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BBC-Protest against Burma military



Subject: BBC-Protest against Burma military chief visit to Japan

Tuesday, January 19, 1999 Published at 13:57 GMT
World: Asia-Pacific

Protest against Burma military chief visit to Japan

Burmese democracy activists based in Japan are demanding that a planned
visit to Japan by Burma's deputy military intelligence chief, Brigadier
General Kyaw Win, should be cancelled.

He's due to arrive in Tokyo tomorrow But in a letter to Japan's justice
minister, the activists have said the visit -- which is being made at the
invitation of the Japanese government -- will anger the entire Burmese
population.

>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service