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nlm 15-8-98



THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR



Saturday , 15 Aug 1998   
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     Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to- Republic of Korea

YANGON, 15 Aug Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and
Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of
felicitations to His
Excellency Mr Kim Dae Jung, President of the Republic of Korea, on the
occasion of the
anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of Korea which falls on
15 August 1998.
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  Nation may fall back into servitude, internal Strife may break out, crises
  like 1988 disturbances, anarchism may occur if Tatmadaw becomes weak
   Tatmadaw's true goodwill, inborn tradition is to ensure development of
                               entire nation 




YANGON, 14 Aug- On behalf of thc Commander-in-Chief of the Defence
Services, Deputy
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) General
Maung Aye
addressed the graduation parade of Under-Officers Course No 26 of the
Tatmadaw (Army)
Officers Training School at the OTS Parade Grounds in Bahtoo Tatmyo this
morning. 
    Also present were Secretary-2 of the State Peace and Development
Council Chief of Bureau of
Special Operations Chief of Staff (Army) Lt-Gen Tin Oo, members of State
Peace and
Development Council Commanderin-Chief (Navy) Rear-Admiral Nyunt Thein,
Commander-in-Chief (Air) Maj-Gen Kyaw Than and Commander of Eastern Command
Brig-Gen Maung Bo, ministers U Khin Maung Thein, Maj-Gen Saw Tun, U Win
Sein and
Maj-Gen Tin Htut, Military Appointment General Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe, Chief of
Armed Forces
Training Maj-Gen Saw Lwin, Inspector-General Brig-Gen Win Myint, Vice
Quarterrnaster-General Brig-Gen Kyaw Win, Director of Military Engineers
Brig-Gen Win Aung
Tint, Commander of Bahtoo Station Brig-Gen Moe Hein, Commandant of Command
and General
Staff Co11ege Brig-Gen Soe Tint, Commandant of Tatmadaw (Army) Officers
Training School
Brig-Gen Aung Kyi, senior military officers of the Ministry of Defence,
parents and relatives of the
graduating cadets and guests.
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     General Maung Aye arrives Bahtoo Tatmyo in Yaksauk Township

YANGON, 14 Aug Vice-Chairman of State Peace and Development Council Deputy
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services- Commander-in-Chief (Army) General
Maung Aye,
accompanied by Secretary-2 of the State Peace and Development Council
Lt-Gen Tin Oo,
members of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief
(Navy) Rear
Admiral Nyunt Thein, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Maj-Gen Kyaw Than, Minister
for Finance and
Revenue U Khin Maung Thein, Minister for Construction  Maj-Gen Saw Tun,
Minister.for Culture
U Win Sein, Minister for Electric Power Maj-Gen Tin Htut, Military
Appointments-General
Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe, Defence Services Inspector-General Brig-Gen Win Myint,
Deputy Minister
for Agriculture and Irrigation U Ohn Myint, Vice-Quartermaster General
Brig-Gen Kyaw Win,
Director of Military Engineers Brig-Gen Win Aung Tint and officials, left
here by Tatmadaw flight
for Heho yesterday afternoon.

    They were welcomed at the Heho airport by member of the State Peace and
Development
Council Chairman of Shan State Peace and Development Council Commander of
Eastern
Command BrigGen Maung Bo, Deputy Commander Brig-Gen Myint Thein and
departmental
officials.

    General Maung Aye, Secretary-2 Lt-Gen Tin Oo and party went to Bahtoo
Tatmyo in
Yaksauk Township where they were welcomed by Chief of Armed- Forces
Training Maj-Gen
Saw Lwin, Commandant of Command and General Staff College Brig-Gen Soe
Tint, Commander
of Bahtoo Station Commandant of Combat Training School Brig-Gen Moe Hein,
Commandant of
Defence Services Officer Training School Brig-Gen Aung Kyi and officials.

    Secretary-2 Lt-Gen Tin Oo together with Commander Brig-Gen Maung Bo,
Deputy Minister U
Ohn Myint and officials met township authorities in Yathawady Hall in
Yaksauk Township.

    Chairman of Township Peace and Development Council  U Maung Maung Kyi
and township
level departmental officials briefed thc Secretary-2 on agricultural
matters, establishment of forest
plantation and fuel-wood plantation and arrangement for development of the
township.

    The commander and the deputy minister took part in the discussion.

    Secretary-2 Lt-Gen Tin Oo urged the officials to carry out the work for
the development of the
township with cetana so that Yaksauk Township will become a model township
in agriculture, he
said.
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                Secretary-1 briefs trainees of various courses




YANGON, 14 Aug - Member of the Panel of Patrons of the Union Solidarity and
Development Association Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development
Council Lt-Gen Khin
Nyunt met trainees of Special Refresher Course No 2, International
Relations Course No 1,
Management Course No 14 for Executives and Computer Diploma Course No 1 of
USDA in
Pyidaungsu Hall of the Central Public Relations Unit in Hmawby this afternoon.

    He elaborated on how USDA had emerged, the objectives and role of the as
sociation, political, economic and social progress, efforts for the
emergence of a new nation,
provocative acts perpetrated by subversive elements with a view to creating
civil unrest in
Myanmar
and sabotage committed by some big nations and certain internal and
external destructive
organizations and international relations. 
    He also urged all to apply lectures taught at the courses into practice.

    Present also were member of the Panel of Patrons of USDA Secretary-3 of
the State Peace
and Development Council Lt-Gen Win Myint, Secretary-General of USDA U Than
Aung and
executives, those in charge of courses and trainees.

    The Secretary-1' also cordially conversed with trainees.
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               Education promotion programme coordinated




YANGON, 14 Aug - Myanmar Education Committee held its meeting at the
meeting hall of
Universities Central Council this morning, attended by Chairman of Myanmar
Education
Committee Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen
Khin Nyunt.

Present also were Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Nyunt
Tin, Minister for
Cooperatives U Aung San, Minister for Forestry U Aung Phone, Minister for
Information
Maj-Gen Kyi Aung. Minister for livestock and Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung Maung
Thein, Minister
for Science and Technology U Thaung, Minister for Education U Than Aung,
Minister for Health
Maj-Gen Ket Sein, Minister for Religious Affairs Maj-Gen Sein Htwa, Chief
Justice U Aung Toe,
Attorney-General U Tha Tun, Acting Auditor-General Brig-Gen Tin Aye, Deputy
Ministers for
Education Dr Than Nyunt and Brig-Gen Soe Win Maung, Senior Tatmadaw Officers,
Director-General of the Office of the State Peace and Development Council
Lt-Col Pe Nyein,
heads of departments and officials.

Minister for Education for U Than Aung and officials briefed the Secretary-
1 on education matters
to be done under the education promotion programme.

    Those present took part in the discussion.

    Future tasks under the education promotion programme have been approved
and education
promotion programmes of the State are being implemented with the noble aims
and objects, the
Secretary-1 said.

    He urged the officials to cooperate in implementation of work so as to
achieve success of noble
aims and objects.

    The meeting ended in the afternoon.
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    Organizations carrying out nefarious acts in the guise of social work
                     condemned in the strongest terms




YANGON, 14 Aug -Legal action has been taken against 18 foreigners who
dropped from
taxis and distributed small instigative leaflets the,y had smuggled into
the country at busy places in
Yangon on 9 August morning with the aim of disrupting the peace and
tranquillity of the nation,
creating civil unrest and causing panic among the public.

    According to the confessions of instigator foreigners, they had been
organized and sent by
International Organization of Democracy in Burma of the USA, Alternative
Asean Network on
Burma and Union for Civil Liberty of Thailand and Initiative for
International Dialogue of the
Philippines. A meeting had been held in Siam Beverly Hotel, Thailand, on 6
August. At this
meeting, Miss Debbie Stothard and officials of Alternative Asean Network on
Burma of Thailand
had given detailed instructions to be carried out. They had also arranged
leaflets to be distributed
and fixed the places and time to distribute the leaflets. Their main
purpose was to distribute
instigative leaflets at busy places in Yangon on 8 August with the aim of
causing panic among the
public and creating unrest. This organization had defrayed travelling and
food expenses.

    It has been found that International Organization of Democracy in Burma
of the USA,
Alternative Asean Net-Work on Burma and Union for Civil Liberty of Thailand
and Initiative
International Dialogue of the Philippines are organizations interfering in
the internal affairs of other
countries and under the pretext of social ground and democracy; the intent
of the premeditated and
synchronized incident which had happened recently, was to disrupt the peace
and tranquillity of the
nation and to use those who had not had any knowledge of Myanmar by deception.

    Regarding this, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued  a statement that
International Organization
of Democracy in Burma of the USA, Alternative Asean Network on Burma and
Union for Civil
Liberty of Thailand and Initiative International Dialogue of the
Philippines, which had interfered in
the internal affairs of Myanmar by carrying out nefarious acts in the guise
of social work under the
pretext of democracy, protesting and condemning such acts in the strongest
terms.
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   Detained foreigners systematically handed over to respective embassies

YANGON, 14 Aug - Eighteen foreigners who distributed instigative leaflets
at busy places on
9 August morning with the aim of creating public commotion, were put on
trial in accord with,the
laws at the court of Insein Township on 14 August, and the court handed
down sentences. 
Mr Joel Edwards Greer, Mr Tyler Richard Giannini, Ms Michele Lynn Keegan,
Ms Sapna
Chandramohan Chhatpar, Ms Anjanette Marie Hamilton, Ms Nisha Marie Anand of
the USA,
Mr Jaran Ditapichai, Mr Swat Uppahad and Ms Chanakan Phundeamvong of
Thailand, Mr See
Chee How, Mr Chong Kok Wei and Ms Ong Ju Lin of Malaysia, while
distributing instigative
leaflets at busy places in Yangon such as Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, in front of
Kaba Aye Market,
at the junction of Maha Bandoola and 29th Street, at the junction of Maha
Bandoola Road and
Shwedagon Pagoda Road, in the vicinity of the southern stairway of the
Shwedagon Pagoda, at
the junction of the Shwedagon Pagoda and Bogyoke Aung San Road, at the
junction of Link
Road and New Yedashe Road, at the junction of Sule Pagoda and Maha Bandoola
Road at the
junction of Maha Bandoola and 35th Street, at the junction of Theinbyu Road
and Maha Bandoola
Road and in front of Bogyoke Market, were seized and sent to the nearest
police station by the
public.

    Mr Fadjri, Mr Sulaiman Haikal and Mr Christian Evert of Indonesia, Mr
Ponciano Resuena and
Ms Ellene A Sana of the Philippines and Ms Alison Mary Vicary of Australia,
while making
arrangements to leave here by air at the airport for fear that they would
be arrested, were held by
authorities. The arrested foreigners, while being questioned in accord with
the laws, were looked
after properly on humanitarian grounds. They were charged with distributing
instigative leaflets with
the intention of disrupting the peace and tranquillity of Myanmar and
creating civil unrest in
contravention of Section 5 (e) of the Emergency Provisions Act, 1950, and
tried at the special
court of Insein Township on 14 August. The court handed down five years'
imprisonment to each
on conviction that they had violated the existing law of Myanmar.
    Under Section 401 (a) of the Criminal Procedural Law, the punishments
handed down on them
were cancelled, and the Ministry of Home Affairs passed a decision for them
to leave here on 15
August in consideration of the fact that most of them were from
neighbouring nations, members of
ASEAN, that their countries and Myanmar are on an existing friendly terms,
that they had not had
any knowledge of Myanmar, that they had been organized and deceived into
committing crime by
Alternative Asean Network on Burma and that they confessed to having
committed the offence
and requests were made by their families and officials of respective
governments.

    The 18 foreigners were systematically handed over to the respective
embassies.
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    Diplomats meet US, Indonesian, Thai, Filipino, Australian, Malaysian
                                instigators




YANGON, 14 Aug- Eighteen foreigners dropped from taxis and distributed
small instigative
leaflets they had smuggled into the country at busy public places in Yangon
to destabilize and
cause public concern and panic on the morning of 9 August and the public
seized and sent them to
the nearest police stations since they wished to live in peace and could
not stand the acts of
foreigners. The authorities

    concerned    had    already brought this to the attention of the Press
and diplomats at a news
briefing on 10 August.

    While the foreigners were being questioned by the authorities on 10 and
11 August, the
embassies of United States, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia
and Malaysia asked for
consular meetings with their respective citizens.

    Moreover, the embassies of United States, Australia, the Philippines
and Indonesia asked for
second consular meeting with their citizens on 12 August.

    The authorities granted permission Charge d'Affaires ai of US Embassy
Mr Kent M
Wiedemann and Second Secretary Ms Kristin Hawlay met the six American
instigators from 3 to
4 pm on 13 August and gave them food and medicines. Similarly, Head of the
Embassy of
Australia Mr Douglas Richard Foukett and First Secretary Mr Peter Murray
Edwards met the one
instigator from 4.45 pm to 5.20 pm and left after giving food and medicine;
Third Secretary of the
Embassy of the Philippines Ms Belinda M Ante and Attache Mr Romeo B
Garchitorena and Mr
Disdado E Abarra met the two Filipino instigators from 6 pm to 6.45 pm and
Third Secretary of
the Embassy of Indonesia Mr Henry RW Kaitjily and Mr Teguh Wiweko met the
three Indonesian
instigators from 7.40 pm to 8.50 pm the same evening.

    The security officials continue questioning the instigators for
ensuring peace and tranquillity and
prevalence of law and order. 





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                           NCCC holds meeting

YANGON, 14 Aug- Nationa1 Convention Convening Commission held its coordination
meeting at NCCC Office at 2 pm today.

    Present were Chairman of National Convention Convening Commission
Maj-Gen Saw Lwin,
Vice-Chairman Maj-Gen Sein Htwa and members.

    Chairman Maj-Gen Saw Lwin spoke on the occasion.

    National Convention Convening Work Committee and National Convention
Convening
Management Committee took part in the discussion.

    Members of National Convention Convening Commission gave supplementary
suggestions to
the meeting.

    The meeting ended with the remarks by Chairman Maj-Gen Saw Lwin.



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