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SLORC/SPDC does not have a tradition of participating with the
International Community and rightly so. Since they do not share any of
the values of the IC such as freedom, human rights and fairness. If I am
not mistaken, the pre-1962 Burma Army did send a few men to the Congo.

U Richard Aung Myint.

S.Wansai wrote:

>   BURMA COURIER No. 199          Sept 12 - 18, 1999
>
> JUNTA'S WORDS OF SYMPATHY RING HOLLOW
> Based on Reuters, AFP, IHT and S.H.A.N reports:  September 17, 1999
>
> BANGKOK -- Burma's military government said this week it had not been
> approached about participating in a peacekeeping force for East Timor
> and
> had "no tradition'' in any case of taking part in such operations.
>
> Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said on Monday Jakarta would
> welcome
> the  deployment of a multinational force to troubled East Timor and
> expressed a preference for soldiers from the Association of South East
>
> Asian Nations (ASEAN).
>
> But Rangoon, which prides itself on its recently acquired ASEAN
> membership,
> was not about to get involved, the Foreign Ministry replied in a faxed
>
> statement to a news agency request for clarification.  At 450,000
> strong,
> the military ruled country has one of the largest armies in southeast
> Asia.
>
> The previous day, a government spokesman had expressed "full sympathy
> with
> our Indonesian brothers" over developments in East Timor and said that
> the
> military government "greatly regretted the loss of lives and
> destruction of
> property" there.
>
> Among the countries which have expressed willingness to participate in
> the
> Australian-led  peacekeeping force, which is to begin operations in
> East
> Timor this weekend, are the ASEAN bloc's Thailand, Malaysia and the
> Philippines.  New Zealand, South Korea and, eventually, Canada are
> also
> also expected to contribute troops to the 7,000 strong force.
>
> Over a hundred thousand East Timorese have fled the country and many
> thousands more are in hiding in the mountains after paramilitary
> squads
> linked to the Indonesian military trashed the capital, Dili, and went
> on a
> shooting rampage, following a U.N. monitored vote for independence in
> the
> former Portuguese colony in August.
>
> Mary Robinson, the U.N. commissioner for human rights visited Jakarta
> this
> week and drew an agreement from Indonesian President B.J. Habibie for
> an
> investigation of military abuses in East Timor that she said could
> eventually lead to war-crimes trials.
>
> Among the international observers at last month's referendum in East
> Timor
> were representatives of the Shan and Karenni peoples who have long
> argued
> for their own right to have free and fair referenda held in their
> jurisdictions in Burma. The trip was organized by the Asia-Pacific
> Coalition for East Timor (APCET).
>
> The Shan States, Karenni and Mon of Burma are, together with East
> Timor,
> members of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, set up
> by
> the Dalai Lama of Tibet and the Baltic States several years ago.
>
> ************************************************************
> BURMA COURIER No. 199          Sept 12 - 18, 1999
>
> THAI TROOPS RE-DEPLOYED ALONG BURMA BORDER
> Based on S.H.A.N. and Bangkok Post reports:  September 17, 1999
>
> CHIANG MAI -- A major re-deployment of Thai army units along the
> country's
> troubled northern and western borders with Burma is underway, the Shan
>
> Herald reports.
>
> A well-informed source told the Shan news agency this week that the
> Third
> Cavalry Regiment, long stationed along the eastern border with Laos,
> had
> recently been transferred to Chiang Mai in the north.   Third Cavalry
> has
> taken over positions all along the northern border that were
> previously
> occupied by the Naresuan Task Force of the Third Army.   The Naresuan
> Task
> Force, which has been active in combating armed groups engaged in drug
>
> trafficking in the north, was being transferred to Thailand's Tak
> province,
> the source reports.
>
> Last week, Thai police and customs officers in the Mae Sai district of
>
> Chiang Rai province near the Burmese border area seized 58 kg of
> explosives
> along with three boxes of dynamite and two tonnes of ammonium nitrate
> used
> to manufacture explosives.  The cache was uncovered on the premises of
> a
> transport company.  An officer said the explosive device was so
> powerful it
> could have destroyed the town of Mae Sai.  He said police were
> investigating whether Burmese exiles were connected to the cache.
>
> Meanwhile, Burmese army forces in eastern Shan state were reported to
> be on
> the move towards a border pass along Highway 45 to the south of
> Mongton.
> The Shan Herald reported that large numbers of civilian porters and
> all
> available trucks in the town had been requisitioned to move troops and
>
> supplies southwards from an army base located at army district
> headquarters
> in Monghsat on September 10.
>
> Two days later, troops were reported near the villages on Poong Pakhem
> and
> Nakawng Mu in the border area.  A S.H.A.N. source said that as many as
> 600
> soldiers from battalions 65, 225, 333, 519 and 49 were involved in the
>
> operation.  The Shan States Army's 727th Brigade, commanded by Maj.
> Ternkhurh, has been active in Mongton Township and is reported to have
> a
> Burmese army mountain stronghold under siege in the border area.
>
> ************************************************************



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SLORC/SPDC does not have a tradition of participating with the International
Community and rightly so. Since they do not share any of the values of
the IC such as freedom, human rights and fairness. If I am not mistaken,
the pre-1962 Burma Army did send a few men to the Congo.

<P>U Richard Aung Myint.

<P>S.Wansai wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>&nbsp;<STYLE></STYLE>
<FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>BURMA
COURIER No. 199&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sept
12 - 18, 1999</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>JUNTA'S WORDS OF SYMPATHY RING HOLLOW</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Based on Reuters, AFP, IHT and S.H.A.N
reports:&nbsp; September 17, 1999</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>BANGKOK -- Burma's military government
said this week it had not been</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>approached about participating in
a peacekeeping force for East Timor and</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>had "no tradition'' in any case of
taking part in such operations.</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas
said on Monday Jakarta would welcome</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>the&nbsp; deployment of a multinational
force to troubled East Timor and</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>expressed a preference for soldiers
from the Association of South East</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Asian Nations (ASEAN).</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>But Rangoon, which prides itself on
its recently acquired ASEAN membership,</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>was not about to get involved, the
Foreign Ministry replied in a faxed</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>statement to a news agency request
for clarification.&nbsp; At 450,000 strong,</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>the military ruled country has one
of the largest armies in southeast Asia.</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>The previous day, a government spokesman
had expressed "full sympathy with</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>our Indonesian brothers" over developments
in East Timor and said that the</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>military government "greatly regretted
the loss of lives and destruction of</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>property" there.</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Among the countries which have expressed
willingness to participate in the</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Australian-led&nbsp; peacekeeping
force, which is to begin operations in East</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Timor this weekend, are the ASEAN
bloc's Thailand, Malaysia and the</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Philippines.&nbsp; New Zealand, South
Korea and, eventually, Canada are also</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>also expected to contribute troops
to the 7,000 strong force.</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Over a hundred thousand East Timorese
have fled the country and many</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>thousands more are in hiding in the
mountains after paramilitary squads</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>linked to the Indonesian military
trashed the capital, Dili, and went on a</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>shooting rampage, following a U.N.
monitored vote for independence in the</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>former Portuguese colony in August.</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Mary Robinson, the U.N. commissioner
for human rights visited Jakarta this</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>week and drew an agreement from Indonesian
President B.J. Habibie for an</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>investigation of military abuses in
East Timor that she said could</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>eventually lead to war-crimes trials.</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Among the international observers at
last month's referendum in East Timor</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>were representatives of the Shan and
Karenni peoples who have long argued</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>for their own right to have free and
fair referenda held in their</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>jurisdictions in Burma. The trip was
organized by the Asia-Pacific</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Coalition for East Timor (APCET).</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>The Shan States, Karenni and Mon of
Burma are, together with East Timor,</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>members of the Unrepresented Nations
and Peoples Organization, set up by</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>the Dalai Lama of Tibet and the Baltic
States several years ago.</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>************************************************************</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>BURMA COURIER No. 199&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Sept 12 - 18, 1999</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>THAI TROOPS RE-DEPLOYED ALONG BURMA
BORDER</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Based on S.H.A.N. and Bangkok Post
reports:&nbsp; September 17, 1999</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>CHIANG MAI -- A major re-deployment
of Thai army units along the country's</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>troubled northern and western borders
with Burma is underway, the Shan</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Herald reports.</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>A well-informed source told the Shan
news agency this week that the Third</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Cavalry Regiment, long stationed along
the eastern border with Laos, had</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>recently been transferred to Chiang
Mai in the north.&nbsp;&nbsp; Third Cavalry has</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>taken over positions all along the
northern border that were previously</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>occupied by the Naresuan Task Force
of the Third Army.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Naresuan Task</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Force, which has been active in combating
armed groups engaged in drug</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>trafficking in the north, was being
transferred to Thailand's Tak province,</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>the source reports.</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Last week, Thai police and customs
officers in the Mae Sai district of</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Chiang Rai province near the Burmese
border area seized 58 kg of explosives</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>along with three boxes of dynamite
and two tonnes of ammonium nitrate used</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>to manufacture explosives.&nbsp; The
cache was uncovered on the premises of a</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>transport company.&nbsp; An officer
said the explosive device was so powerful it</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>could have destroyed the town of Mae
Sai.&nbsp; He said police were</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>investigating whether Burmese exiles
were connected to the cache.</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Meanwhile, Burmese army forces in eastern
Shan state were reported to be on</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>the move towards a border pass along
Highway 45 to the south of Mongton.</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>The Shan Herald reported that large
numbers of civilian porters and all</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>available trucks in the town had been
requisitioned to move troops and</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>supplies southwards from an army base
located at army district headquarters</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>in Monghsat on September 10.</FONT></FONT>

<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Two days later, troops were reported
near the villages on Poong Pakhem and</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Nakawng Mu in the border area.&nbsp;
A S.H.A.N. source said that as many as 600</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>soldiers from battalions 65, 225,
333, 519 and 49 were involved in the</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>operation.&nbsp; The Shan States Army's
727th Brigade, commanded by Maj.</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Ternkhurh, has been active in Mongton
Township and is reported to have a</FONT></FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=-1>Burmese army mountain stronghold under
siege in the border area.</FONT></FONT>

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