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(2) Suu Kyi's Party Welcomes
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Surajit Khaund/Mizzima
News
Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan
Singh said the present government
has embarked on a plan to connect
railway links with
"With the growing economy, we should look beyond the
East in a bid to
increase our business
growth," he said, at the ceremony of laying the
foundation stone of the Jiribam-Imphal railway line Nov. 20.
He asked help from the Manipur government to carry forward
developmental activities. The
nearly 100-km railway line would link
with
The ceremony, which was attended by Indian Railway Minister Laloo
Prasad Yadav, asserted that the
Indian Government committed to upgrade
the present communication system
between North East India and the
bordering areas of
He said that, according to the plan, the railway connection
with
"We are committed to finish the projects as per
schedule, for which we
seek cooperation from our neighbouring countries," the railway
minister said. He also asked the
militants operating in the region to
shun the path of violence in the
greater interest of the people.
CAR Rally: A big Burmese team has arrived in Guwahati, capital of
by the Prime Minister Singh.
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Suu Kyi's Party Welcomes
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Mizzima News (www.mizzima.com)
welcomed the release of some
political prisoners by the military,
according to the party statement
issued Nov. 20.
"... to realize inappropriate manner and to correct it
is an honor for
the country and therefore we
welcome the move. It is a sign of
positive engagement," said the
statement read by an official of the
NLD headquarters, located on
in
The statement also urges the government to continue the
release of
other political prisoners.
"We believe that the government would release all
prisoners without
any discrimination among them,
including prisoners of conscience," it
stated.
But party leader Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her
deputy are
still under house arrest.
The state-run media announced Nov. 18 that 3,937 prisoners
would be
set free because it is considered
that they were inappropriately
arrested by the National
Intelligence Bureau that was dissolved by the
regime in October.
The release of over 600 prisoners from prisons around
included only 22 political
prisoners.
Amnesty International's 2004 report estimated that there are
over
1,350 political prisoners in
admitted to holding political
prisoners.
The statement also encourages the released political
prisoners,
saying, "the reason they had
been detained is because of their belief
for democracy and human rights in
for Democracy encourage those
released political prisoners to continue
without frailty to stand on to
their beliefs."
According to reports the afternoon of Nov. 20, fervent
families and
well-wishers of the political
prisoners are gathered in front of
Insein prison in
and photographers were also
present.
Veteran journalist U Win Tin was rumored to have been
released Nov.
19, and the family of Dr. Than Nyein, a senior NLD member, was told to
wait at home and was assured that
authorities would safely bring them
home if they are released.
Many rejoiced and were filled with delight at the release of
student
leader Ko
Min Ko Naing, who was
arrested in 1989 and sentenced to a 20-
year prison term.
The Junta's unexpected move came as a surprise, and signs
were shown
of people's expectation for them to
release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi as
well.
"They should also release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and U
Tin Oo, so that
there will be someone who can
negotiate," NLD party spokesman U Lwin
told Mizzima
News.
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Army set to move
command from Rangoon
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Shan Herald Agency for News
Gen. Thura Shwe Mann, Joint Chief
of Staff of Burma's Armed Forces, is
making preparations to transfer the
War Office to Pyinmana, 244 miles
north of
writes Hawkeye from the border:
No details are available, but the report agrees with a short
article
contained in News on
online daily newspaper published by
the opposition Nov. 10 that spoke
of ongoing creation of a new town
near Pyinmana.
A number of construction firms including Asia World of
former druglord
Law Hsinghan, Olympic of U Aik Htun, and Htoo
of Quartermaster General
Lt-Gen Tin Aung Myint Oo are involved in the project, it says.
Construction of the military
installations, on the other hand, are
being handled by the Army's
engineering corps.
Pyinmana is located roughly halfway
between
further north, and some 50 miles
southwest of Panglawng, a town on
connect Pyinmana
with the railroad in Panglawng that continues to
Taunggyi, the Shan capital, 82 miles further.
Pyinmana is known by Shans as Piang-mark-na, Plain of Myrobalan Fruit
(terminalia
bellerica). It was an important way station for Shan
bullock caravans travelling between the Shan hills and
centuries ago.
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