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Media Release<br>
September 10, 1999<br>
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<b>BURMA:&nbsp; EVENTS LEADING UP TO '9999' <br>
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</b><font size=4>Burmese people have called for the 9999 people power
movement to remove the military dictatorship, to restore democracy and to
build a genuine federal union.&nbsp; The National Council of the Union of
Burma (NCUB) regard the events leading up to the 9999 movement as very
encouraging and positive.&nbsp; The NCUB view the 9999 action call not
merely as an fixed appointment but as a momentum-building process to
increase mass participation even under the harsh restrictions imposed by
regime.&nbsp; The NCUB consider that recent developments show gaining
momentum and this will spill over into the immediate future.&nbsp;
Analysis by the NCUB when reviewing the past activities of Burmese people
up to yesterday (9-9-99) as below, indicate an accumulation of confidence
and courageous readiness to take more consecutive steps forward.&nbsp;
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<dd>First week of Approximately 160 high school students staged a
demonstration in
<dd>August the town of Ye.<br>
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<dd>12 August An hour long demonstration took place in front of No. (1)
high school&nbsp; in Mergui.&nbsp; Several small-scale protests occurred
in Pegu. Massive arrests followed in both cases. <br>
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<dd>16 August A further demonstration occur red in Mergui.&nbsp; <br>
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<dd>mid-August Demonstration by high school students in Tavoy.<br>
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<dd>19 August High school students from Basic Education High School No
(1) and (5), Tamwe, protested against the visit of Dr Khin Win Shwe who
is the wife of Lt. Gen Khin Nyunt.&nbsp; The students staged
demonstrations and was followed by students being detained and threatened
with expulsion from the schools.<br>
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<dd>26-27 August Students from Dawbon and Thar Kay Ta made pamphlets for
distribution and held a hit and run demonstration.&nbsp; This was
followed by arrests.<br>
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<dd>27 August Seven junior military officers were arrested in Pa Pon
township, Karen State, for their distribution of pro-democracy posters
and leaflets.<br>
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<dd>29 August In Dala township, students were arrested because they took
part in a poster and pro-democracy leaflets distribution before staging a
small-scale demonstration.<br>
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<dd>1-8 September The British citizen, James Mawdsley, was arrested in Ta
Chi Laik, border town adjacent to Mae Sai of Thailand, for distribution
of pro- democracy pamphlets.&nbsp; Later, he was given 17 years
imprisonment.<br>
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<dd> In South Okklapa of Rangoon, students distributed pro-democracy
pamphlets and made small-scale demonstration.&nbsp; 
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<dd> On the Bo Aung Kyaw street, Rangoon, youths distributed pamphlets
asking people to participate in a popular movement.<br>
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<dd> Since the beginning of September, people who managed donation of
rice to poor people in Mon Ywa were banned by the authorities.&nbsp; A
crowded confrontation and disagreements took place. Later, some people
were arrested.<br>
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<dd> During this period, three junior military officers from LIB 101 were
arrested in Pa Kokku, Magwe Division, for discussing and debating the
9999 popular movement in the military arena.<br>
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<dd> In Dawbon, Thar Kay Ta and Dagon Myo Thit townships, curfews under
Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure were enforced.<br>
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<dd> Pamphlet distribution occurred in the following places;
<dd> Taung Gyi, Si Saing, Ka Law, Moe Beyl and Aung Ban in Shan State.
<dd> Loikaw in Karenni State.
<dd> Ba Maw, Shwe Ku and Moe Mauk in Kachin State.
<dd> Many Places in Pegu division
<dd> Pakokku in Magwe division<br>
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<dd>5 September  In Mandalay, monks demonstrated in the Ma Soe Yein
monestry compound.&nbsp; This compound was then closed by the
authorities.<br>
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<dd>7 September The 28-year-old London woman, Rachel Goldwyn, was
arrested by the military police at 5:30 pm Burmese time after singing an
outlawed revolution song and demanding civil rights in a busy Rangoon
market place -- at the corner of Ahnaw-ra-hta Road and Barr Street.
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<dd>8 September During the late afternoon, leaflets were produced by the
Union of the Civil Servants from Universities and were distributed in Gyo
Gone of Insein and North Okkalapa.&nbsp; Also, pamphlet distribution was
carried out in North Okkalapa Medical Institute No2 and Rangoon Institute
of Technology, Insein.&nbsp; Pamphlets were also distributed in Tamwe
township.&nbsp; <br>
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<dd>9 September Military trucks, police trucks and fire brigade trucks
circulated around Rangoon for the entire day.&nbsp; TV-Myanmar broadcast
footage of military parades and operations.<br>
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<dd>10.00am A small-scale demonstration and pamphlet distribution took
place in the near Tamwe market, Tamwe Township.
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<dd>10.00am A small-scale demonstration with around 30 students occurred
in South Okkalapa township.<br>
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<dd>10.30am A demonstration with an estimated 1,000 people was carried
out in the town of Meiktila, upper Burma, Mandalay Division.&nbsp; The
town contains the airforce command base for upper Burma.
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<dd>10.30am A demonstration and sit-in strike was carried out in Hlaing
Township. About 350 people chanting anti-government slogans and songs
sat-in until around 4 pm.&nbsp; Some activists were arrested.
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<dd>10.30 am Some 200 people demonstrated at Hledan Junction,
Rangoon.<br>
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<dd>10.40am Small-scale hit-and-run protests happened in Kaba Aye of
Mayanggone Township, Rangoon.<br>
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<dd>11.00 am Small-scale demonstration in North-Dagon satellite township,
in front of Dagon University. Approxmately 30-40 university students
involved. <br>
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<dd>12 noon Some 200 people demonstrated in Pazundaung township, downtown
Rangoon.&nbsp; The demonstration started in the market with people from
Daw Pon and Thar Kay Ta joining in.&nbsp; The demonstration moved to the
centre of downtown Rangoon.
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<dd>1.20pm Demonstration occurred in Taunggyi, Shan State.<br>
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<dd>1.30pm Pamphlet distribution and a demonstration took place near to
the Insein Market.<br>
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<dd>2.00pm In Dawbon township, Rangoon, around 20 students riding
bicycles threw red paint at the bridge to signify the blood spilled
during 1988.&nbsp; They also threw red chilli paste at the government?s
propaganda boards. <br>
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</dl>Information CommitteeNational Council of the Union of Burma<br>
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For more information please contact (66) 55 533 067<br>
For information regarding NCUB please see: <br>
<a href="http://www.freeburma.org/lokanat/ncub/ncub.html"; eudora="autourl">http://www.freeburma.org/lokanat/ncub/ncub.html</a><br>
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