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BurmaNet News: December 18, 2000
- Subject: BurmaNet News: December 18, 2000
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- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:13:00
______________ THE BURMANET NEWS ______________
An on-line newspaper covering Burma
________December 18, 2000 Issue # 1687_________
NOTED IN PASSING: ?$43,117,000"
Value of ?Chemicals and related products? imported by Burma from China
in first eight months of this year. By most accounts, China is a major
source of the precursor chemicals used to produce methamphetamines and
heroin in Burma. See Xinhua: Composition of China's Exports to Myanmar
INSIDE BURMA _______
*Xinhua: Tourists Visiting Myanmar Decrease in Eight Months
*Karenni News Agency for Human Rights: Burmese junta troops shells
Karenni Villages
*KNU Mergui-Tavoy District Information Department: More than 300
prisoners were forced to construct Bongti-Tavoy car road
REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL _______
*The Hindu: India to monitor Musharraf's visit to Myanmar
*Bangkok Post: TASANG DAM PROJECT: Japan urged to stop aiding
construction; Shan State worried about its future
*The Hindustan Times (New Delhi): Pak set to woo Myanmar with weapons,
soft loans
*Bangkok Post: Burma rejects plan for joint patrols; Junta prefers
present system of committees
*Bangkok Post: Inbrief: Wa rivalry
*Bangkok Post: Inbrief: Threat of attack
ECONOMY/BUSINESS _______
*AP: Myanmar, Indian chambers begin first big joint project in 12 years
*Xinhua: Composition of China's Imports from Myanmar
*Xinhua: Composition of China's Exports to Myanmar
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Xinhua: Tourists Visiting Myanmar Decrease in Eight Months
YANGON, December 18 (Xinhua) -- The number of tourists visiting Myanmar
came to 151,970 in the first eight months of this year, falling by 17
percent over a year earlier, according to the latest government-issued
economic indicators. Of the tourists, 77,907 entered the country by land
through border points while 73,825 came in by air.
Those arriving by sea were merely a few hundred. The higher number of
tourists pouring in by land was attributed to the absorption of
cross-border tourists from neighboring countries especially Thailand and
China. According to an earlier official report, Myanmar and Thai tourism
authorities agreed last September to promote cooperation in the
development of the tourism industry, based on an accord on tourism
cooperation initiated in July 1998.
Aimed at drawing more tourists from Thailand, Myanmar held its third
travel show in Bangkok last October. Meanwhile, Myanmar also signed a
new accord on bilateral cooperation in the tourism sphere with China
last July, followed by the reaching of a memorandum of understanding
between the two countries this month on the implementation plan for
outbound travel to Myanmar by Chinese citizens.
It is expected that tourist arrivals across the border will pick up and
boost in the near future following the country's signing of these
accords respectively with Thailand and China, both of which are main
suppliers of tourists to Myanmar by land. Myanmar has so far added more
than a dozen entry points along its border in five states and divisions
for foreign tourists, allowing them to visit places far up to the
capital of Yangon.
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Karenni News Agency for Human Rights: Burmese junta troops shells
Karenni villages
Mae Hong Son, Thailand. December 18, 2000.
Attacking a civilian place is a crime against humanity
Twenty two houses of Daw Tamakyi village, Dee Mawso township in Karenni,
were shelled and burnt down to the ground on December 4, 2000 by the
Burmese junta troops of Infantry Battalion No. 72 led by Major Tin Cho.
None was wounded on the attack, but many families became helpless and
homeless. All the villagers of Daw Tamakyi tract were forced by the
commander Tin Cho to provide housing materials such as bamboo sheets for
the floor and food for the home lost family. Every household was ordered
to provide ten sheets of bamboo and two milk tins of rice and to rebuild
the destroyed houses as well. The Burmese troops always attack the
Karenni people and whenever they have a fight with the Karenni Army and
punish the people and burn down houses, especially when they have
casualty.
This was not the first time the Burmese junta troops attack Karenni
villager but many times already. For instance, in December 12, 2000, a
village name Daw Kaw was also attacked by the Burmese troops. 3
villagers were killed and 18 houses were destroyed on the attack. After
the attack most of the villagers fled to Thailand.
" First there was a fight near the village between the Burmese troops
and Karenni Army. It's about 20 minute. " Said a Karenni human rights
worker, who was doing his work near the event: A few minutes after the
fight, the Burmese troops that beside near the villager started shelling
the village. And villagers were screaming and running randomly.
According to one of the UN's articles and ICRC's Law, attacking
civilians and civilian targets is a crime against humanity. The
International Labour Organization (ILO) has prevailed that the Burmese
junta is practicing the use of forced labour. Several reports by Amnesty
International say that the people of Burma and Karenni are being forced
by the Burmese Junta to offer them free labour to various projects of
the regime such as road construction, military infrastructure etc.
" Attacking a civilian village is a crime against humanity, " said
Rimond Htoo, Secretary of Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP). "
Many of such aggressive attacks against civilian have sent influx of
Karenni civilians to become refugees in Thailand."
The member of KNAHR urges the International community to stop the
Burmese junta for its inhuman activities in Burma as well as in Karenni
The Karenni News Agency for Human Rights is composed of Karenni human
rights activists and was founded in 1998. The purpose of formation is to
document human rights violations in Karenni and shares it with the
international community.
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KNU Mergui-Tavoy District Information Department: More than 300
prisoners were forced to construct Bongti-Tavoy car road
Karen National Union
18 December, 2000
Burma army sent more than 300 prisoner to work on Bongti-Tavoy car road
in the east of Tavoy, Tenasserim division, southern Burma, since
November and so far.
In November, 2000 Burma Army's Field Engineering Battalion No. 918 has
survey a part of Bongti-Tavoy highway alignment at the area in the east
of Tavoy between Myitta and Aingwaing. During the survey they measured
the road and had planed to lay the stone.
To accomplish that plan the Engineering Battalion reported to the
commander of Operation Commanding HQ No. 2 that they need the workers
for the road construction.
On November 24, commander of OC HQ NO.2 has demanded 140 prisoners from
Theyetchaung township to send to Field Engineering Battalion No. 918
camp.
>From the month of November, more than 300 prisoners were forced to work
on the construction site. They were forced to break stone every day.
They have to work from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The prisoners were fed very
poor and have only one clothing on their body and old thin blanket to
protect themselves form cold weather at night. They were let to sleep on
the ground in-group without roofing.
It was learnt that some needed machine for the construction, were
supplied by a Thai mining company POMPIPET which had got a contract
joinly with the SPDC for mining concession at Hinda in the east of
Tavoy.
Started from the beginning of dry season (September) local villagers
were also forced to work on this road until November. Even though the
villagers do not have to go and work on this road some villagers from
Myitta village tract, Kaw Paw (Myaykanbaw) village tract, and Pungdaw
village tract, who have chainsaws were forced to cut the wood for bridge
construction for this road.
Bongti-Tavoy road project will connect Tavoy in Burma and Kanchanaburi
in Thailand. The project recently deals by Burma's Kyaw Lynn Naing
Company and Thailand's Kanchanaburi Tavoy Development Company. Their
plan is to develop transportation, eco-tourism, and agriculture
development between Burma and Thailand. Because of the lack of security,
the project is on delay. Now Burma Army's troop is using this road as
their military transportation route.
Every year after rainy season local villagers and prisoners were forced
to repair the damaged parts of this road, because the incompact road is
always eroded under the rain every year.
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___________________ REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL___________________
The Hindu: India to monitor Musharraf's visit to Myanmar
December 18, 2000
NEW DELHI, DEC. 17. Keen to build special ties with Myanmar, India will
closely monitor the visit to Yangon by the Pakistani Chief Executive,
General Pervez Musharraf, early next month.
Gen. Musharraf is expected to pay a three-day visit to Myanmar from
January 4. He is visiting Myanmar following India's red carpet welcome
for General Maung Aye, the number two man in Yangon's political
hierarchy last month.
India attaches considerable strategic importance to Myanmar. Myanmar is
seen here as the centerpiece of India's "look east" policy. Since both
countries share a common border, Myanmar offers a land corridor to India
to South-East Asia. Besides, the shadow of Chinese influence in Myanmar
has also jolted India into building closer links with Myanmar. The
Indian side wants Myanmar to limit Chinese physical access to the east
of the Chindwin river, a tributary of the Irrawady which splits the
country into nearly two equal halves. Any movement west of Chindwin can
expose India's sensitive north-east region to Chinese surveillance.
India's concerns about Gen. Musharraf's trip have been activated by his
anticipated agenda. Highly placed sources in the Government point out
that Gen. Musharraf's mission to Myanmar includes exploring the
possibility of expanding its arms supply to it. Not surprisingly, Gen.
Musharraf's delegation includes Mr. Javed Hasan, an Army officer,
in-charge of weapons and equipment. The Pakistani delegation is likely
to offer small arms and mortars to Myanmar's mainly infantry-dominated
army.
India is well aware of Pakistan's pronounced emphasis on arms supply to
wrest diplomatic advantages recently. Analysts here point out that Gen.
Musharraf made skillful use of "arms diplomacy" by providing weapons to
Sri Lanka in order to acquire a larger political profile in the island
nation.
Pakistan's military ties with Myanmar are not new. It has recently
supplied arms and ammunition worth $2.5 million. These weapons had been
transferred in two consignments during March and April 1999. Since both
countries possess Chinese-origin weaponry, a Pakistani offer of certain
spares and maintenance support to Yangon is not ruled out. Pakistan has
also trained personnel from the Myanmarese Army and the Air Force in
some of its establishments and has since mid-1995, revived intelligence
links with it.
On the political side, India apprehends that Pakistan is seeking a
"toe-hold" in Myanmar, with a long-term objective of encouraging
insurgency in the North-East. India is aware of reports about Pakistani
attempts to acquire a physical presence at Haka in Myanmar's Chin State
where it proposes to establish an air field.
Sources, however, are not unduly perturbed by Gen. Musharraf's visit.
There is confidence here that India which has larger agenda in Myanmar
and the region is well positioned to off-set any negative fall-out of
this visit. In fact, political and economic bonds between New Delhi and
Yangon are expected to deepen even further during the visit to Myanmar
next month by the External Affairs Minister, Mr. Jaswant Singh.
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Bangkok Post: TASANG DAM PROJECT: Japan urged to stop aiding
construction; Shan State worried about its future
December 18, 2000
The Overseas-Shan Organisation has sent a letter to Japan's Finance
Ministry requesting it to reconsider financing construction of the
Tasang Dam Project on the Salween river.
The letter, dated Nov 11 and signed by UK-based Sao Noan Oo of Lawkzawk,
appealed to Miichi Miyazawa of the ministry "to refrain from supporting
and giving aid to the Burmese military regime, particularly in financing
the Tasang Dam Project." Since the project came into being, she said,
"the area around the site has been increasingly militarised, resulting
in increased forced labour and forced relocation.
"The dam will not only have a devastating social and environmental
impact, large areas of farmland will also be inundated and countless
numbers of people will be displaced with little hope of compensation.
"Even if not submerged, forests in the area will inevitably be depleted,
when logging companies move in to use the infrastructure built to serve
the dam." Sao Noan Oo, a scion of one of the former princely states of
Shan State, previously known as the Shan States before the formation of
a union with Burma "proper" in 1947, maintained that the people of Shan
State "are resolutely opposed to the building of the dam on the Salween.
The fear is that the Shan State will be lost forever if the river stops
flowing. The Salween, or Nham Khong river, is as important a symbolic
ally to the Shan as Mount Fuji is to the Japanese people." She said the
people of the Shan State "have had all the human rights taken away from
them: the right not to be massacred, the right not to be raped and the
right to refuse to work like draught animals." The International Labour
Organisation on Nov 16 passed a resolution urging members to re-evaluate
their relations with the military regime in Rangoon.
The Salween flows down from the foothills of the Himalayas, rushes down
from north to south along the whole length of the Shan State before
flowing through the Karenni, Karen and Mon states into the Indian Ocean
at Moulmein.
The GMS Power, a subsidiary of the MDX company from Thailand, has been
conducting studies since 1997.
Human rights watchers have reported that at least 300,000 people from
the area have been forced to relocate.
A Shan academic in North America blasted the Japanese for making a
seemingly needless mystery out of the project.
"The Japanese are up to their eyebrows in it, but very cagey about it -
like they are committing a crime..." he said.
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The Hindustan Times (New Delhi): Pak set to woo Myanmar with weapons,
soft loans
December 18, 2000
Shishir Gupta
New Delhi, December 17
Wary of warmth in ties between India and
Myanmar, Pakistan's Chief Executive General Pervez
Musharraf is all set to woo Yangon with weapons and
soft loans.
Highly-placed Government sources indicate that General
will arrive in Myanmar on January 4 on a two-day
official visit. Javed Hassan. who is in-charge of
weapons and equipment in the Pakistan government, will
accompany the General. New Delhi will be watching the
visit keenly as External Affairs Minister Jaswant
Singh is also scheduled to visit Myanmar in late
January.
Yangon watchers believe that Pakistan wants to run a
reality check on its relations with Myanmar following
latter's growing multi-faceted bi-lateral engagement
with India. General Maung Aye, vice-chairman of
Myanmar's State Peace and Development Council, visited
New Delhi in November and requested for assistance in
the infrastructure development. Gen. Aye also sought
assistance in development of deep-sea ports and
offered to sell natural gas.
It is understood that during his visit, Gen. Musharraf
will offer small arms such as assault rifles and
mortars to Myanmar. He is also expected to offer soft
developmental loans and assistance in human resource
development.
Since 1989, Pakistan has tried to work for closer
ties with Myanmar. After an initial low-key phase, by
1995, Pakistan had established intelligence links with
Yangon and had trained Myanmar's Air Force and Army
personnel. Under the on-going defence cooperation
between the two, Pakistan had supplied 2.5 million
dollars worth arms and ammunition, in two
consignments, in March-April last year.
Given the fact that both the countries have a lot of
Chinese equipment, the ties on this front are expected
to get a boost with the General's visit, defence
analysts believe. the Indian perception of a political
interaction between Yangon and Islamabad is that
Pakistani interest is oriented towards keeping
insurgency alive in the North-East.
However, India is not unduly bothered about
Musharraf's visit as it has already offered
co-operation to Myanmar on all fronts, including
defence. Analysts feel that Jaswant Singh's trip will
go long way in "correcting Yangon's tilt" towards
Islamabad.
During his visit, Singh is expected to inaugurate
160-kilometre long road stretch from Tamu ( on Manipur
border). to Kalewa ( close to Mandalay). This road is
a part of the ambitious Asian Highway project.
New Delhi in the recent past has adopted a pragmatic
approach towards Myanmar's military junta. At the
heart of this policy is its desire to develop the
northeastern states and curb insurgency along its
eastern borders. New Delhi has already indicated to
Yangon that as long as its security concerns are
addressed it has no problems in Myanmar warming up to
Pakistan.
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Bangkok Post: Burma rejects plan for joint patrols; Junta prefers
present system of committees
December 18, 2000
Burma has rejected Thailand's proposal for joint border patrols on
grounds that joint border committees already exist.
Supreme Commander Sampao Chusri said he raised the idea during meetings
with military leaders in Burma on Dec 12-13.
Burma rejected the proposition on the basis they would prefer to
concentrate on co-operation through the existing regional and township
border committees, Gen Sampao said.
Burma, however, agreed to exchange information on drugs with Thailand.
Rangoon said it has five- and 10-year drug suppression plans of its own.
The clampdown will concentrate on destroying opium plantations to curb
production of heroin, and encouraging hilltribe people to grow
substitute crops with assistance from other countries.
Burma does not emphasise suppression against methamphetamine production,
Gen Sampao said.
During his visit, Gen Sampao met Gen Than Shwe, chairman of the ruling
State Peace and Development Council; Gen Maung Aye, the army chief and
SPDC deputy chairman; and Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, secretary one of the SPDC.
He said Gen Than Shwe admitted it was difficult to get rid of
methamphetamine factories along the border, especially in areas under
the influence of ethnic minorities.
Burma instead asked for sympathy, saying that ephedrine was an important
precursor for the production of methamphetamine. It was not available in
Burma but delivered through other countries including Thailand.
Burma also said it was ready to take back war refugees on condition they
were Burmese nationals.
Wassana Nanuam
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Bangkok Post: Inbrief: Wa rivalry
December 16, 2000
Mae Hong Son - Tension is rising in Ho Mong town, former stronghold of
the Mong Tai Army, following the arrival of hundreds of Red Wa troops
sent there by Rangoon, a Thai border official said.
The town's ruler, Col Maha Ja, and leaders of the Wa National Army
(Black Wa) were upset over the deployment of some 800 United Wa State
Army (Red Wa) troops in Ho Mong, located in Shan state opposite Mae Hong
Son.
The deployment was seen by Ho Mong leaders as breach of a contract in
which Rangoon agreed to give the Black Wa a free hand in running the
town. It was believed the Burmese military was deploying Red Wa fighters
along the Thai-Burmese border in order to tighten control on minority
groups, the official said.
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Bangkok Post: Inbrief: Threat of attack
December 15, 2000
The Rangoon-backed United Wa State Army has threatened to attack the
Shan ethnic community in Thailand in retaliation against Shan State
Army's persistent attacks on its drug production plants.
Shan army commander Lt-Col Korn Juen said he received the warning in a
letter from Wa leader Wei Hseuh-kang after a 40-strong Shan unit raided
a methamphetamine storage area on Nov 20.
In the attack, which the Burmese believed was being carried out by Thai
troops, 11 Burmese and Muser soldiers were arrested and 200,000 speed
pills and weapons were seized.
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AP: Myanmar, Indian chambers begin first big joint project in 12 years
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ In a sign of warming bilateral relations,
Myanmar's chamber of commerce on Monday staged its first major joint
project since 1988 with its Indian counterpart.
The workshop on India-Myanmar cooperation in development of small and
medium enterprises opened a month after the visit to India of the second
highest-ranking member of Myanmar's military government, Gen. Maung Aye.
On his seven-day goodwill visit in November, Maung Aye discussed with
Indian officials ways to enhance trade and economic cooperation. India
agreed to extend a dlrs 15 million loan to Myanmar, its eastern
neighbor.
India's relations with Myanmar, also known as Burma, deteriorated
following the bloody suppression of a pro-democracy uprising in 1988 by
Myanmar's military.
In recent years, the two countries have sought to ease tensions through
bilateral visits.
This week's workshop in the Myanmar capital was organized by the Union
of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the
Confederation of Indian Industries.
It is meant to revive the bilateral economic relationship and to bridge
the information gap between Myanmar and India, said Indian ambassador
Shyam Saran in a speech at the opening.
He said the workshop was the ``direct result'' of Maung Aye's visit
with a high-level delegation.
The Indian envoy said a purpose of the workshop was ``to find out what
kind of opportunities and investment possibilities exist and the
economic changes taking place in Myanmar.''
In his opening address, Myanmar Deputy Commerce Minister Brig. Gen.
Kyaw Hsan invited more investment by Indian companies in Myanmar.
``Myanmar's investment economic climate has become very healthy,'' he
said.
Few outside observers share his rosy view of the economy.
The military regime that took power in 1988 instituted limited economic
liberalization, particularly encouraging foreign investment, but kept
many trade and currency restrictions.
Its failure to hand over power to a democratically elected government
has caused many Western nations to treat it as a pariah state and
discourage trade and investment.
India ranks 21st among foreign countries investing in Myanmar, with one
investment project in the industrial sector worth 4.5 million dollars.
It is Myanmar's seventh largest trade partner.
2000-12-18 Mon 04:28
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Xinhua: Composition of China's Imports from Myanmar
Dec. 18, 2000
BEIJING
Following is a table showing the composition of China's import from
Myanmar in October and January-October of 2000, classified according to
the Commodity Catalog of Customs Statistics of the Peoples Republic of
China on the basis of HS (Source: General Administration of Customs)
(unit: 1,000 U.S. dollars)
Category (First number is Oct. 2000, second number is Jan.-Oct. 00
cumulative)
Total value 25,921 106,196
Live animals and animal products
779 5,600
Plant products
2,619 10,767
Animal and vegetable oil and fats
- -
Food, beverages, wine, vinegar, tobacco and products
27 432
Minerals
2,764 9,492
Chemicals and related products
55 55
Plastics, rubber and their products
7 163
Leather, fur and their products; bags and cases
- 16
Wood and wood products
19,169 70,530
Fiber pulp; paper and paper products
- -
Textiles and their raw materials
- 19
Shoes, caps, umbrellas; down products; artificial flowers; hair products
19 173
Stone products; ceramics; glass and products
11 12
Jewelry, ornaments, coins
257 7,235
Cheap metals and products
16 33
Machinery, equipment, audio and video products, and parts
192 1,660
Vehicles, aviation products, and ships
- -
Optical and medical apparatus; timepieces; music organs
- -
Weapon, ammunition and parts
- -
Miscellaneous goods
5 1
Arts, crafts and antiques
- -
Special and unclassified products
- -
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Xinhua: Composition of China's Export to Myanmar
December 18, 2000, Monday 1:46 AM Eastern Time
Following is a table showing the composition of China's export to
Myanmar in October and January-October of 2000, classified according to
the Commodity Catalog of Customs Statistics of the Peoples Republic of
China on the basis of HS (Source: General Administration of Customs)
(unit: 1,000 U.S. dollars)
Category Oct. Jan.-Oct. 99
Total value 85,127 377,960
Live animals and animal products
1,897 3,953
Plant products
7,491 10,116
Animal and vegetable oil
and fats
4 115
Food, beverages, wine,
vinegar, tobacco and products
2,937 7,564
Minerals
3,936 23,767
Chemicals and related products
5,296 43,117
Plastics, rubber and
713 8,723 their products
Leather, fur and their
products; bags and cases
48 157
Wood and wood products
51 74
Fiber pulp; paper and paper products
770 4,876
Textiles and their raw materials
20,030 101,988
Shoes, caps, umbrellas;
down products; artificial flowers; hair products
1,355 3,278
Stone products; ceramics;
glass and products
667 6,129
Jewelry, ornaments, coins
0 1
Cheap metals and products
9,406 40,598
Machinery, equipment
audio and video products, and parts
25,978 92,495
Vehicles, aviation
1,118 23,700
products, and ships Optical and medical
apparatus; timepieces; music organs
485 1,955
Weapon, ammunition and parts
- -
Miscellaneous goods
2,945 5,347
Arts, crafts and antiques
1 9
Special and unclassified products
- -
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