BurmaNet News August 1, 1997

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The BurmaNet News: August 1, 1997        
Issue #787

Noted in Passing:

We are at a loss (about what to do) as the defiant Rohingya refugees appear
quite stubborn on their precondition that they will go back home only if
democracy is ushered in Myanmar (Burma).

- Bangladeshi senior official 
(see REUTER: BANGLADESH SAYS)

HEADLINES:        
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BKK POST: JUNTA RENEWS ATTACK ON 'COBRA' SUU KYI
RADIO MYANMAR: KHIN NYUNT WARNS TEACHERS OF COLONIALIST 
THE NATION: THAN SHWE BOASTS ASEAN TO RIVAL WESTERN BLOC
SLORC: INFORMATION SHEET A0080(I)
KYODO: TOKYO AGAINST ECONOMIC SANCTIONS FOR BURMA
REUTER: NCGUB CALLS ON ASEAN TO PRESS SLORC
THE HINDU: CHINESE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL THINKING
EMBASSY OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR, OTTAWA: NEWS RELEASE
REUTER: BANGLADESH SAYS REFUGEES INSIST BURMA DEMOCRACY
BKK POST: THAI-BURMESE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE TO OPEN AUGUST 15
BKK POST: JUNTA CONSIDERS BURMA TRIP 'DANGEROUS'
INDEPENDENT REPORT: LIST OF MOSQUES DESTROYED
FBC-AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES DOING BUSINESS 
FBC ANNOUNCEMENT: FREE BURMA CONFERENCE '97 AT UCLA
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BKK POST: JUNTA RENEWS ATTACK ON 'COBRA' SUU KYI
July 31, 1997 AP

Just days after Western countries pressed Burma to open a dialogue with
democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, state-run media renewed their attacks
yesterday on the Nobel Peace Prize winner, calling her a cobra.

In a rambling essay by an army officer in Burmese- and English-language
state-run newspapers, Mrs. Suu Kyi was accused of betraying the country and
her father, independence leader Aung San.

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RADIO MYANMAR: KHIN NYUNT WARNS TEACHERS OF COLONIALIST 
MINIONS' ACTS   (slightly abridged)
July 29, 1997 (translated from Burmese)

The Special Refresher Course No 28 for Basic Education Teachers opened
at the Central Institute of Civil Service in Hlegu Township at 0900 today. 
Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt, chairman of the Myanmar [Burma] Education Committee
and secretary-1 of the State Law and Order Restoration Council [SLORC],
attended the ceremony and delivered an address.

SLORC Secretary-1 Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt said the nation had suffered the
consequences of the divide-and-rule tactics of the colonialists since it
fell under yoke of colonialism. Differing ideas and suspicions, sown by
persuasive power-crazy pseudo- politicians caused unrest and the emergence
of internal insurgency at the same time as independence was regained.  He
said it is obvious throughout history from the time independence was
achieved until today that the neocolonialists, taking advantage of the ill
legacy of imperialism, are still enticing power-crazy internal traitors.

Khin Nyunt reiterated that as the nation begins to enjoy the fruits of
independence with the prevalence of peace and stability achieved by the
government's endeavors, it could be vividly seen that traitorous persons,
ignoring the well-being of the people, are pushing the nation into the abyss
of hardship and pulling the people into the quagmire, trying to put the
country into servitude again with the sole and mean aim of creating
difficulties for the government.

Khin Nyunt recalled that when persons with right judgment said
economic sanctions only hurt the people instead of the government, the
excuse of the axe-handles who wanted to see sanctions imposed on Myanmar
was that the suffering of the people was temporary and would be solved when
democracy was achieved and in the long run, the Government would suffer.

He explained that it is an undeniable truth that there are more
employment and advanced education opportunities with increasing economic
development and assistance of affluent entrepreneurs in public health,
education, social welfare, and development activities.  It is evident that
more public participation would increase the nation's development.
Khin Nyunt said these acts of jeopardizing favorable conditions,
committed by the minions of the imperialists, turning a blind eye to the
welfare of the people, are only out of selfishness for the puppets to grab
power through shortcut.

Even at present, he said, unscrupulous persons are spreading rumors
that the financial system of Myanmar has to be revamped and Myanmar will
suffer losses on becoming an ASEAN member and are resorting to cause
monetary instability, public panic, economic upheaval, and fluctuation of
commodity prices.

The secretary-1 said those who are spreading rumors cannot bear to see
Myanmar joining ASEAN and branded them pessimists dancing to the tune
played by certain big nations.

Accordingly, he urged the teachers to train their pupils to realize
the deception of colonialist minions and to develop educational and
organizational methods to enable them to deter and prevent the minions from
getting into education.

Khin Nyunt stressed the need for teachers to teach their students not
only to become technocrats and intelligentsia but also to be righteous,
honest, steadfast, reliable, and selfless persons.  He urged the teachers
to lead the students and participate in nation building and community
activities of the Union Solidarity and Development Association for the
emergence of a peaceful, modern, and developed nation.

In conclusion, he exhorted the teachers to organize the students for
dynamism of patriotic spirit, to ward off internal and external destructive
elements with national outlook, to help implement the political, economic,
and social objectives of the nation, and to lead them in the activities of
the USDA.

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THE NATION: THAN SHWE BOASTS ASEAN TO RIVAL WESTERN BLOC
July 31, 1997  (abridged)
Reuter

RANGOON - The chief of Burma's ruling junta has marked Rangoon's entry into
Asean by declaring that the regional grouping would soon grow in stature to
rival the Western bloc, official press reported yesterday.

Senior General Than Shwe, chairman of the ruling State Law and Order
Restoration Council (Slorc), warned that efforts were being made to
undermine Asean unity, the New Light of Myanmar daily reported.

"In view of the most prosperous of the Asia and the Pacific region including
Southeast Asia into the 21st century, the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (Asean) will become a rival of the Western bloc," Than Shwe said.

"Under the circumstances attempts are being made in collusion to hinder the
progress of Asean and keep it in disarray and divided," he was quoted as
telling executives of the junta's mass organisation on Tuesday.

Than Shwe said that in the interests of national political and economic
development and regional friendship, Burma could not afford to remain
isolated from its neighbours.

Asean had been formed with "noble aims" such as promoting economic, social
and cultural development and to safeguard political and economic stability
"without harming the sovereignty of others", Than Shwe said.

"Today a nation cannot stay aloof ... like a group of trees clustered together, 
all will have to withstand the storm in unity," he was quoted as saying.

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SLORC: INFORMATION SHEET A0080(I)
July 31, 1997  (abridged)

		       Informarion Sheet
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		A.0080(I)                                  31-7-97

Myanmar Police Force Goodwill Delegation Leaves For People's Republic of China

                Myanmar Police Force Goodwill Delegation led by Director
General of MPF
Police Major General Soe Win left Yangon for Beijing on 30th July at the
invitation of Ministry of Public Security of PRC.
                The delegation will discuss matters on cooperation in
combating crime
between the two countries, anti-illicit drug trafficking and the promotion of
goodwill relations between the two police forces.

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U.S Takes Legal Action Against Plane Hijackers

                Ye Tint (a) Than Soe was detained by U.S officials on July
25 in Indiana.
Ye Tint took part in the hijacking of a Myanmar domestic airliner carrying
(85) passengers to Thailand together with Ye Thiha (a) Thaung San. The Thai
officials prosecuted both hijackers and they were sentenced to serve prison
terms. In 1992 under the amnesty granted on the Thai Queen's birthday both
were released. After their release Ye Tint, Ye Thi Ha and 8 enlisted members
took part in planning a suicide bomb attack on Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt, Secretary
I of the State Law and Order Restoration Council. These terrorists in their
search 
for explosives succeeded in establishing contact with the Kayin terrorist
group, 
the KNU and from them they obtained the TNT, detonators and fuses. While they 
were making arrangements to enter Myanmar, the Thai Police on the 23rd 
November 1993 apprehended Ye Thi Ha, Maung Maung Lay, Mya Zaw and 
Than Htay together with the explosive materials. Moreover, incriminating 
documents consisting of plans drawn up for the assassination plot were seized 
from Ye Thi Ha.  However, false evidence given by Ye Thi Ha that he alone was 
involved in the plot, others were released and he alone was convicted and
imprisoned.

Myanmar look upon the arrest of Ye Tint as a positive step taken by the U.S
Government in making the world more safer from terrorism. International
effort and cooperation is a necessity to show terrorists that their actions
are not acceptable in any part of the world.

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KYODO: TOKYO AGAINST ECONOMIC SANCTIONS FOR BURMA
July 29, 1997  (abridged)

Kuala Lumpur, July 29 Kyodo -- Japan reassured Myanmar [Burma] on
Tuesday that it does not consider economic sanctions as much of an option
to press for democratic change in the country, Japanese officials said.

Japanese Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda told Myanmar Foreign Minister
Ohn Gyaw that he spoke out against economic sanctions being imposed against
Myanmar during meetings with foreign ministers from Europe, Canada and the
United States at the summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations
and Russia in Denver, Colorado, last month.

Ikeda told Ohn Gyaw that he had noted to ministers from the west the
importance for Myanmar to cultivate its relations with the international
community.

The Japanese officials said Ikeda's 35-minute meeting with Ohn Gyaw
was "almost entirely" focused on ways to promote democracy in Myanmar.

Ikeda told Ohn Gyaw that Myanmar's joining the Association of Southeast 
Asian Nations (ASEAN) last week will improve stability in the region.

But Ikeda warned Ohn Gyaw that it would be "troublesome" if Yangon
concluded that its membership in ASEAN will shield it from international
criticism.

Noting that a recent meeting between the junta and the National League
for Democracy (NLD) had raised expectations in the international community
for continued dialogue between the two, Ikeda expressed hope that further
meetings will be held.

However, Ohn Gyaw, while not ruling out further meetings, said no date
has been set for another contact with the NLD.  The NLD won the country's
1990 elections, but was barred by the junta from taking power.

NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whom the junta continues to reject as a
dialogue partner, was not discussed in the talks between Ikeda and Ohn
Gyaw, according to the officials.

A key demand of the United States, the European Union and other junta
critics is that Suu Kyi be included in any dialogue between the NLD and the
military.

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REUTER: NCGUB CALLS ON ASEAN TO PRESS SLORC
July 31, 1997  (abridged)
By Christopher Follett 

COPENHAGEN, July 31 (Reuter) - Dissident Burmese politicians  meeting in
Denmark called on Thursday for the Association of South East Asian Nations
(ASEAN) to use its influence to bring about political change in Burma. 

"Now that they have accepted Burma as a member, ASEAN leaders must exercise
their responsibility to secure political change there," Dr. Sein Win, leader
of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, the dissident
exile government, said at a news conference. 

"We are optimistic -- we believe Burma will become a democratic country in
the near future," he said. 

"The situation inside Burma is getting worse, not better, both politically
and economically. The military in Rangoon is not having any success in
developing the country, they cannot hold on for long now," Sein Win said. 

The exiled Burmese government held a secret six-day meeting outside
Copenhagen, hosted in part by the Danish government. 

Most of the nine politicians or "ministers" attending the session were
members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party of Burmese
opposition leader and Nobel Peace laureate Aung  San Suu Kyi. 

In a declaration, the exiled politicians also called upon ASEAN to closely
monitor the situation in Burma and the plight of refugees in border areas and
initiate a dialogue with the NLD, ethnic leaders inside Burma and the exile
government. 

Sein Win urged more nations to impose investment sanctions on the Rangoon
military regime for its human rights abuses. 

"U.S. investment sanctions are already in action and we would like other
friendly countries to impose similar sanctions.  The United States made the
first step, we would like to see the European Union take action," he said. 

"The Burmese people are pleased. Such boycotts are helping the democratic
cause," he said. 

Denmark is a leading EU campaigner for sanctions against Burma's military
rulers in the wake of the mysterious death in a  Rangoon jail in June 1996 of
James Leander Nichols, honorary consul for Denmark, Finland, Norway and
Switzerland. 

A Copenhagen pressure group - the Danish Burma Committee - has staged
extensive consumer boycott campaigns against major Danish companies operating
in Burma. 

At their meeting in Copenhagen, the exile government signed a committee
protest against six Danish firms still operating there. 

Last July Danish brewer Carlsberg and its Dutch competitor Heineken both
announced that they were ending business dealings in Burma as a result of
activist pressure. 

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THE HINDU: CHINESE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL THINKING
July 30, 1997  (excerpts)
By S. K. Singh

While  we were in China  recently,  their political leaders
and  foreign policy analysts were  curious and amused about
India's recent political crisis, our theater of the absurd.
Also concerned about its impact on regional stability. 

The Chinese were uncomfortable also about the help they are
providing   to  Myanmar   in  port   facilities  and  naval
functioning  close to Indian waters. However, they back the
SLORC  Government as they consider the Myanmar military the
only  institution  capable  of  guaranteeing  stability and
order  in  the country.   Several of  their decision-makers
suggested  that Ms.  Aung San Suu Kyi had little experience
of administering the institutions or a nation.

The  Chinese are  keen on strengthening  their border trade
and  economic cooperation  and trade,   including roads and
rail  networks, across Asian lands; and hope that India too
will  cooperate in  taking these  through and  across India

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EMBASSY OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR, OTTAWA: NEWS RELEASE
July 31, 1997

                         Myanmar News Release
               (Embassy of the Union of Myanmar, Ottawa)
Vol.9                    July  29,  1997                      No.14

        It is regrettable that the Canadian Foreign Minister Mr. Lloyd Axworthy
has stated (Ottawa Citizen dated July 29, 1997) his intention to
recommend economic measures against the Union of Myanmar for reasons
mainly related to the internal political situation of the country.
        His failure to obtain a definitive timetable for political changes from
his Myanmar counterpart simply means that the Government of the Union of
Myanmar clearly intends to draw up its own agenda and timetable for the
kind of political change that it has committed itself to carry out all along.
        The allegation that no dialogue has been taking place between
politicians and the government fails to take note of the recent cordial
meeting between the Secretary (1) of the State Law and Order Restoration
Council, Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt and Chairman of the National League for
Democracy U Aung Shwe. (Myanmar News Release No.13 of Myanmar Embassy,
Ottawa,  dated 25 July 1997).
        The Canadian action, if it is implemented, will leave no choice to the
Union of Myanmar but to resist any foreign. especially extraregional,
interference in her internal political affairs to the best of her ability.
        However, Mr. Axworthy's intention to provide Canadian assistance to the
UNDCP (anti-narcotics) effort in Myanmar is a positive one that should
benefit all those concerned in this matter of great international importance.
        So far, the allegations that the Myanmar government is benefiting from
the drug trade remains unsubstantiated and is being vigorously denied by
the government, and recently by some authoritative personnel of the
United State's drug enforcement agency as well.

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REUTER: BANGLADESH SAYS REFUGEES INSIST BURMA DEMOCRACY
July 31, 1997
By Nizam Ahmed 

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, July 31 (Reuter) - Government officials said on
Thursday that Burmese refugees insist they will not return home until their
military-ruled country has achieved democracy. 

``We are at a loss (about what to do) as the defiant Rohingya refugees appear
quite stubborn on their precondition that they will go back home only if
democracy is ushered in Myanmar (Burma),'' a senior official said. 

``We are worried ... and a bit perplexed, too.'' 

Another official, Qamrul Huda, the government's Relief and Repatriation
Commissioner, said: ``We will not force them to go, but Bangladesh cannot
afford to give them permanent residence. Nor would Bangladesh be able to
ensure Burma's return to democracy.'' 

His comments to Reuters came after some 21,000 refugees again turned down
requests to accept food rations despite complaining that scores of their
number in two camps had fallen sick after refusing food since July 21. 

``Every time we go back to them with food they say 'no,' but we cannot force
them to take it,'' said one official who declined to be identified. 

``They are behaving strangely, apparently hoping that Bangladesh will be held
responsible for any consequences,'' he said. ``Unless the refugees budge from
their stance, maybe we will have to ignore their plight.'' 

The Burmese Moslem refugees, known as Rohingyas, began a food boycott on July
21 as part of a protest against what they believe are attempts by Bangladesh
to forcibly repatriate them. 

Clashes between police and Rohingyas resisting deportation on July 20 left
nearly 20 people injured, forcing authorities to postpone the repatriation
from the Nayapara and Kutupalong camps. 

The officials said they had repeatedly reassured the 21,000 refugees, the
remnants of 250,000 Rohingyas who crossed into Bangladesh in early 1992 to
escape alleged persecution by Burma's military junta, that Dhaka would not
send anyone home against their will. 

The refugees on Wednesday handed a list of demands to the government
officials. 

``They include permission for the Rohingyas in the refugee camps to stay in
Bangladesh until democracy is restored in Myanmar (Burma),'' one official
said. 
 Van To Nguyen, the representative of the UNHCR relief agency in Cox's Bazar,
said on Wednesday night that he saw no immediate solution to the crisis.
Cox's Bazaar borders on west Burma's Arakan province, home of the Rohingyas. 

``I see no immediate solution to the problem,'' he said after visiting the
refugee camps with Huda and other senior government officials. 

Earlier this month the UNHCR lodged a strong protest with the Bangladesh
government over the alleged forcible deportation of the refugees from camps
lining the highway from Cox's Bazar to Teknaf on the southernmost tip of
Bangladesh. 

Meanwhile, the refugees, provoked by their militant leaders, some of whom
Bangladesh believes could be members of separatist guerrilla groups,
continued to shout abuse at officials and security personnel. 

``We are keeping our patience but there is a limit to everything,'' one
police officer at Nayapara told reporters on Thursday. 

``The militants are also preventing officials from entering their camps. So
it's not possible to count how many people are sick or if anyone has died,''
he said. 

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BKK POST: THAI-BURMESE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE TO OPEN AUGUST 15
July 30, 1997
By Supamart Kasem in Mae Sot, Tak

Rangoon has confirmed its decision to open the Thai-Burmese Friendship 
Bridge over the Moei river linking Thailand's Mae Sot district in Tak 
province with Burma's border town of Myawaddy on August 15.

Tak MP Chaiwut Banawat said after a meeting to prepare the opening 
ceremony here yesterday that the event would include the opening of the 
Mae Sot-Myawaddy permanent - border pass on the bridge as well.

Earlier, Thai authorities had proposed to Burma that Prime
Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh be invited to open the bridge
together with Gen Than Shwe, the chairman of the State Law and
Order Restoration Council.

However, Rangoon insisted that Slorc Secretary One Lt-Gen Khin
Nyunt would lead the Burmese side in the opening ceremony forcing
the Thai side to settle for Deputy Premier and Industry Minister
Korn Dabbaransi, Mr Chaiwut said.

The Highways Department will prepare the site, the Department of
Asean Affairs the protocol and the Foreign Ministry will invite
at least 40 foreign diplomats to witness the ceremony.

After the meeting, two of the participants Col Chatchapat
Yaemngarmriab who is chairman of the local Thai-Burmese Border
Committee and Mae Sot district chief Somchai Hathaitanti- crossed
the border to meet members of Burma's TBC.

The talks ended with an agreement that Thai and Burmese
authorities would hold joint activities to celebrate the bridge
opening at each foot of the bridge for three days

Mr Somchai said the activities would include sports, cultural
performances, a trade fair of cheap goods, movies and other kinds of shows.

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BKK POST: JUNTA CONSIDERS BURMA TRIP 'DANGEROUS'
July 29, 1997
by Nussara Sawasawang

Burma has turned down a Foreign Ministry request to take a
caravan from the border to Rangoon in mid-August, citing security
fears, sources said yesterday.
     
Burma's Deputy Foreign Minister Nyunt Swe conveyed the message to
Thai ambassador Poksak Nilubol last Tuesday, the sources said.

Deputy Foreign Minister Pitak Intrawityanunt planned to take 40
people by road on the 400-kilometre route from Mae Sot to
Myawaddy and Rangoon in order to attend the meeting of the
Thai-Burmese Joint Boundary Committee that he is to co-chair with
Mr Nyunt Swe.

Burma has confirmed it will host the meeting on August 18-19.

The caravan was aimed at promoting Thai-Burmese trade after the
construction of the Thai-Burmese Friendship Bridge linking Mae
Sot and Myawaddy, completed in May.

Mr Nyunt Swe reportedly said the Karen National Union led by Gen
Bo Mya, which is still active in the area might attack the caravan.

But if Thailand insisted on going ahead with the plan, Burmese
authorities would seek cooperation not only with local officials,
but also with Gen Bo Mya to ensure safety for Mr Pitak's party,
sources quoted Mr Nyunt Swe as saying.

The KNU is fighting against the Burmese junta, which has reached
ceasefire agreements with most other minority groups operating on
the border.

Thailand proposed that Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh and
his counterpart Gen Than Shwe preside over-the opening of the
friendship bridge over the Moei river.

Foreign Minister Prachuab Chaiyasan said last week that the date
of the opening of the bridge would be set after it was clear who
would preside over the ceremony on the Burmese side.

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INDEPENDENT REPORT: LIST OF MOSQUES DESTROYED
July 31, 1997

ON BEHALF OF MUSLIMS OF BURMA, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER MY 
HEARTFELT THANKS TO "IMAGES ASIA" BASED IN THAILAND FOR 
PROVIDING THIS INVALUABLE INFORMATION FOR  MUSLIMS OF 
BURMA, PERHAPS FOR MUSLIMS THROUGH OUT THE WORLD.

         The list of recently destroyed Mosques in Burma

MANDALAY DIVISION:
1. Kaindan Mosque    2. Waukhan Mosque       3. Thanlan Mosque
4. Kungyan Hlaw Daung Mosque                 5.Jame Mosque, Amarapura
6. Another Mosque in Amarapura
7. Payagyi Mosque    8. Panset Mosque        9. Aledaung Mosque
10. Ashechore Mosque                         11. Anuak Choke Mosque
12. Dunan Mosque     13.Seinpan Mosque       14. Panlachan Mosque

PAKKOKU:
1. Surti Mosque
2. Bengali Mosque
3. One Mosque, name unknown

PEGU DIVISION:
1. Surti Mosque, Prome
2. Kharkahr Mosque
3. Shwekyarbin Mosque
4. 3 more Mosques confirmed damaged in Pegu, no name given

RANGOON:
1. Yankin ( Kanbe ) Mosque
2. Pazundaung Mosque ( twice )
3. Eidgah Mosque
4. 48th Steer Mosque & School
5. Myiningone Mosque
6. Sanchang Mosque
7. Two Mosques in Kyimyindaing
8. Ayethakar quarter Mosque in Alone township
9. Warten Steer Mosque
10. Bangalizu Moaque
11. No.7 Quarter Mosque, SOuth Okkalapa
12. Muslim school at Tahrkaeta township

KYAIKDON:
1. Inside of Mosque and Muslim school destroyed

GAW BAY:
1. Mosque destroyed

NAW BU:
1. Mosque destroyed

DAY NGA YIN:
1. Mosque destroyed

KYAUNG DON:
1. Mosques destroyed

KANINBU:
1. Mosque & Muslim school destroyed

PA GLAW NI:
1. Mosque dismantled.

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FBC-AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES DOING BUSINESS 
WITH THE SLORC
August 1, 1997

Australian Companies doing business with the SLORC

Join the BSG Boycott of all companies doing business with the SLORC!!!!!!!!

Travel Agents:

1. Qantas, Subsidiary Jetset's Tour East

2.  Peregrine Adventure

3.  Intrepid Travel

4.  Jet Set Tours

5.  Flight Centre

6.  World Care Travel Insurance
49 Sherwood Road, Toowong, QLD 4066

Mining Companies:

7.  Pacific Arc Exploration (gold)
GPO  Box 111, Brisbane 4001

8.  Longreach Gold Oil Ltd
PO Box 4246, Sydney NSW 2001

9.  Diversified Mineral Resources
Level 11, 751 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000

10.  Kailis (MC) Holding PLC
PO Box 382 Freemantle, WA 6106

11.  Stockdale 90
C/- Stockdale Prospecting Ltd
60 Wilson Street, South Yarra, Vic. 3141

12.  Australian Mineral Resources

13.  Terrace Gold NL

14.  Australian Kimberley Diamond NL

Exporting and Consultancy

15.  Australian Civil and Structural Pty Ltd
Director, Mr Nedkoff
201 High Road, Fremantle, WA 6160

16.  C & C  Diesel Engineering & Consultants
4 Waldheim Road, Bayswater VIC 3153

17.  East West Diamond Products (drill bits)
Managing Director, Mr H Mirt
231 Dugan Street, Kalgoolie WA 6430

18.  Ericsson Australia (mobile phones)
112 Talavera Road, North Ryde NSW 2113

19.  Heavilift (helicopter transport)

20.  Hungerford Geographical Consultants

21.  Richard Klinger Pty Ltd (gauges)
60 Carlingford Road, Regents Park, NSW 2143

22.  Seafood Traders (fish/shrimp)

23.  Stefani Pure Water Australisia
Exec Director, Mr Paul King
29 Arendel Road, Fremantle WA 6160

24.  Tesla Helecopters

25.  Transmere Shipping (five star line agent)

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FBC ANNOUNCEMENT: FREE BURMA CONFERENCE '97 AT UCLA
July 30, 1997

Type of conference:
Not a typical "conference." We will participate in public demonstrations in
front of UNOCAL HQ in addition to attending workshops, brainstorming
sessions, and organizing break-outs.  This conference will build on the
tremendous success of our conference last February at American University.

Who is invited:
We are inviting everyone who is active working in the Free Burma movement,
in addition to others who have worked for democracy and human rights in other
social movements and countries. We are also inviting anyone who is
interested in the struggle for democracy in Burma. This includes all
Burmese living around the world, university students around the world, and
community activists and professionals working for human rights.

The maximum number of attendees who we can feed and accommodate is 300. So
please do register as soon as possible. If you register by Aug 31st and
mail the registration fee, you will receive a newly designed Free Burma
T-shirt, specifically for this conference when you arrive..

Objectives:
1). to help build a better coordinated grassroots movement internationally
2). to create a sense of a worldwide Free Burma community
3). to deal with some technical issues  involving economic activism
4). to educate non-Burmese activists about our struggle both inside and outside
5). to use it as a recruitment forum for the U.S. campaign
6). to send a message to those inside Burma that we are doing everything we
can in order to aid their movement inside
7). to help concentrate Free Burma movement in California and to pass Los
Angeles and its state sanctions,
5). to put more pressure on UNOCAL and ARCO

Activities:
During the evening, we will have music and concerts performed by the Free
Burma activists with artistic and musical talents. During the day,
workshops and seminars on economic activism, international media and Free
Burma movement, histories and cultures of Burma, ethnicity and
nation-building, heroin production and trafficking under the current SLORC
regime, the plight of refugees, women's issues with special reference to
sexual slavery of women in Burma, policy perspectives and international
lobbying, and so on.

Cost:
A small registration fee of $20 is required.

Transportation and Food:
Air fare and travel expenses are on your own. Directions from LAX airport
to conference site (UCLA) will be posted. Bus tokens for public
transportation (from housing place to the campus and vice versa) will be
provided. Chinese, Indian and different delicious vegetarian foods will be
served for free of charge.

Housing:
As you know Los Angeles is an expensive place. We don't have enough funds
to provide housing. So we ask attendees to pay their own. We have reserved
some housings as low as $10 a night. There are some hotels and motels we
have checked. Details of these housing options will be posted soon. Or if
you have friends and relatives, we would like to request you to put their
place as first option.

What to bring:
Sleeping bags, musical instruments, tooth brushes, coffee mugs, etc.

Request of sponsors:
Since we are really tight in funds, we are looking to raise a little money
to help make this  conference 100% successful. If you know of anyone who
might like to help sponsor a portion of this event, please let us know.

Scholarship:
If you want and can come to the conference but having financial problem for
housing, please let us know. We will try to work that out.

During the push to end apartheid in South Africa in the 1980's, US
influence became most powerful when students and other across the nation
mobilized at a national level. Now with more than 150 universities around
the world working to help restore democracy, human rights, and freedom in
Burma, incredible influence can be achieved through coordinated action.
When over 50 universities and 13 high schools participated in the "Free
Burma Fast" in October 1996, national attention was brought to the plight
of Burma through local organizing.

The Free Burma Coalition's conference in Los Angeles in October seeks to
further transforming awareness into constructive action across the globe.


REGISTRATION:
For advance registration, we will make web-registration available for those
with access to the worldwide web.  Please send the check to the FBC-Los
Angeles (payable FBC-Los Angeles).

Finally, we will update on the status of the conference very often.

If you need more information, please contact:

The Free Burma Coalition - Los Angeles
P.O. Box 341142
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 838-8721, (310) 450-5375,   (310) 458-6485 (fax)
bfla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, asmin@xxxxxxxxxxx

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