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Was Number Four Khin Nyunt present at the ceremony?





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Date: Tuesday, March 24, 1998 12:51 AM
Subject: Narcotic Drugs Control in Myanmar


>From: Thuriya
>
>The follwoing is the Press Release issued by the Embassy of Myanmar,
>Washington DC on 20  March 1998.
>(Press Release No 3/98)
>
>
>Narcotic Drugs Control  in Myanmar
>
>Significant Results Achieved in 1997
>
>
>4,587 kg of Heroin and Large Amounts of Other Drugs Destroyed in Public
>on 27 February 1998
>
>
>
>The Myanmar authorities stepped-up seizures of opium and heroin in the past
>year.
>
>On 27 February, the authorities destroyed in public an unprecedented amount
of
>confiscated drugs. The public destruction, the twelth in a series which
began
>in February 1990 was witnessed by senior Myanmar officials, diplomats, UN
>officials, former Secretary-General of ASEAN,  executives representing the
>Young Presidents Organization and local and foreign newsmen.
>
>The guests present on the occasion had the opportunity to test the drugs
>before they were torched.
>
>The drugs destroyed included :
>
>opium 4587 kg
>heroin    898 kg
>morphine      94 kg
>opium oil        9 kg
>opium liquid      11 kg
>inferior opium      21 kg
>marijuana    139 kg
>phensedyl 1500 litre
>stimulant      2842,783 tablets
>cough syrup      88 gallons
>( containing opium )
>cough pastilles 4845 pastilles
>( contaning opium )
>methaqualone tablets    750 tablets
>morphine injection    180 ampoules
>
>
>
>The street value of the drugs destroyed is estimated at US $ 1.2 billion
 A
>table of narcotic drugs destroyed on 12 occasions between February 1990 and
>February 1998 may be seen in the Annexure. )
>
>In the course of the year, the authorities also seized and destroyed nearly
>2500 gallons of precursor chemicals. This represents a five-fold increase
over
>the amount seized in 1996.
>
>Notwithstanding the fact that the U.S. has since 1988 witheld all
assistance
>to Myanmar, the drug enforcement authorities in Myanmar have continued
their
>efforts with undimished will and dedication.
>
>Myanmar appreciates that narcotic drugs is a global problem that requires
>global solutions. It cooperates with the United Nation Drugs Control
>Programme (UNDCP)and is actively engaged in sub-regional drug-abuse control
>efforts with its immediate neighbours Bangladesh, China, India, Laos and
>Thailand. It has also signed anti-drug agreements with the Philippines,
>Vietnam and the Russia Federation.
>
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>
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