strategies adopted. These were the political exercises. Internally the junta carried out purges and reorganization of its different commands, at different levels, at different times. However, all these actions had one thing in common, namely the total denial of Rule of Law. The wellpublicized, attempted coup by the Ne Win family has been dramatized for the first time..."