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INFORMATION SHEET No. A -0021



                             INFORMATION SHEET 
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No. A -0021						                         Date. 13-2-97

 	On the 12th of Feb. 1997 an incident occurred at No. (22/A) 
of Kaba Aye Pagoda Road of Bahan Township in Yangon, 
concerning with a neighbor forcefully taking down the flag of the 
Union of Myanmar which was hoisted to commemorate the 50th 
anniversary of the Union Day. 

	The Myanmar family residing at No. (22/A) hoisted the flag 
of the Union of Myanmar in the their compound on the morning of 
the 12th of Feb. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Union 
Day. In this regard the wife of an Australian Charge d' Affaires, Ms. 
Rosalind Eva Ransome who lives in the next compound No. (22) 
sent over a local employee to house No. (22/A) demanding the 
family living there to take down the flag. Ms. Rosalind Eva 
Ransome, after (15) minutes, later again sent over another local 
employee to tell the family from house No. (22/A) to take down the 
flag. 

	The family living at No. (22/A) in an attempt to avoid 
unnecessary confrontation went to the local administrative 
authorities and reported the situation. While the family member of 
No. (22/A) were on their way to the office of the local 
administrative authorities, Ms. Rosalind Eva Ransome came over to 
house No. (22/A) with another local employee and instructed this 
employee to take down the flag from the flag pole. Her employee 
refused to comply with her instructions on the  grounds that it was 
against the law and not proper to do so. Ms. Rosalind Eva 
Ransome was told by her local employee twice not to behave in that 
manner but she refused to listen and took down the flag from the 
pole herself.

	The Australian Charge d' Affaires, Mr. Simeon Richard 
Giulding came to the office of the local administrative authorities 
with his wife later that day and tendered his apology for the incident 
it is learnt. 

Source : Myanmar Authority Concerned.

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