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Shan Dissidents Deny (r)



SHAN DISSIDENTS DENY MASS DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST 
AUNG SAN SUU KYI 

S.H.A.N., 21 October 98 

Questioned about Shan support for the ruling junta as expressed 
by mass demonstrations being held in Shan cities, Shan dissidents 
have flatly rejected as being true. 

"People, as in other Burmese cities, have been forced into joining the 
so-called Union Solidarity and Development Association at gun point. 
Someone in your family, is going to suffer if you refuse to go. There is 
nobody there to help you. What else could you do except to comply with? " 
said Sai Herng, an executive member of the Shan Democratic Union. 

"If one would like to believe in these mass rallies, one should be free 
to visit them and ask the people how they really feel. How could one permit 
oneself to believe them when independent observers are even being denied 
entry into this country?", said he. 

He also said some took part in the rallies in order to gain favors with 
the junta, but most were threatened  with dire punishments like 
confiscation of their homes and properties. 

"Please believe them as true only when you are free to visit, travel and 
seek information from the people", he added. 

The Shan Democratic Union is the organization formed by Shan expatriates 
in 1996 "with the support from the people", according to the information
sheet 
supplied by the SDU. It is led by His Royal Highness Sao Hsohom, Prince of 
Mongpawn, who reportedly drew the Federal Amendment Proposal in 1961 
for which he went to prison for five years in Rangoon. 
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S.H.A.N. (Shan Herald Agency for News) 

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