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BURMESE MILITARY OFFERS CASH REWARD



Media Release
Date: August 19, 1998


       BURMESE MILITARY OFFERS CASH REWARDS FOR ACTIVISTS' ARREST

Military authorities in Mandalay are offering cash rewards to
anyone who can provide information on political activists who
have placed anti-military stickers around the city.

The offer was announced because Military Intelligence officers
have been unable to apprehend the activists who have placed the
stickers and posters on the walls of public places in Mandalay.   

The stickers and posters contain messages of support for Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) and calls for
protests against the military. 

The offer for a reward was announced on August 8, 1998 by the
Chairman of the Mandalay Division Peace and Development Council,
Major-General Ye Myint. 

Military authorities in Mandalay are using members of the Union
Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), the Red Cross and
local Peace and Development Council officials are closely
monitoring public places to catch anyone placing pro-democracy
stickers and posters. 

Anti-military leaflets, posters and stickers have been
distributed throughout the country over the past few weeks, while
anti-military statements have been written on the walls of
monasteries, schools and other public places. 

On August 6, statements calling for an uprising were written on
the walls of Rangoon University buildings. The statements accused
Burmese authorities of being "axe-handles of the Chinese".
"Axe-handle" is a phrase used by the Burmese military to describe
political activists and alleged collaboration with the West.

Meanwhile, on August 8 stickers which read "Don't forget 8888"
and "The Army Must Serve the People" were posted on the walls of
a well-known monastery in Yenanchaung Township in Central Burma. 

All Burma Students' Democratic Front 

For more information please contact 10-253 9082, 01-654 4984.