JUNTA'S WORDS OF SYMPATHY RING HOLL (r)

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Subject: Re: JUNTA'S WORDS OF SYMPATHY RING HOLLOW/THAI TROOPS RE-DEPLOYED ALONG BURMA BORDER

U RICHARD:

     YES, YOU ARE RIGHT.  I DON'T REMEMBER THE YEAR, BUT BURMA ARMY DID SENT 
SOME SOLDIERS TO CONGO TO JOIN UN PEACEKEEPING FORCES.     MH
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>From: Richard Myint <ramyint@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ramyint@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: "S.Wansai" <m.win@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: JUNTA'S WORDS OF SYMPATHY RING HOLLOW/THAI TROOPS RE-DEPLOYED 
>ALONG  BURMA BORDER
>Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 11:28:30 -0700
>
>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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