Representatives of the People elected to the People's
Parliament
in the 1990 multiparty democratic elections
(Committee Representing the People's Parliament)
Notification No 1 (1/99)
1. The invitation by the Japanese government
for a state visit of a high ranking military intelligence officer of the State
Peace and Development Council is tantamount to encouragement and approval of
the activities of the Military Intelligence that is currently crushing and
demolishing those individuals and organisations that are striving valiantly for democracy and human rights in
2. Therefore, a letter dated 20 January 1999, to the Speaker of the two Houses
of the Japanese Parliament from the NLD Parliamentarians-elect was delivered to
the Japanese Embassy in Burma stating their objections and their fears.
3. The objections raised were as follows:-
(1) We are the representatives of the people who were
freely and fairly elected in the 1990 general elections.
(2) Since the middle of last year, over 150 of our colleagues have been
illegally incarcerated by the military authorities.
(3) This is a deliberate ploy in a systemic strategy to prevent the convening
of parliament. It is also a well known fact that the office of the Military
Intelligence Directorate is conducting these operations with the intention of
obliterating the entire democracy movement.
(4) Therefore the news of the invitation to visit as a state guest a high
ranking and important official from the Military Intelligence by the Japanese
government disturbs us greatly.
(5) We ask you to consider the feelings that will be engendered in the hearts
of the Japanese people if we, the elected representatives of the people invited
those who are obstructing the Japanese people's representatives from performing
their tasks and deliberately denying them their fundamental human rights like
what is now happening to us.
(6) We also request the members of the Upper and Lower House of the Japanese
Parliament to endorse the activities of this committee that is representative
of the parliament. This committee was formed on the
Committee has approval signatures of 60 percent of the people who were elected
to the People's Parliament.
(7) We request the speakers of both Houses to circulate this letter to all
their members. We hope that circumstances in the near future will be such that
closer ties and cooperation can be forged between the people of
Committee Representing the People's Parliament
(Responsibility for this publication is taken by the National League for
Democracy.)
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Appendix to Statement 1(1/99)
Because of and despite the extreme persecution and harassment only the
following representatives could append their signatures to the letter.
U Aung Shwe - Rangoon Division, Mayangon township,
Constituency 1
U Hla Pe - Irrawaddy
Division, Moulemyaing-gyoon township 1
U Than Tun - Mandalay Dvision, Taungtha
2
U Nyunt Wei - Pegu Taungoo
2
U Lwin - Rangoon Thonegwa 1
Dr. Zaw Myint - Irrawaddy Henzada
1
U Nyi Pu - Arakan Gwa
Daw May Hnin Kyi - Mandalay Mogok
1
U David Hla Myint -
Irrawaddy Ngapudaw 1
U Lun Tin - Mon State Moulmein
1
U Soe Myint (a) Thakin Soe Myint
- Rangoon Division, South Okkalapa 1
U Saw Sein Tun - Pegu, Natalin2
U Nyunt Win - Irrawaddy, Yekyi 1
U Won Maung - Mandalay, Takone 1
Maj Maung Maung Myint (retired) - Mandalay Meiktila
1
U Mya Maung - Rangoon, Dawbone
U Kyaw - Mandalay, Pyinmanar 2
U Khin Maung Oo - Tanessarim, Kyunsu
Daw Khin San Hlaing - Sagaing, Wetlet
2
U Sein Lwin - Rangoon, Shwepyitha
Thakin Khin Nyunt - Magwe, Yenangyaung 1
U Tin Aung - Irrawaddy, Wakema1