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NEWS NOTES: The Killing of a Musli
Subject: NEWS NOTES: The Killing of a Muslim .... and more news
The Killing of a Muslim .... and more news
15 October 1999
No: 10 - 15
Killing of a Muslim Brought Action Even Against SPDC Soldier
On 22 June, Zaw Lin, a driver from Hsipaw, together Zaw Min, his
assistant,
were stopped at Hsawngkae, Hsipaw Township, on their way back from
Hsengkeo, where they unloaded government cargo from their truck.
The sergeant (name unidentified) and two privates (names also
unidentified)
were reported to have beaten up the two for failing to report to them on
their way to Hsengkeo. The driver was hit on the head with a piece of
wood.
On their way back to Hsipaw, they stopped over at the village of
Gawnglarng, where Zaw Lin complained of dizziness and died soon
afterwards.
A formal complaint was submitted to the higher authorities in Rangoon by
the Muslim League resulting in the imprisonment for the culprits.
"Maybe it's better to be a Muslim", said the Shans of Hsawngkae. "Had it
been a Shan killed instead, the case would have gotten nowhere".
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Junta Indoctrinates Soldiers To Combat Truths
Since the reactivation of organizing committees in the Armed Services
since
August, weekly meetings are being held where soldiers and their spouses
have to attend.
"The attendees", reported DIN, "are told it is not true there is no
democracy in Burma, that there are human rights violations and that the
government is waging the War on Drugs half-heartedly. The SPDC also pays
attention to keep the commodity prices steady".
To which one opposition politician comments: "How they will manage to
cover
up everything that happens right under the eyes of these soldiers and
their
families is really beyond me".
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Big "Than Shwe" Isn't That Innocent,
On his way to Maymyo, renamed Pyin Oo Lwin by the Junta, from Mandalay,
Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development
Council and Supreme Commander of the Armed Services, noticed on his way
huge puffs of black smoke coming out of the smokestacks of the 3A Cement
Factory.
Not surprisingly, an order was out at once to shut down the factory. And
not surprisingly, the owner of the factory, Aik Tun, who also happened
to
be Asia Wealth Bank's chairman, managed to put it back into operation.
It
was reported by informed sources that he presented the good general with
K.
1.2 million and a huge share in the firm.
No sooner had he opened the factory than imports of foreign product
ceased.
Of course, the demand for the 3A brand is such that the price of one bag
rises twofold from a mere K. 600 to K. 1,300 in no time.
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The Amazing Pasture Development Project
In order to improve the quality of pasture for cattle breeding, the SPDC
ordered a shipment of foreign grass, known by the locals simply as
Japanese
grass, imported.
At first, the people were quite happy, because the grass spread out
quite
rapidly and it was suitable for grazing.
However, as time went by, the grass began to upset people by making them
itchy and cutting their skins with its sharp edges.
"Worse still, during the dry season when forest fires are apt to occur,
the
Japanese grass rather helps the fire to destroy the forests so quickly",
complained a local farmer in Shan State.
D.I.N.
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