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The BurmaNet News, July 11, 1997
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The BurmaNet News: July 11, 1997
Issue #770
Noted in Passing:
We do not think constructive engagement has worked. The fact that SLORC
rejected ASEAN's call for dialogue proves this.
--Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
(see Reuter: Suu Kyi sees Deterioration in Freedoms in Burma)
HEADLINES:
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ASEAN STATEMENT ON CAMBODIA MEMBERSHIP
REUTER: SUU KYI SEES DETERIORATION IN FREEDOMS
KNU: STATEMENT OF KNU PRESIDENT SAW BO MYA
REUTER: BURMESE CURRENCY PLUNGES SPIRAL UPWARD
OCAW NEWS RELEASE: MESSAGE TO UNOCAL BOARD
DVB: TWO SLORC SOLDIERS DEFECT TO KNU-ABSDF FORCES
RANGOON RADIO: 76 REBELS, FAMILIES EXCHANGE WEAPONS
BKK POST: NATIONS LINK ARMS IN A WAR AGAINST DRUGS
BKK POST: SLORC CLAIMS IT CAN WIPE OUT PILL PLANTS
ASIA TIMES NEWS: NEW SCENT TO US DRUG POLICY IN BURMA
ABSDF: NLD MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT: RADIO FREE BURMA
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ASEAN STATEMENT ON CAMBODIA MEMBERSHIP
July 10, 1997
STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE
SPECIAL MEETING OF ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS,
KUALA LUMPUR, 10 JULY 1997
Recalling and reiterating the Joint Statement of the ASEAN foreign Ministers
issued by the Chairman of the ASEAN Standing Committee on 8th July 1997, the
ASEAN Foreign Ministers met on 10th July 1997 in Kuala Lumpur to review the
situation in Cambodia in all its aspects.
2. While reaffirming the commitment to the principles of non-interference
in the internal affairs of other states, they decided that, in the light of
unfortunate circumstances which have resulted from the use of force, the
wisest course of action is to delay the admission of Cambodia into ASEAN
until a later date.
3. The Foreign Ministers also recalled the decision taken by the ASEAN
Heads of State/Government at the 5th Summit in Bangkok in December 1995, on
the inclusion of Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar as full members of ASEAN.
Pursuant to the decision taken by the Special Meeting of the ASEAN Foreign
Ministers on 31st May 1997, in Kuala Lumpur, they agreed that the admission
of Laos and Myanmar will proceed as scheduled.
4. The ASEAN countries stand ready to contribute their efforts to the
peaceful resolution of the situation in Cambodia.
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REUTER: SUU KYI SEES DETERIORATION IN FREEDOMS IN BURMA
July 10, 1997
By Deborah Charles
BANGKOK - Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday
repression has increased and the political and economic situation in her
country has worsened in the two years since she was released from house arrest.
``I'd have to say that repression has increased in the past two years,''
Suu Kyi told Reuters in a telephone interview on the second anniversary of
her release from six years of house arrest.
``The economic situation has certainly not improved, and neither has
political freedom in any way improved,'' she said in the brief interview
that was cut off when the telephone went dead.
It has been virtually impossible to contact the 1991 Nobel Peace laureate
over the past few months. The government has barred access to her residence
and her telephone is almost always disconnected.
In her first comments since being accused of collaborating with the United
States, Suu Kyi also flatly denied a Burmese government accusation made last
month that she had received $85,200 in financial assistance from Americans
this year to aid in subversive activities.
``I have certainly not received whatever they claimed, $85,200 I think they
said, from any American source,'' Suu Kyi said with a laugh just as the
telephone line was cut off.
It was impossible to contact her residence again.
Suu Kyi said it was clear that the Association of South East Asian Nations'
(ASEAN) policy of ``constructive engagement'' with Burma's military rulers
was not working. ASEAN follows the policy of non-interference because it
says isolation is not the way to help Burma.
The seven-member ASEAN was expected to admit Burma as a full member this
month despite vocal opposition from Suu Kyi and many Western governments who
said it was tantamount to legitimising the Burmese government which has been
accused of widespread human rights violations.
``We do not think constructive engagement has worked,'' Suu Kyi said. ``The
fact that SLORC rejected ASEAN's call for dialogue proves this.''
Since she was released on July 10, 1995, Suu Kyi has made repeated
unanswered calls to the government to hold talks with her National League
for Democracy (NLD) party to try to find a way to bring democracy to Burma.
Despite its vow not to interfere, ASEAN officials have urged leaders of the
State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) to talk to Suu Kyi, ASEAN
officials have said. The request was refused.
The NLD won a landslide victory in 1990, while Suu Kyi was under house
arrest. But the SLORC never recognised the result of the poll and instead of
allowing the party to take power it cracked down on elected party officials.
Over the past two years, thousands of NLD party members and supporters have
been arrested, most of them for a short period of time. The SLORC has also
prohibited most major party gatherings and has intimidated NLD officials
across the country, Suu Kyi said.
Suu Kyi said she was ``on the mend'' after injuring her neck and back in a
fall last month. Some diplomats had said she was thin and suffering from
ulcers, but she said she was getting stronger.
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KNU: STATEMENT OF KNU PRESIDENT SAW BO MYA
July 8, 1997
OFFICE OF THE SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
KAREN NATIONAL UNION
KAWTHOOLEI
Statement of KNU President Saw Bo Mya regarding Meh Tha Raw Ta
Agreement of Ethnic Nationalities of Burma
July 8, 1997
1. Through peace mediators, U Khun Mya and Saya Tun Aung Chaing, the SLORC
indicated that dialogue would be resumed if the KNU would adopt the position
to repudiate some of the ten points of Meh Tha Raw Ta Agreement of the
Ethnic Nationalities' Seminar, that are not directly related to the KNU.
2. On 7-6-97, I informed the SLORC that out of the 10 points of Meh Tha Raw
Ta Agreement, the KNU would withdraw its involvement with points
2-3-5-7-8-10, with the expectation of stopping the military conflicts in
Burma at the earliest date possible, resolving the political problems
expeditiously through negotiation and resuming the dialogue from the lowest
possible level.
3. In addition to ignoring the immolating concession of the KNU, the SLORC
has engaged in loathsome acts such as (1) delaying its meeting with the KNU,
and continuing its constant attacks and destruction against Karen villages,
forced relocation, torture and execution of Karen civilians (2) exposing the
communication mentioned above by sending copies of the letter to
organizations of other ethnic nationalities and (3) distributing copies of
the letter, at home and abroad.
4. On account of the SLORC's insincere activities, I hereby revoke all the
intent and purpose of the letter sent to the SLORC regarding Meh Tha Raw Ta
Agreement and, as before, I shall abide by the ten points of the 1997 Ethnic
Nationalities' Meh Tha Raw Ta Agreement and the statement.
5. As the KNU is firmly convinced that the best means of resolving problems
is through dialogue and negotiation peacefully, the KNU shall continue to
strive for the resolution of problems between the KNU and the SLORC through
dialogue and negotiation.
Saw Bo Mya
President
Karen National Union
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REUTER: BURMESE CURRENCY PLUNGES SPIRAL UPWARD
July 9, 1997
By Aung Hla Tun
RANGOON, July 9 (Reuter) - The Burmese kyat has plunged against
dollar-denominated foreign exchange certificates (FECs), forcing prices of
imported goods to rise sharply, currency dealers and analysts said on
Wednesday. They said the kyat has fallen nearly 14 percent over the past 10
days against the FEC, which is worth one U.S. dollar. On Wednesday it was
trading at around 210-211 per FEC compared to 185 in the last week of June.
Some analysts said the kyat could fall to as low as 300 per FEC by the end
of August. In the official exchange market, which is rarely used, the kyat
was quoted unmoved at six to the dollar.
The FEC was introduced in February, 1993 so that foreign tourists would not
have to buy the currency at its overvalued official rate.
When it was created it could only be exchanged for dollars, but in December
1995 the government said it could also be swapped for kyat.
The sharp drop in the kyat has sent prices soaring, analysts said. One
diplomat put the annual rate of inflation at around 40 percent and said
prices would continue to rise.
"The galloping rate of the FEC (against the kyat) has affected the prices of
all imported goods and has indirectly spurred inflation which has been out
of control for a long time," one local analyst said.
"Inflation is around 40 percent, at least. Now the kyat is falling so heavily,
oil prices will rise and prices of everything else will go up," the diplomat
said. Shop owners said the changing value of the kyat against the FEC meant
they had to alter prices continuously.
"In the past, we had to change price tags once every four or five months,
but now we have to do it almost every week," Hla Maung, owner of a small
store, told Reuters.
"For example, the price of a can of Labatt's Ice Beer is now 120 kyats,
up from 100 two weeks ago and 90 kyats about two months ago."
Burma's military government created the FEC after it seized power in 1988 as
part of efforts to entice more foreign investment into the economy, which
had shrivelled after a quarter-century of socialist policy.
The government desperately needs foreign currency to help boost its depleted
reserves. Burma has received virtually no foreign aid since it took power
due to international condemnation of the regime's human rights record. Since
it became legal to exchange FECs for kyat, a growing number of ordinary
Burmese residents have been buying FECs as they lose faith in the kyat,
analysts said.
"People just don't have confidence in the kyat," the diplomat said. In
March, the International Monetary Fund repeated calls for a "one-shot"
devaluation of the kyat, saying it was needed to spur growth and keep
inflation at bay. Many people now demand payment in FECs instead of kyat for
goods and services.
"There is a major drawback in the FEC system," one local analyst said.
"Everybody can buy FEC with kyats. So since they don't believe in the
kyat they buy FEC and gradually begin to speculate in it."
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ASIA TIMES NEWS: MYANMAR CURRENCY PLUMMETS
July 8, 1997
Stephen Brookes
RANGOON - A sudden and precipitous decline in the value of the Myanmar kyat
from 185 to the United States dollar to 215 last week has analysts in Yangon
concerned that further currency turmoil may be ahead.
"It could be quite serious," said one Yangon-based economist. "The
government only has enough foreign reserves to cover about 50 percent of its
domestic obligations, and hard currency earnings are going to be low for the
foreseeable future. The government will have to buy dollars with kyats to
meet its obligations, so it will have to keep on printing more and more
kyats as the price goes up. This could fuel domestic inflation."
The kyat has seen several sudden depreciations over the past 18 months.
Trading at about 120 to the US dollar in late 1995, it suddenly dropped to
about 145 to the US dollar in May 1996, then dropped again to about 165 to
the US dollar in July 1996, with another downward lurch earlier this year.
"There's a pattern tied to export earnings," said one Yangon-based analyst.
"Between December and March, the government gets hard currency from timber
and rice exports. But then the money runs out, and the kyat rate goes down,
and only stabilizes when earnings from beans and pulses start again in May
and June. And when those earnings stop, you have a crisis again in July.
That's what we're seeing now. But we may be heading into a much more serious
crunch."
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OCAW NEWS RELEASE: MESSAGE TO UNOCAL BOARD
July 10, 1997
The following news release was issued today by the Oil, Chemical & Atomic
Workers International Union
Unocal Board Members from Amgen, Mattel, Northwestern University
and University of Michigan to Start Feeling Pressure
LAKEWOOD, Colo., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- In letters written to
four non-management or outside board members of Unocal Corp., Robert Wages,
president of the 90,000-member Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers
International Union (OCAW), calls on them to "take a public stand against
Unocal's presence in Burma and to work with other outside board members to
bring about a change in Unocal's policy." He added in the letters that
"anything short of Unocal pulling out of Burma should prompt you to resign
from Unocal's board."
According to OCAW Special Projects Director Joe Drexler, "The
letters were written to specific Unocal board members who are particularly
vulnerable to being associated with slave and forced child labor, heroin
trafficking, brutal political suppression, murder and rape of the civilian
population, and other crimes in Burma."
In a letter to Kevin W. Sharer, president of Amgen Inc., based in
Thousand Oaks, Calif., Wages said that Sharer, as president of a company
"engaged primarily in the development and sales of products to sustain
life," should ensure that Unocal's activities are carried out in a manner
that recognizes "the sanctity of human life" and that Amgen's image will be
damaged by being linked through Unocal to drug money-laundering and the
illegal sale of drugs.
Wages also wrote John Amerman, chairman of Mattel Inc.,
headquartered along with Unocal in El Segundo, Calif., to remind him that as
a major producer of children's toys he should make sure that Unocal's
policies will not harm children,
Wages' letter to Donald Jacobs, dean of J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of
Management at Northwestern University, cites Jacobs' role as an educator and
notes his "special responsibility to ensure that Unocal's activities are
carried out ethically and to set an example to your students." The letter
further states that Jacobs' association with Unocal will "taint your
professional reputation and that of the Kellogg Graduate School of
Management." A similar letter was written to Marina Whitman, Professor of
Business Administration and Public Policy at the University of Michigan.
Wages in his letters also reminded the Unocal board members that
"the precedent set at Nuremberg means that corporate officers can be held
responsible for crimes against humanity." He refers in the letter to Burma
as "the concentration camp known as Myanmar," the name given to Burma by the
military dictatorship.
"We fully expect that these directors and their companies and
institutions will become targets of the campaign to force Unocal out of
Burma until democracy is restored," said Drexler. "We are giving them a
chance to speak out independently of Unocal management and against the
company's involvement in Burma."
Wages has been one of the most outspoken critics of oil company
and multinational corporate support for Burma's military dictatorship and is
leading the charge among U.S. labor leaders in calling on the Clinton
Administration to impose economic sanctions on Burma. He has repeatedly
criticized oil companies for downsizing U.S. operations and selling assets
to raise capital for investments in countries governed by ruthless
dictatorships. The downsizings and sales of assets to so-called low-cost oil
refiners, according to Wages, has not only cost U.S. workers good-paying
jobs but has also severely compromised worker and community safety.
Unocal and French-owned Total SA are partners in the Yadana
pipeline project, which is the single largest source of outside investment
in Burma today. According to the U.S. State Department, Burma's military
dictatorship derives its major revenue from the sale and production of
heroin, much of which ends up on U.S. streets.
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DVB: TWO SLORC SOLDIERS DEFECT TO KNU-ABSDF FORCES
July 7, 1997 [translated from Burmese]
by Aung Naing Oo
Oslo Democratic Voice of Burma
Pvt. Yan Naing, personal no. tawunpu 71247, and Pvt. Thiha, personal
no. 976014, from the 44th LIR [Light Infantry Regiment] of the SLORC [State
Law and Order Restoration Council] Defense Services under commander Maj.
Thura Aung Kyaw Oo joined forces with the KNU [Karen National Union] and
ABSDF [All Burma Students' Democratic Front] joint column on 3 July. They
brought along two BA-63 automatic rifles, four magazines, and 65 rounds of
ammunition.
The two said they deserted because they could no longer take the
mistreatment of non-commissioned and commissioned officers in the SLORC army.
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RANGOON RADIO MYANMAR: SEVENTY-SIX REBELS, FAMILIES EXCHANGE WEAPONS FOR PEACE
July 7, 1997 [abridged, translated from Burmese]
A total of 27 KNU [Karen National Union] members led by Deputy Company
Commander U Saw Tapla Htoo from the 2nd Company, 10th Battalion of the KNU
4th Brigade, and 49 family members exchanged their weapons for peace at the
Taungthonelone military camp in Tavoy Township in June. Brig. Gen. Zaw Tun
and responsible personnel from the Tavoy military region provided food,
shelter, and other social needs.
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BKK POST: NATIONS LINK ARMS IN A WAR AGAINST DRUGS
July 9, 1997 [abridged]
Nusara Thaitawat
Cambodia's absence from the second ministerial meeting on drug
cooperation in the Mekong region in Bangkok this week is unfortunate.
There was high optimism among the hosts the Thai government and the
United Nations' drug agency -as three major projects covering all six
Mekong countries and another involving Burma, China and the United
Nations were to be inked, further adding to the momentum for regional
cooperation in drug control.
Implementation of the principles under which Burma, China, Laos and
Thailand decided to join hands under the auspices of the UN International
Drug Control Program (UNDCP) in 1993, and Cambodia and Vietnam in
1995, started slowly for several reasons.
Except for Thailand, each of the countries has a complicated internal
political situation, especially Burma and Cambodia, in addition to a
general lack of resources and expertise in drug control.
Even though the Cold War has ended and the ideological divide between
capitalist Thailand and its remaining five communist neighbours has been
removed, memories are vivid and deep distrust remains.
The UNDCP itself was slow due to UN bureaucracy.
Since the US$15 million (420 million baht) Action Plan comprising 11
projects was approved at the first ministerial meeting in Beijing in 1995,
only two projects have been launched: one to control chemicals needed to
produce drugs and the other to strengthen ethnic minority communities
against drugs.
"The momentum is up and with this meeting it will be faster," Bengt
Juhlin, deputy director of the UNDCP regional centre, said in Bangkok last
week, before fighting broke out in Phnom Penh at the weekend.
Mr Juhlin said that the July 9 to 11 meeting and the signing of the four
projects would proceed as planned without Cambodia, which was to be
represented by Sar Kheng (the powerful co-interior minister of Second
Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party).
The three projects to be inked involve the training of law enforcement
officers, intelligence sharing, and judicial training, all lasting three years.
The two former projects were worth $1.2 million each and the latter $1.5
million.
The fourth project, which involves Burma, China and the UNDCP, is a
long-awaited $15.5 million five-year integrated program in the Wa region
of the Shan State. Another $3.3 million has been secured for the first year.
Efforts by the UNDCP are welcomed by Thai anti-narcotics authorities
who see it as a neutral body between the six countries and a source of
foreign aid even though results of the two projects have not yet been
evaluated.
"The problem with these projects is that it is the first time they have been
implemented in the region and unless we try, we will never find out what
are the obstacles to regional cooperation against drugs," said a senior
official of the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), who requested
anonymity.
The official said that Thailand felt pressure in these regional meetings
because other countries and the UNDCP expected it to share its
experiences in the development of an integrated approach against drugs
over' three decades.
It was not easy because neighbouring nations had only recently started
establishing the infrastructure to develop policies and coordinate anti-drug
efforts, along the lines of the ONCB. The central governments of the five
neighbours were also hampered because they had limited control over their
border areas.
The six countries recognise the borderless nature of drug trafficking and
know that their citizens are not immune to drug abuse but political,
cultural and budgetary constraints mean their priorities are different.
The UNDCP has prepared rooms for bilateral meetings should any of the
six countries wish to talk privately with one its neighbours.
A UNDCP source admitted that the signing of the four projects an Friday
followed a hard push from the agency because each of the signatory
countries had used excuses to put it off.
A source said the Thai police were expected to reiterate a request for more
cooperation in law enforcement with its immediate neighbours, especially
Burma and Laos.
Cambodia's participation at the meeting will certainly be missed its
officials have received much praise for being the most forthcoming and
willing to cooperate among Thailand's Mekong neighbours.
But the show must go on.
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BKK POST: SLORC CLAIMS IT CAN WIPE OUT PILL PLANTS
July 10, 1997
Nusara Thaitawat
Minister says border needs development
Burma claims it can eradicate narcotics plants in five years with
international help in developing border areas inhabited mostly by ethnic
minorities.
Minister for Progress of Border Areas and National Races and
Development Affairs Maung Tin said amphetamine production, a recent
Thai import, could also be halted with help from Thailand and Laos.
The minister, in Bangkok for the second ministerial meeting on drug
co-operation in the Mekong region tomorrow, said Rangoon has spent
$385 million and 6.5 billion kyats since 1989 on development projects to
wipe out opium and marijuana cultivation.
Since the first amphetamine plants were set up along the Burmese-Thai
border last year, Rangoon has seized nine million tablets, he said.
He denied the State Law and Order Restoration Council condoned drug
trafficking and harboured drug warlords. "The truth is the truth, we don't
have to explain ourselves," he said.
"Khun Sa has given up drug trafficking and we have also received
assurances from leaders of all ethnic groups that they will give it up and
persuade their people to do 'the same," he said.
He admitted though that in some areas, people could still not give up their
old habits because of poverty. "But the policy is clear to eradicate
narcotics plants nationwide," he said.
U Maung Tin cited the Mongla region, east of Kengtung in Shan State,
which was declared an opium-free zone in March at the end of a six-year
eradication plan, as an example of his government's commitment.
"We will establish more opium-free zones", he said. "Our next target areas
are in the Wa and Kokang region."
The areas, also in Shan State, bordering China, are known as the two most
fertile grounds for opium cultivation in Southeast Asia.
The United Nations International Drug Control Programme and the
government are hosting the ministerial meeting. Burma, China, Laos and
Thailand signed a memorandum of understanding to co-operate against
drugs in 1993. They were joined two years later by Cambodia and
Vietnam. (BP)
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ASIA TIMES NEWS: NEW SCENT TO US DRUG POLICY IN BURMA
July 9, 1997
Stephen Brookes
Yangon - As heroin supplies rise on the streets of United States cities,
Washington may be rethinking its strategy in fighting the narcotics trade
out of Myanmar, according to sources close to the US State Department.
Despite the large amounts of opium being grown in Myanmar, Washington has
not provided counter-narcotics assistance to the ruling State Law and Order
Restoration Council since 1988, accusing SLORC of inadequate
counter-narcotics efforts.
"The vast majority of heroin on the streets of the United States" is from
Myanmar, where opium cultivation and drug trafficking are conducted "without
any meaningful constraint by authorities", said US Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright in March, justifying this year's decision to continue
withholding aid.
A much stronger statement last year by US Assistant Secretary of State for
International Narcotics and Law-Enforcement Affairs (INL) Robert S Gelbard,
who accused SLORC of turning a blind eye to drug producers, running
money-laundering operations and profiting directly from the trade.
"Burmese authorities have made no discernible efforts to improve their
performance," wrote Gelbard in the November 21 issue of the Far Eastern
Economic Review. "From a hardheaded, drug-control point of view, I have to
conclude that SLORC has been part of the problem, not the solution."
But Gelbard recently left INL for another position in the State Department,
and some observers believe that General Barry McCaffrey, director of the US
Office of National Drug Control Policy, will now take a larger role in
shaping the administrations's approach to Myanmar.
Shortly after assuming his position last year, McCaffrey summed up
Washington's confusion over how to deal with Myanmar. "It is not clear to me
what [the US] will do because for the present, the dominant concern in the
US is ... the human rights situation confronting the Burmese people. And I
don't know where we will go.
"We are facing such a dilemma in our commitment to democracy. We simply
don't have a way to move ahead as long as democracy and human rights issues
remain in front of us," he said.
One source close to McCaffrey, however, has said that the US drug tsar wants
to inject a more "common sense" approach into US policy.
"McCaffrey and others think that Washington's main concern should be about
the rights of American citizens," said the source. "The price of heroin is
coming down in the United States, and it's a very serious problem. There's
much more heroin on the streets. And if that heroin is coming from Myanmar,
then why not do whatever we can to stop it? How does decertifying Myanmar
help the United States? It only makes matters worse."
Analysts in Yangon suggest that Washington may try to provide anti-narcotics
funding to Myanmar through multilateral channels, rather than bilateral aid.
"Myanmar's entry into ASEAN presents a possibility for change," said one
analyst.
"Washington could say, 'Let's try an Asian solution to an Asian problem',
and take a broad, regional approach to solving the problem."
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ABSDF: NLD MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
July 3, 1997
A. List of the Elected MPs from NLD who passed away
No. Name Constituency,State/Division Date of death,Remark
1. U Mya Maung Myitkyina,Kachin16/06/90
2. U Tin Maung Win,Khayan-2,Rangoon,18/01/90, Died in prison
3. U Mg Mg Gyi Kyauktadar-2,Rangoon,08/02/91
4. U Si Maung LayMyattNha-1,Irrawaddy,30/03/91, Died while hiding
5. U Maw Thabeikkyin,Mandalay,05/07/91
6. U Soe Nyunt Tavoy-1,Tenessarim,10/11/91
7. U Sein Htun Daik-U-2,Pegu,03/05/92
8. U Khin Mg Aye,Butalin-2,Sagaing,05/09/92
9. U Win Ko Ye-U-2,Sagaing,01/11/92
10. U Hla Pe Pyawbwe-2,Mandalay,Unknown
11. U Chit Khine,Taungtha-1,Mandalay,Unknown,He died after
resignation from NLD on Sept 1,1991
12. U Mya Lay Kawa-2,Pegu,15/07/95
13. Col. Kyi Win(Retired),Zalun-2,Irrawaddy, 11/10/95
14. U Hla Than CoCo-Island,Rangoon,2/8/96,Died in prison
B.List of the Elected MPs resigned from Mps (by the pressure of Slorc)
No.Name Constituency,State/Division,Date of resignation,remark
1. U Tin Maung Yesagyo-2,Magwe,04/06/91
2. U Thaung Tin Pyapon-1,Irrawaddy,06/06/91
3. U Khin Maung Kyaw, S.Okkokalapa-2,Rangoon, 28/08/91
4. U Tin Myint Thayat Chaung,Tenessarim, 27/09/91
5. U Shwe Hlaing-1,Rangoon,07/10/91, Dismissed from the NLD
6. U Ohn Myint Bokepyin,Tenessarim,27/11/91
7. U Than Htun Shwebo-2,Sagaing,28/02/92
8. U Thaung Ngwe,Moemauk-2,Kachin,04/03/92
9. U Khun Sai Kutkai-1,Shan,Unknown
10. U Mya Aye Pinlebu,Sagaing,20/04/92
11. Dr Aung Moe Nyo,Pwintbyu,Magwe,-/09/92
12. U Myat Hla Pegu-2,Pegu,Unknown
13. U Yu Gann Kungyangon,Rangoon,07/06/96
14. U Hla Shwe Oo,PyinOoLwin-1,Mandalay /07/06/96
15. U Chit Khin Mabein,Shan,07/06/96
16. Dr Aung Bo Shwe Bo-1,Sagaing, 07/06/96
17. Dr Sitt Tin Ngapudaw-2,Irrawaddy, 09/06/96
18. U Sein Maung,Natogyi-2,Mandalay, 11/06/96
19. U Han Tha Myint, Butalin-1,Sagaing, 11/06/96
20. U Tint Lwin Pyinmana-1,Mandalay, 12/06/96
21. U Tint Lwin Minhla-1,Pegu,13/06/96
22. U Nay Oo Lanmadaw,Rangoon,13/06/96
23. U Myo Myint Myitha-2,Mandalay,16/06/96
24. Dr Aung Khin,Wuntho,Sagaing,21/06/96
25. U Soe Maung Pyu-2,Pegu,24/06/96
26. U Sai Aung Than, Hsibaw-2,Shan, 01/07/96
27. Dr Kyin Thein,Ye-2, Mon,01/07/96
28. U Than Maung,Thaton-2,Mon,05/07/96
29. U Khin Maung Than, Thayet,Magwe,09/07/96
30. U Kyee Maung,Kyunhla,Sagain,18/07/96
31. U Chit Khing,Ngazun,Sagaing,27/08/96
32. Dr U Hlaing Yawnghwe,Shan,13/09/96
33. U Ngin Thaung,Tiddim-1,Chin,30/09/96
34. Dr Zaw Win Ayadaw-1,Sagaing,30/09/96
35. U Tha Soe Nyaungdon,Irrawaddy,28/10/96
56. Dr Sein Myint,Bogale-2,Irrawaddy,04/11/96
37. Saw U Ral Phruso,Kayah,28/11/96
38. U Win Kyaing,Bogale-1, Irrawaddy/12/12/96
39. U Aung Tin Shadaw,Kayah,13/01/97
40. U Boe Thin Loikaw-1,Kayah,13/01/97
41. U Thaung Ye Danubyu-2,Irrawaddy,21/01/97
42. U Maw Ni Yesagyo-1,Magwe,11/02/97
43. Daw Sein Tin,Shwegu,Kachin,23/02/97
44. Dr Thaung Tin,Wundwin-1,Mandalay/25/02/97
45. U Pu Htwe Bhamo,Kachin,17/03/97
46. U Saw Htun Lwin, Hlaingbwe-2,Karen,05/03/97
47. U Tin Ohn Padaung-1,Pegu,21/03/97
48. U Kyaw Win Htigyaing,Sagaing,08/05/97
49. U Than Kywe Hlaingthaya,Rangoon,18/06/97
C. List of MPs Dismissed from NLD (by the pressure of Slorc)
No.Name Constituency,State,Division,Date of dimission,Remark
1. U Win Ko Ye-U-2,Sagaing,26/12/90,NCGUB, Passed away
2. U Htun Oo Kyaukkyi,Pegu,26/12/90,NCGUB
3. U Than Kywe Shwetaung,Pegu,26/12/90,NCGUB, Surrendered
4. U Hla Pe Pyawbwe,Mandalay,26/12/90, NCGUB,Passed away
5. U Bo Hla Tint,Mogok,Mandalay,26/12/90, NCGUB
6. U Thein Oo SW.Mandalay,Mandalay,26/12/90, NCGUB
7. U Than Sein Pale-1,Sagaing,21/02/91,NCGUB
8. Dr Tint Swe Pale-2,Sagaing,21/02/91,NCGUB
9. U Mg Mg Aye NE.Mandalay,Mandalay,21/02/91, NCGUB
10. U Hla Oo Kyauktada,Pegu,30/04/91, NCGUB
11. U Myint Maung,Einme,Irrawaddy,30/04/91,NCGUB, Surrendered
12. Dr Mg Mg Kyaw,Botataung,Rangoon, 14/08/91
13. U David Hla Myint,Ngapudaw-1,Irrawaddy, 16/08/91
14. U Mahn Myaing Aye,Kawkareik-1,Karen, 25/11/91
15. U Saw David Tarklite,Thandaung-2,Karen, 25/11/91
16. Daw San May(Shwe Ku May Hnin), Taikkyi-2, Rangoon,25/11/91
17. U Kyi Maung Bahan-2,Rangoon,10/12/91
18. U Soe Thein(Maung Wuntha) Waw-2,Pegu, 10/12/91
19. U Myo Aung Tavoy-2,Tenessarim,10/12/91
20. U Kyaw Min W.Bassein-2,Irrawaddy, 10/12/91
21. U Bo Moung Tabayin-2,Sagaing,10/12/91, NCGUB
22. U Saw Win Htilin,Magwe,10/12/91
23. U Mg Mg Latt,Tharketa-1,Rangoon, 10/12/91
24. U Hla Than CoCoIsland,Rangoon,10/12/91
25. U Mya Win Ingapu, Irrawaddy,10/12/91
26. U Kyaw Thwin,Kayan-1,Rangoon,18/12/91
27. U Khin Mg Swe,Sanchaung,Rangoon,18/12/91
28. U Khin Mg Thein,Khin-U-1,Sagaing,18/12/91
29. Daw Khin San Hlaing Welet-2,Sagaing, 18/12/91
30.U Chit Tin Minhla,Magwe,18/12/91
31. U Win Hlaing,Tatkon-2,Mandalay,20/12/91
32. U Chan Aye@Mg Susan-Moulmein-2,Moulmein, 20/12/91
33. U Soe Nyunt Kyauktan-2,Rangoon,20/12/91
34. U Tin Htut Einme-1,Irrawaddy,20/12/91
35. U Sein Hla Oo,Insein-2,Rangoon,23/12/91
36. Daw San San Seikkan,Rangoon,23/12/91
37. Daw San San Win -Alon,Rangoon,23/12/91
38. U Saw Hlaing,Indaw,Sagaing,23/12/91
39. Dr Soe Lin SW.Mandalay-1,Mandalay, 23/12/91
40. U Ohn Kyaing,SE.Mandalay-2,Mandalay, 02/12/91
41. Dr Zaw Myint Maung Amarapura-1,Mandalay, 27/12/91
42. U Tin Aung Aung,NW.Mandalay_1,Mandalay, 27/12/91
43. Dr Zaw Myint,Henzada-2,Irrawaddy,27/12/91
44. U Tun Aung Yetashe-1,Pegu,30/12/91
45. U Ye Htut Deik-U-1,Pegu,30/12/91
46. U Ba Bwa Amarapura-2,Mandalay,31/12/91
47. U Nine Nine Pazundaung,Rangoon,30/12/91
48. U Hla Tun Kyemyindin,Rangoon,02/01/92
49. U Tha Sai Twante-1,Rangoon,02/01/92
50. U Myint Kyi Katha,Sagaing,02/01/92
51. Dr Myint Naing,Kantbalu-2, Sagaing,02/01/92
52. U Thaung Myint,Khin-U-2,Sagaing,06/01/92
53. U Thein Tun Thegon,Pegu,06/01/92
54. U Aung San Myint Myaing-1,Magwe,06/01/92
55. Daw Ohn Kyi Myttha-1,Mandalay,06/01/92
56. U Mg Mg Myint,Yemethin-1,Mandalay,08/01/92
57. U Aung Kyi Nyunt,Chaungzon-1,Mon,08/01/92
58. U Khin Maung Kyi,Pauk-1, Magwe,09/01/92
59. U Saw Chit Than,Paan-1,Karen,09/01/92
60. U Hla Pe Longlon-1,Tenessarim,09/04/92
61. U Tin Aye NE.Mandalay-2,Mandalay,09/04/92
62. U Khin Maung Tun,Hmawbe-2,Rangoon,09/04/92
63. Col.Thiha Thuya Soe Thein,Sagaing-1,Sagaing, 11/04/92
64. U Khin Maung Win Oktwin,Pegu,11/04/92
65. U Ohn Maung Yawnghwe-2,Shan,11/04/92
66. U Maung Maung,Yekyi-2,Irrawaddy,11/04/92
67. U Teddy Budi,Loikaw-2,Kayah,Unknown
68. U Mg Mg Latt,Belin-1,Mon,Unknown
NB,
We did not include the MPs who were dismissed by NLD.
D. The list of the Elected MPs from NLD still under detention
No. Name Constituency,State/Division,Date of Imprisonment,Sentence
1. U Tin Aung Aung,NW,Mandalay-1,Mandalay, 00/11/90,25yrs
2. U Win Hlaing,Tatkon-2,Mandalay,24/10/90, 7 or 10yrs
3. U Ohn Kyaing,SE,Mandalay-2,Mandalay, 07/09/90,7+10=17yrs
4. Dr Zaw Myint Maung,Amarapura-1,Mandalay, 00/11/90,25yrs
5. Dr Myint Naing,Kantbalu-2,Sagaing, 0/10/90,25yrs
6. U Naing Naing,Pazundaung,Rangoon, 25/10/90,10yrs
7. U Hla Tun,Kyimyindine,Rangoon,00/10/90, 25yrs
8. U Mya Win,Ingapu-1,Irrawaddy,00/10/90, 25yrs
9. Dr Zaw Myint Heinzata-2,Irrawaddy, 00/10/90,25yrs
10. U Sein Hla Oo,Insein-2,Rangoon, 01/05/92
11. U Khin Mg Swe,Sanchaung,Rangoon, 01/05/92
12. U Kyi Myint Latha,Rangoon,11/08/93
13. U Saw Win Htilin,Magwe
14. U Kyaw Min Bassein west-2,Irrawaddy, 21/05/96
15. U Soe Thein Waw-2,Pegu,21/05/96
16. Khun Myint Tun,Thaton-2,Mon, 00/05/96,7yrs
17. U Do Htaung Kalay-1,Sagaing, 00/05/96,7yrs
18. Dr Aye Zan Kyeikhto-2,Mon
19. U Kyaw Khin Taunggyi-1,Shan
20. U Chit Htwe Myothit-2,Magwe
21. Dr Myo Nyunt,Dedaye-1,Irrawaddy
22. Dr Aung Khin Sint,Minglataungnyunt-1, Rangoon,23/07/96
23. U Hla Myint Maubin-2,Irrawaddy
24. U Kyaw Myint,Zalun-1,Irrawaddy
25. U Min Swe Pyapon-2,Irrawaddy, 28/10/96
26. U San Myint Laymyethna-2,Irrawaddy
27. U Tin Aung Wakema-1,Irrawaddy
28. Dr Tin Min Htut,Pantanaw-1,Irrawaddy
29. U Hla Min Kawthoung,Tenassarim, 19/11/96
30. Dr Than Aung,Mingalataungnyunt-2,Rangoon, 21/02/97
31. U Thein Zan Aunglan,Pegu,24/02/97
E. MPs in Exile
No. Name Constituency,State/Division, Engagement,Base
1. Dr Sein Win Paykhaung,Pegu,NCGUB,PM,USA
2. U Teddyburi Loikaw-2,Kayah,NCGUB,PMO, Thailand
3. Dr Tint Swe Pale-2, Sagaing,NCGUB,PMO, India
4. U Bo Hla Tint,Mogok-2,Mandalay,NCGUB, Finance,USA
5. U Thein Oo SW,Mandalay-2,Mandalay, NCGUB,Justice,Thailand
6. U Maung Maung Aye,NE.Mandalay-1, Mandalay, NCGUB,
Information, Thailand
7. Khun Markoban,Pe-khon,Kayah,NCGUB,Federal affairs,Thailand
8. Dr Sann Aung Ingapur,Irrawaddy,NCGUB,Health & Education,
Thailand
9. Dr Zahleithang,Falam-2,Chin,NCGUB, Social-Welfare,India
10. U Mg Mg Latt,Belin-1,Mon,NLD(LA), Thailand
11. U Thar Noe Yathe-Daung,Araken,NCGUB, Labour,India
12. U Than Sein Pale-1,Sagaing,NLD(LA), India
13. U Bo Thaung Yinmabin-1,Sagaing,NLD (LA), India
14. U Hla Oo Kyauktada-1,Pegu,NCGUB/FTUB, Thailand
15. U Tun Oo Kyaukkyi,Pegu,NCGUB,Thailand
16. U Win Ko Ye-U-2,Sagaing,NCGUB, assassinated
17. U Hla Pe Pyawbwe-2,Mandalay,NCGUB, assassinated
18. U Peter Limpin,Pyinoolwin,Mandalay,NCGUB, USA
19. U Denial Aung,Minepyin,Shan,Burma Office, Australia
20. U Lian Uk Hakha,Chin,USA
21. U Than Kywe Shwedaung-1,Pegu,NCGUB, Surrendered
22. U Myint Aung,Kamma,Magwe,NCGUB, Surrendered
23. U Myint Maung,Einme-2,Irrawaddy,NCGUB Surrendered
24. U Kya Mya Moenyin-2,Kachin,Surrendered
25. U Mafansin Kawbude,Kachin,Surrendered
26. U Yaw Si Puta-O,Kachin,Surrendered
27. U Kyaw Maung,Moenyin-1,Kachin,Surrendered
28. U N Nan Gam Machanbaw,Kachin,Surrendered
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