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Press briefing on 1st March



Press briefing on 1st March
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       A press briefing was held  at Myanma Radio and Television Department,
Yangon on 1st March. Present were Deputy Ministers, journalists and invited
guests of about 72, it is learnt. 

	The following is the  speech given at the press briefing:-

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 TIMELY ARREST OF CONSPIRATORS OF THE ABSDF INSURGENT GROUP AND BCP-UG
INVOLVED IN TERRORIST PLOTS AND SUBVERSIVE AGITATION

NLD CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH APPREHENDED TERRORISTS

DAW SUU KYI'S PERSONAL BODYGUARDS OF THE NLD YOUTH FOUND TO BE MEMBERS OF
ABSDF INSURGENTS.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press,
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	Today's news briefing concerns the timely apprehension of terrorists led by
Ko Thein (a) Thein Tun who were caught in attempts to commit terrorist acts
under the supervision of the ABSDF insurgent group in Yangon and other
bustling towns.

	Their aim was to undermine public confidence in the Government and to deceive
the international community into believing that peace and stability was
deteriorating in the Union by committing a series of terrorist acts by bombing
buildings and busy, crowded places. It has been brought to light that they had
even hatched a plot to assassinate State leaders if an opportunity arose and
to launch bomb attacks against embassies of ASEAN nations.

	While plotting to commit such acts of terrorism on the one hand they also
collaborated with the subversive,. BCP-UG (Underground) remnants to launch a
destabilization campaign and to instigate unrest by spreading rumours and
sending false reports on the internal situation to other insurgent groups.

	Now all these ruthless terrorist plots have been exposed along with concrete
evidence relating directly to their destabilization campaign, instigation
programmes aimed at inciting public unrest, their contacts with insurgent
groups, the collaboration with the Ba Ka Tha and BCP-UG (Burma Communist Party
- Underground ) remnants.

	It is a well-known fact that the ABSDF was set up in Manerpalaw Camp in the
KNU insurgent area on 5 November, 1988 with Tun Aung Kyaw as Chairman, Yu Nwe
as Vice Chairman (1), Dr. Naing Aung as Vice Chairman (2) and Than Win as
General Secretary . Then at the meeting held on 20 February 1989 it was
reorganized with a 15-member Central Committee with Moe Thee Zun as adviser.
But at the Second Conference held in the Minthamee Camp (KNU Area) on 11
November, Moe Thee Zun was appointed chairman. But the ABSDF disintegrated
into two factions one led by Dr. Naing Aung and another by Moe Thee Zun on 27
September, due to internal struggles with student killing student, and the KNU
killing other students. They were also in financial difficulties. After the
collapse, each faction operated independently.

	At the Conference held in Htee Ka Pale Village in the KNU area from 23 to 28
May, 1996, the two factions were reunified after a bargain was made to appoint
Dr. Naing Aung as Chairman, Moe Thee Zun as Vice Chairman and with the General
Secretary appointed from Moe Thee Zun's faction. But the ABSDF was again
reconstituted on 15 September, 1996 with a 27- member Central Committee headed
by Dr. Naing Aung as 


Chairman, Moe Thee Zun as Vice Chairman and Aung Thu Nyein as General
Secretary. After this a Central Military Commission was formed to coordinate
and step up underground activities and military action with terrorist bomb
attacks within the country. That commission was headed by Dr. Naing Aung as
Chairman, Moe Thee Zun as Vice Chairman, Sai Myint Aung as Secretary ( I ) and
Myo Win as Secretary (2). Myo Win was given the responsibility of closely
supervising terrorist bomb attacks, but he in turn delegated authority to Ko
Thein (a) Thein Tun - a former ABSDF Central Committee member and Central
Committeee Chairman of ABSDF - Unit 207 to carry out subversive programmes and
acts of violence. Ko Thein (a) Thein Tun established his base in Be Klot
refugee camp near Maela village from which to launch his campaign of
subversion and terror.

	Before the 1988 unrest Ko Thein (a) Thein Tun had once run a photographer's
shop on Sule Pagoda Road, but during the period of unrest he had participated
in demonstrations under the banner of the Hiking and Mountaineering
Association while eking out a living by distributing an illegal journal under
the name Nyi Nyut Ye (Unity). At the end of the unrest, he went underground
and underwent military training in various camps and served in the other ranks
of the ABSDF unit 207. At the Second ABSDF Conference held in 1989, he was
elected as chairman of Unit 207. Then he was chosen together with 31 other
trainees to attend a political training course known as GREEN NOVEMBER 32 in
Bangkok. The training was organized by the National Democratic Front and was
conducted by instructors from England, Thailand, Colombia and Norway. Towards
the end of 1990, when he had completed demolition training in the KNU Popahta
Camp, he dispatched fellow trainees Nyi Nyi Tin and Soe Min ( Thaton) into the
country fully equipped with Explosives and demolition equipment in August
1997. This terrorist group dispatched by Ko Thein was apprehended and their
terrorist schemes were foiled. The news was reported in all Myanmar Newspapers
issued on 31-8-1991. Furthermore, in April 1992, Ko Thein dispatched Thant Zaw
Swe (a) Thant Zin of Wakema and a member of ABSDF unit 207 who had completed
demolition and telecommunications training to the country to gather
information and recruit new members. According to reports, Thant Zaw Swe while
in Thaton, recruited workers, Khin Tun, Soe Myint and Min Thu of the Yangon
Railway Station by deceiving them with offers of 
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