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Subject: NEWS - SHAN DISSIDENTS DENY MASS DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST AUNG SAN

SUU KYI
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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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