------------------------ BurmaNet ------------------------ "Appropriate Information Technologies, Practical Strategies" ---------------------------------------------------------- The BurmaNet News: July 11, 1997 Issue #770 Noted in Passing: We do not think constructive engagement has worked. The fact that SLORC rejected ASEAN's call for dialogue proves this. --Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (see Reuter: Suu Kyi sees Deterioration in Freedoms in Burma) HEADLINES: ========== ASEAN STATEMENT ON CAMBODIA MEMBERSHIP REUTER: SUU KYI SEES DETERIORATION IN FREEDOMS KNU: STATEMENT OF KNU PRESIDENT SAW BO MYA REUTER: BURMESE CURRENCY PLUNGES SPIRAL UPWARD OCAW NEWS RELEASE: MESSAGE TO UNOCAL BOARD DVB: TWO SLORC SOLDIERS DEFECT TO KNU-ABSDF FORCES RANGOON RADIO: 76 REBELS, FAMILIES EXCHANGE WEAPONS BKK POST: NATIONS LINK ARMS IN A WAR AGAINST DRUGS BKK POST: SLORC CLAIMS IT CAN WIPE OUT PILL PLANTS ASIA TIMES NEWS: NEW SCENT TO US DRUG POLICY IN BURMA ABSDF: NLD MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ANNOUNCEMENT: RADIO FREE BURMA ----------------------------------------------------------------- ASEAN STATEMENT ON CAMBODIA MEMBERSHIP July 10, 1997 From: David Arnott STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS, KUALA LUMPUR, 10 JULY 1997 Recalling and reiterating the Joint Statement of the ASEAN foreign Ministers issued by the Chairman of the ASEAN Standing Committee on 8th July 1997, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers met on 10th July 1997 in Kuala Lumpur to review the situation in Cambodia in all its aspects. 2. While reaffirming the commitment to the principles of non-interference in the internal affairs of other states, they decided that, in the light of unfortunate circumstances which have resulted from the use of force, the wisest course of action is to delay the admission of Cambodia into ASEAN until a later date. 3. The Foreign Ministers also recalled the decision taken by the ASEAN Heads of State/Government at the 5th Summit in Bangkok in December 1995, on the inclusion of Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar as full members of ASEAN. Pursuant to the decision taken by the Special Meeting of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers on 31st May 1997, in Kuala Lumpur, they agreed that the admission of Laos and Myanmar will proceed as scheduled. 4. The ASEAN countries stand ready to contribute their efforts to the peaceful resolution of the situation in Cambodia. ************************************* REUTER: SUU KYI SEES DETERIORATION IN FREEDOMS IN BURMA July 10, 1997 By Deborah Charles BANGKOK - Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday repression has increased and the political and economic situation in her country has worsened in the two years since she was released from house arrest. ``I'd have to say that repression has increased in the past two years,'' Suu Kyi told Reuters in a telephone interview on the second anniversary of her release from six years of house arrest. ``The economic situation has certainly not improved, and neither has political freedom in any way improved,'' she said in the brief interview that was cut off when the telephone went dead. It has been virtually impossible to contact the 1991 Nobel Peace laureate over the past few months. The government has barred access to her residence and her telephone is almost always disconnected. In her first comments since being accused of collaborating with the United States, Suu Kyi also flatly denied a Burmese government accusation made last month that she had received $85,200 in financial assistance from Americans this year to aid in subversive activities. ``I have certainly not received whatever they claimed, $85,200 I think they said, from any American source,'' Suu Kyi said with a laugh just as the telephone line was cut off. It was impossible to contact her residence again. Suu Kyi said it was clear that the Association of South East Asian Nations' (ASEAN) policy of ``constructive engagement'' with Burma's military rulers was not working. ASEAN follows the policy of non-interference because it says isolation is not the way to help Burma. The seven-member ASEAN was expected to admit Burma as a full member this month despite vocal opposition from Suu Kyi and many Western governments who said it was tantamount to legitimising the Burmese government which has been accused of widespread human rights violations. ``We do not think constructive engagement has worked,'' Suu Kyi said. ``The fact that SLORC rejected ASEAN's call for dialogue proves this.'' Since she was released on July 10, 1995, Suu Kyi has made repeated unanswered calls to the government to hold talks with her National League for Democracy (NLD) party to try to find a way to bring democracy to Burma. Despite its vow not to interfere, ASEAN officials have urged leaders of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) to talk to Suu Kyi, ASEAN officials have said. The request was refused. The NLD won a landslide victory in 1990, while Suu Kyi was under house arrest. But the SLORC never recognised the result of the poll and instead of allowing the party to take power it cracked down on elected party officials. Over the past two years, thousands of NLD party members and supporters have been arrested, most of them for a short period of time. The SLORC has also prohibited most major party gatherings and has intimidated NLD officials across the country, Suu Kyi said. Suu Kyi said she was ``on the mend'' after injuring her neck and back in a fall last month. Some diplomats had said she was thin and suffering from ulcers, but she said she was getting stronger. *************************************** KNU: STATEMENT OF KNU PRESIDENT SAW BO MYA July 8, 1997 From: Simon_Po@sala.icn.net (Simon Po) OFFICE OF THE SUPREME HEADQUARTERS KAREN NATIONAL UNION KAWTHOOLEI Statement of KNU President Saw Bo Mya regarding Meh Tha Raw Ta Agreement of Ethnic Nationalities of Burma July 8, 1997 1. Through peace mediators, U Khun Mya and Saya Tun Aung Chaing, the SLORC indicated that dialogue would be resumed if the KNU would adopt the position to repudiate some of the ten points of Meh Tha Raw Ta Agreement of the Ethnic Nationalities' Seminar, that are not directly related to the KNU. 2. On 7-6-97, I informed the SLORC that out of the 10 points of Meh Tha Raw Ta Agreement, the KNU would withdraw its involvement with points 2-3-5-7-8-10, with the expectation of stopping the military conflicts in Burma at the earliest date possible, resolving the political problems expeditiously through negotiation and resuming the dialogue from the lowest possible level. 3. In addition to ignoring the immolating concession of the KNU, the SLORC has engaged in loathsome acts such as (1) delaying its meeting with the KNU, and continuing its constant attacks and destruction against Karen villages, forced relocation, torture and execution of Karen civilians (2) exposing the communication mentioned above by sending copies of the letter to organizations of other ethnic nationalities and (3) distributing copies of the letter, at home and abroad. 4. On account of the SLORC's insincere activities, I hereby revoke all the intent and purpose of the letter sent to the SLORC regarding Meh Tha Raw Ta Agreement and, as before, I shall abide by the ten points of the 1997 Ethnic Nationalities' Meh Tha Raw Ta Agreement and the statement. 5. As the KNU is firmly convinced that the best means of resolving problems is through dialogue and negotiation peacefully, the KNU shall continue to strive for the resolution of problems between the KNU and the SLORC through dialogue and negotiation. Saw Bo Mya President Karen National Union *********************************** REUTER: BURMESE CURRENCY PLUNGES SPIRAL UPWARD July 9, 1997 By Aung Hla Tun RANGOON, July 9 (Reuter) - The Burmese kyat has plunged against dollar-denominated foreign exchange certificates (FECs), forcing prices of imported goods to rise sharply, currency dealers and analysts said on Wednesday. They said the kyat has fallen nearly 14 percent over the past 10 days against the FEC, which is worth one U.S. dollar. On Wednesday it was trading at around 210-211 per FEC compared to 185 in the last week of June. Some analysts said the kyat could fall to as low as 300 per FEC by the end of August. In the official exchange market, which is rarely used, the kyat was quoted unmoved at six to the dollar. The FEC was introduced in February, 1993 so that foreign tourists would not have to buy the currency at its overvalued official rate. When it was created it could only be exchanged for dollars, but in December 1995 the government said it could also be swapped for kyat. The sharp drop in the kyat has sent prices soaring, analysts said. One diplomat put the annual rate of inflation at around 40 percent and said prices would continue to rise. "The galloping rate of the FEC (against the kyat) has affected the prices of all imported goods and has indirectly spurred inflation which has been out of control for a long time," one local analyst said. "Inflation is around 40 percent, at least. Now the kyat is falling so heavily, oil prices will rise and prices of everything else will go up," the diplomat said. Shop owners said the changing value of the kyat against the FEC meant they had to alter prices continuously. "In the past, we had to change price tags once every four or five months, but now we have to do it almost every week," Hla Maung, owner of a small store, told Reuters. "For example, the price of a can of Labatt's Ice Beer is now 120 kyats, up from 100 two weeks ago and 90 kyats about two months ago." Burma's military government created the FEC after it seized power in 1988 as part of efforts to entice more foreign investment into the economy, which had shrivelled after a quarter-century of socialist policy. The government desperately needs foreign currency to help boost its depleted reserves. Burma has received virtually no foreign aid since it took power due to international condemnation of the regime's human rights record. Since it became legal to exchange FECs for kyat, a growing number of ordinary Burmese residents have been buying FECs as they lose faith in the kyat, analysts said. "People just don't have confidence in the kyat," the diplomat said. In March, the International Monetary Fund repeated calls for a "one-shot" devaluation of the kyat, saying it was needed to spur growth and keep inflation at bay. Many people now demand payment in FECs instead of kyat for goods and services. "There is a major drawback in the FEC system," one local analyst said. "Everybody can buy FEC with kyats. So since they don't believe in the kyat they buy FEC and gradually begin to speculate in it." -------------[excerpts from related article]------------------ ASIA TIMES NEWS: MYANMAR CURRENCY PLUMMETS July 8, 1997 Stephen Brookes RANGOON - A sudden and precipitous decline in the value of the Myanmar kyat from 185 to the United States dollar to 215 last week has analysts in Yangon concerned that further currency turmoil may be ahead. "It could be quite serious," said one Yangon-based economist. "The government only has enough foreign reserves to cover about 50 percent of its domestic obligations, and hard currency earnings are going to be low for the foreseeable future. The government will have to buy dollars with kyats to meet its obligations, so it will have to keep on printing more and more kyats as the price goes up. This could fuel domestic inflation." The kyat has seen several sudden depreciations over the past 18 months. Trading at about 120 to the US dollar in late 1995, it suddenly dropped to about 145 to the US dollar in May 1996, then dropped again to about 165 to the US dollar in July 1996, with another downward lurch earlier this year. "There's a pattern tied to export earnings," said one Yangon-based analyst. "Between December and March, the government gets hard currency from timber and rice exports. But then the money runs out, and the kyat rate goes down, and only stabilizes when earnings from beans and pulses start again in May and June. And when those earnings stop, you have a crisis again in July. That's what we're seeing now. But we may be heading into a much more serious crunch." *************************************** OCAW NEWS RELEASE: MESSAGE TO UNOCAL BOARD July 10, 1997 From: UMWAJD@aol.com The following news release was issued today by the Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union Unocal Board Members from Amgen, Mattel, Northwestern University and University of Michigan to Start Feeling Pressure LAKEWOOD, Colo., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- In letters written to four non-management or outside board members of Unocal Corp., Robert Wages, president of the 90,000-member Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW), calls on them to "take a public stand against Unocal's presence in Burma and to work with other outside board members to bring about a change in Unocal's policy." He added in the letters that "anything short of Unocal pulling out of Burma should prompt you to resign from Unocal's board." According to OCAW Special Projects Director Joe Drexler, "The letters were written to specific Unocal board members who are particularly vulnerable to being associated with slave and forced child labor, heroin trafficking, brutal political suppression, murder and rape of the civilian population, and other crimes in Burma." In a letter to Kevin W. Sharer, president of Amgen Inc., based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Wages said that Sharer, as president of a company "engaged primarily in the development and sales of products to sustain life," should ensure that Unocal's activities are carried out in a manner that recognizes "the sanctity of human life" and that Amgen's image will be damaged by being linked through Unocal to drug money-laundering and the illegal sale of drugs. Wages also wrote John Amerman, chairman of Mattel Inc., headquartered along with Unocal in El Segundo, Calif., to remind him that as a major producer of children's toys he should make sure that Unocal's policies will not harm children, Wages' letter to Donald Jacobs, dean of J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, cites Jacobs' role as an educator and notes his "special responsibility to ensure that Unocal's activities are carried out ethically and to set an example to your students." The letter further states that Jacobs' association with Unocal will "taint your professional reputation and that of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management." A similar letter was written to Marina Whitman, Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Wages in his letters also reminded the Unocal board members that "the precedent set at Nuremberg means that corporate officers can be held responsible for crimes against humanity." He refers in the letter to Burma as "the concentration camp known as Myanmar," the name given to Burma by the military dictatorship. "We fully expect that these directors and their companies and institutions will become targets of the campaign to force Unocal out of Burma until democracy is restored," said Drexler. "We are giving them a chance to speak out independently of Unocal management and against the company's involvement in Burma." Wages has been one of the most outspoken critics of oil company and multinational corporate support for Burma's military dictatorship and is leading the charge among U.S. labor leaders in calling on the Clinton Administration to impose economic sanctions on Burma. He has repeatedly criticized oil companies for downsizing U.S. operations and selling assets to raise capital for investments in countries governed by ruthless dictatorships. The downsizings and sales of assets to so-called low-cost oil refiners, according to Wages, has not only cost U.S. workers good-paying jobs but has also severely compromised worker and community safety. Unocal and French-owned Total SA are partners in the Yadana pipeline project, which is the single largest source of outside investment in Burma today. According to the U.S. State Department, Burma's military dictatorship derives its major revenue from the sale and production of heroin, much of which ends up on U.S. streets. ******************************************** DVB: TWO SLORC SOLDIERS DEFECT TO KNU-ABSDF FORCES July 7, 1997 [translated from Burmese] by Aung Naing Oo Oslo Democratic Voice of Burma Pvt. Yan Naing, personal no. tawunpu 71247, and Pvt. Thiha, personal no. 976014, from the 44th LIR [Light Infantry Regiment] of the SLORC [State Law and Order Restoration Council] Defense Services under commander Maj. Thura Aung Kyaw Oo joined forces with the KNU [Karen National Union] and ABSDF [All Burma Students' Democratic Front] joint column on 3 July. They brought along two BA-63 automatic rifles, four magazines, and 65 rounds of ammunition. The two said they deserted because they could no longer take the mistreatment of non-commissioned and commissioned officers in the SLORC army. **************************************** RANGOON RADIO MYANMAR: SEVENTY-SIX REBELS, FAMILIES EXCHANGE WEAPONS FOR PEACE July 7, 1997 [abridged, translated from Burmese] A total of 27 KNU [Karen National Union] members led by Deputy Company Commander U Saw Tapla Htoo from the 2nd Company, 10th Battalion of the KNU 4th Brigade, and 49 family members exchanged their weapons for peace at the Taungthonelone military camp in Tavoy Township in June. Brig. Gen. Zaw Tun and responsible personnel from the Tavoy military region provided food, shelter, and other social needs. ***************************************** BKK POST: NATIONS LINK ARMS IN A WAR AGAINST DRUGS July 9, 1997 [abridged] Nusara Thaitawat Cambodia's absence from the second ministerial meeting on drug cooperation in the Mekong region in Bangkok this week is unfortunate. There was high optimism among the hosts the Thai government and the United Nations' drug agency -as three major projects covering all six Mekong countries and another involving Burma, China and the United Nations were to be inked, further adding to the momentum for regional cooperation in drug control. Implementation of the principles under which Burma, China, Laos and Thailand decided to join hands under the auspices of the UN International Drug Control Program (UNDCP) in 1993, and Cambodia and Vietnam in 1995, started slowly for several reasons. Except for Thailand, each of the countries has a complicated internal political situation, especially Burma and Cambodia, in addition to a general lack of resources and expertise in drug control. Even though the Cold War has ended and the ideological divide between capitalist Thailand and its remaining five communist neighbours has been removed, memories are vivid and deep distrust remains. The UNDCP itself was slow due to UN bureaucracy. Since the US$15 million (420 million baht) Action Plan comprising 11 projects was approved at the first ministerial meeting in Beijing in 1995, only two projects have been launched: one to control chemicals needed to produce drugs and the other to strengthen ethnic minority communities against drugs. "The momentum is up and with this meeting it will be faster," Bengt Juhlin, deputy director of the UNDCP regional centre, said in Bangkok last week, before fighting broke out in Phnom Penh at the weekend. Mr Juhlin said that the July 9 to 11 meeting and the signing of the four projects would proceed as planned without Cambodia, which was to be represented by Sar Kheng (the powerful co-interior minister of Second Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party). The three projects to be inked involve the training of law enforcement officers, intelligence sharing, and judicial training, all lasting three years. The two former projects were worth $1.2 million each and the latter $1.5 million. The fourth project, which involves Burma, China and the UNDCP, is a long-awaited $15.5 million five-year integrated program in the Wa region of the Shan State. Another $3.3 million has been secured for the first year. Efforts by the UNDCP are welcomed by Thai anti-narcotics authorities who see it as a neutral body between the six countries and a source of foreign aid even though results of the two projects have not yet been evaluated. "The problem with these projects is that it is the first time they have been implemented in the region and unless we try, we will never find out what are the obstacles to regional cooperation against drugs," said a senior official of the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), who requested anonymity. The official said that Thailand felt pressure in these regional meetings because other countries and the UNDCP expected it to share its experiences in the development of an integrated approach against drugs over' three decades. It was not easy because neighbouring nations had only recently started establishing the infrastructure to develop policies and coordinate anti-drug efforts, along the lines of the ONCB. The central governments of the five neighbours were also hampered because they had limited control over their border areas. The six countries recognise the borderless nature of drug trafficking and know that their citizens are not immune to drug abuse but political, cultural and budgetary constraints mean their priorities are different. The UNDCP has prepared rooms for bilateral meetings should any of the six countries wish to talk privately with one its neighbours. A UNDCP source admitted that the signing of the four projects an Friday followed a hard push from the agency because each of the signatory countries had used excuses to put it off. A source said the Thai police were expected to reiterate a request for more cooperation in law enforcement with its immediate neighbours, especially Burma and Laos. Cambodia's participation at the meeting will certainly be missed its officials have received much praise for being the most forthcoming and willing to cooperate among Thailand's Mekong neighbours. But the show must go on. *********************************************** BKK POST: SLORC CLAIMS IT CAN WIPE OUT PILL PLANTS July 10, 1997 Nusara Thaitawat Minister says border needs development Burma claims it can eradicate narcotics plants in five years with international help in developing border areas inhabited mostly by ethnic minorities. Minister for Progress of Border Areas and National Races and Development Affairs Maung Tin said amphetamine production, a recent Thai import, could also be halted with help from Thailand and Laos. The minister, in Bangkok for the second ministerial meeting on drug co-operation in the Mekong region tomorrow, said Rangoon has spent $385 million and 6.5 billion kyats since 1989 on development projects to wipe out opium and marijuana cultivation. Since the first amphetamine plants were set up along the Burmese-Thai border last year, Rangoon has seized nine million tablets, he said. He denied the State Law and Order Restoration Council condoned drug trafficking and harboured drug warlords. "The truth is the truth, we don't have to explain ourselves," he said. "Khun Sa has given up drug trafficking and we have also received assurances from leaders of all ethnic groups that they will give it up and persuade their people to do 'the same," he said. He admitted though that in some areas, people could still not give up their old habits because of poverty. "But the policy is clear to eradicate narcotics plants nationwide," he said. U Maung Tin cited the Mongla region, east of Kengtung in Shan State, which was declared an opium-free zone in March at the end of a six-year eradication plan, as an example of his government's commitment. "We will establish more opium-free zones", he said. "Our next target areas are in the Wa and Kokang region." The areas, also in Shan State, bordering China, are known as the two most fertile grounds for opium cultivation in Southeast Asia. The United Nations International Drug Control Programme and the government are hosting the ministerial meeting. Burma, China, Laos and Thailand signed a memorandum of understanding to co-operate against drugs in 1993. They were joined two years later by Cambodia and Vietnam. (BP) *************************************************** ASIA TIMES NEWS: NEW SCENT TO US DRUG POLICY IN BURMA July 9, 1997 Stephen Brookes Yangon - As heroin supplies rise on the streets of United States cities, Washington may be rethinking its strategy in fighting the narcotics trade out of Myanmar, according to sources close to the US State Department. Despite the large amounts of opium being grown in Myanmar, Washington has not provided counter-narcotics assistance to the ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council since 1988, accusing SLORC of inadequate counter-narcotics efforts. "The vast majority of heroin on the streets of the United States" is from Myanmar, where opium cultivation and drug trafficking are conducted "without any meaningful constraint by authorities", said US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in March, justifying this year's decision to continue withholding aid. A much stronger statement last year by US Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law-Enforcement Affairs (INL) Robert S Gelbard, who accused SLORC of turning a blind eye to drug producers, running money-laundering operations and profiting directly from the trade. "Burmese authorities have made no discernible efforts to improve their performance," wrote Gelbard in the November 21 issue of the Far Eastern Economic Review. "From a hardheaded, drug-control point of view, I have to conclude that SLORC has been part of the problem, not the solution." But Gelbard recently left INL for another position in the State Department, and some observers believe that General Barry McCaffrey, director of the US Office of National Drug Control Policy, will now take a larger role in shaping the administrations's approach to Myanmar. Shortly after assuming his position last year, McCaffrey summed up Washington's confusion over how to deal with Myanmar. "It is not clear to me what [the US] will do because for the present, the dominant concern in the US is ... the human rights situation confronting the Burmese people. And I don't know where we will go. "We are facing such a dilemma in our commitment to democracy. We simply don't have a way to move ahead as long as democracy and human rights issues remain in front of us," he said. One source close to McCaffrey, however, has said that the US drug tsar wants to inject a more "common sense" approach into US policy. "McCaffrey and others think that Washington's main concern should be about the rights of American citizens," said the source. "The price of heroin is coming down in the United States, and it's a very serious problem. There's much more heroin on the streets. And if that heroin is coming from Myanmar, then why not do whatever we can to stop it? How does decertifying Myanmar help the United States? It only makes matters worse." Analysts in Yangon suggest that Washington may try to provide anti-narcotics funding to Myanmar through multilateral channels, rather than bilateral aid. "Myanmar's entry into ASEAN presents a possibility for change," said one analyst. "Washington could say, 'Let's try an Asian solution to an Asian problem', and take a broad, regional approach to solving the problem." *************************************** ABSDF: NLD MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT July 3, 1997 From: dawn A. List of the Elected MPs from NLD who passed away No. Name Constituency,State/Division Date of death,Remark 1. U Mya Maung Myitkyina,Kachin16/06/90 2. U Tin Maung Win,Khayan-2,Rangoon,18/01/90, Died in prison 3. U Mg Mg Gyi Kyauktadar-2,Rangoon,08/02/91 4. U Si Maung LayMyattNha-1,Irrawaddy,30/03/91, Died while hiding 5. U Maw Thabeikkyin,Mandalay,05/07/91 6. U Soe Nyunt Tavoy-1,Tenessarim,10/11/91 7. U Sein Htun Daik-U-2,Pegu,03/05/92 8. U Khin Mg Aye,Butalin-2,Sagaing,05/09/92 9. U Win Ko Ye-U-2,Sagaing,01/11/92 10. U Hla Pe Pyawbwe-2,Mandalay,Unknown 11. U Chit Khine,Taungtha-1,Mandalay,Unknown,He died after resignation from NLD on Sept 1,1991 12. U Mya Lay Kawa-2,Pegu,15/07/95 13. Col. Kyi Win(Retired),Zalun-2,Irrawaddy, 11/10/95 14. U Hla Than CoCo-Island,Rangoon,2/8/96,Died in prison B.List of the Elected MPs resigned from Mps (by the pressure of Slorc) No.Name Constituency,State/Division,Date of resignation,remark 1. U Tin Maung Yesagyo-2,Magwe,04/06/91 2. U Thaung Tin Pyapon-1,Irrawaddy,06/06/91 3. U Khin Maung Kyaw, S.Okkokalapa-2,Rangoon, 28/08/91 4. U Tin Myint Thayat Chaung,Tenessarim, 27/09/91 5. U Shwe Hlaing-1,Rangoon,07/10/91, Dismissed from the NLD 6. U Ohn Myint Bokepyin,Tenessarim,27/11/91 7. U Than Htun Shwebo-2,Sagaing,28/02/92 8. U Thaung Ngwe,Moemauk-2,Kachin,04/03/92 9. U Khun Sai Kutkai-1,Shan,Unknown 10. U Mya Aye Pinlebu,Sagaing,20/04/92 11. Dr Aung Moe Nyo,Pwintbyu,Magwe,-/09/92 12. U Myat Hla Pegu-2,Pegu,Unknown 13. U Yu Gann Kungyangon,Rangoon,07/06/96 14. U Hla Shwe Oo,PyinOoLwin-1,Mandalay /07/06/96 15. U Chit Khin Mabein,Shan,07/06/96 16. Dr Aung Bo Shwe Bo-1,Sagaing, 07/06/96 17. Dr Sitt Tin Ngapudaw-2,Irrawaddy, 09/06/96 18. U Sein Maung,Natogyi-2,Mandalay, 11/06/96 19. U Han Tha Myint, Butalin-1,Sagaing, 11/06/96 20. U Tint Lwin Pyinmana-1,Mandalay, 12/06/96 21. U Tint Lwin Minhla-1,Pegu,13/06/96 22. U Nay Oo Lanmadaw,Rangoon,13/06/96 23. U Myo Myint Myitha-2,Mandalay,16/06/96 24. Dr Aung Khin,Wuntho,Sagaing,21/06/96 25. U Soe Maung Pyu-2,Pegu,24/06/96 26. U Sai Aung Than, Hsibaw-2,Shan, 01/07/96 27. Dr Kyin Thein,Ye-2, Mon,01/07/96 28. U Than Maung,Thaton-2,Mon,05/07/96 29. U Khin Maung Than, Thayet,Magwe,09/07/96 30. U Kyee Maung,Kyunhla,Sagain,18/07/96 31. U Chit Khing,Ngazun,Sagaing,27/08/96 32. Dr U Hlaing Yawnghwe,Shan,13/09/96 33. U Ngin Thaung,Tiddim-1,Chin,30/09/96 34. Dr Zaw Win Ayadaw-1,Sagaing,30/09/96 35. U Tha Soe Nyaungdon,Irrawaddy,28/10/96 56. Dr Sein Myint,Bogale-2,Irrawaddy,04/11/96 37. Saw U Ral Phruso,Kayah,28/11/96 38. U Win Kyaing,Bogale-1, Irrawaddy/12/12/96 39. U Aung Tin Shadaw,Kayah,13/01/97 40. U Boe Thin Loikaw-1,Kayah,13/01/97 41. U Thaung Ye Danubyu-2,Irrawaddy,21/01/97 42. U Maw Ni Yesagyo-1,Magwe,11/02/97 43. Daw Sein Tin,Shwegu,Kachin,23/02/97 44. Dr Thaung Tin,Wundwin-1,Mandalay/25/02/97 45. U Pu Htwe Bhamo,Kachin,17/03/97 46. U Saw Htun Lwin, Hlaingbwe-2,Karen,05/03/97 47. U Tin Ohn Padaung-1,Pegu,21/03/97 48. U Kyaw Win Htigyaing,Sagaing,08/05/97 49. U Than Kywe Hlaingthaya,Rangoon,18/06/97 C. List of MPs Dismissed from NLD (by the pressure of Slorc) No.Name Constituency,State,Division,Date of dimission,Remark 1. U Win Ko Ye-U-2,Sagaing,26/12/90,NCGUB, Passed away 2. U Htun Oo Kyaukkyi,Pegu,26/12/90,NCGUB 3. U Than Kywe Shwetaung,Pegu,26/12/90,NCGUB, Surrendered 4. U Hla Pe Pyawbwe,Mandalay,26/12/90, NCGUB,Passed away 5. U Bo Hla Tint,Mogok,Mandalay,26/12/90, NCGUB 6. U Thein Oo SW.Mandalay,Mandalay,26/12/90, NCGUB 7. U Than Sein Pale-1,Sagaing,21/02/91,NCGUB 8. Dr Tint Swe Pale-2,Sagaing,21/02/91,NCGUB 9. U Mg Mg Aye NE.Mandalay,Mandalay,21/02/91, NCGUB 10. U Hla Oo Kyauktada,Pegu,30/04/91, NCGUB 11. U Myint Maung,Einme,Irrawaddy,30/04/91,NCGUB, Surrendered 12. Dr Mg Mg Kyaw,Botataung,Rangoon, 14/08/91 13. U David Hla Myint,Ngapudaw-1,Irrawaddy, 16/08/91 14. U Mahn Myaing Aye,Kawkareik-1,Karen, 25/11/91 15. U Saw David Tarklite,Thandaung-2,Karen, 25/11/91 16. Daw San May(Shwe Ku May Hnin), Taikkyi-2, Rangoon,25/11/91 17. U Kyi Maung Bahan-2,Rangoon,10/12/91 18. U Soe Thein(Maung Wuntha) Waw-2,Pegu, 10/12/91 19. U Myo Aung Tavoy-2,Tenessarim,10/12/91 20. U Kyaw Min W.Bassein-2,Irrawaddy, 10/12/91 21. U Bo Moung Tabayin-2,Sagaing,10/12/91, NCGUB 22. U Saw Win Htilin,Magwe,10/12/91 23. U Mg Mg Latt,Tharketa-1,Rangoon, 10/12/91 24. U Hla Than CoCoIsland,Rangoon,10/12/91 25. U Mya Win Ingapu, Irrawaddy,10/12/91 26. U Kyaw Thwin,Kayan-1,Rangoon,18/12/91 27. U Khin Mg Swe,Sanchaung,Rangoon,18/12/91 28. U Khin Mg Thein,Khin-U-1,Sagaing,18/12/91 29. Daw Khin San Hlaing Welet-2,Sagaing, 18/12/91 30.U Chit Tin Minhla,Magwe,18/12/91 31. U Win Hlaing,Tatkon-2,Mandalay,20/12/91 32. U Chan Aye@Mg Susan-Moulmein-2,Moulmein, 20/12/91 33. U Soe Nyunt Kyauktan-2,Rangoon,20/12/91 34. U Tin Htut Einme-1,Irrawaddy,20/12/91 35. U Sein Hla Oo,Insein-2,Rangoon,23/12/91 36. Daw San San Seikkan,Rangoon,23/12/91 37. Daw San San Win -Alon,Rangoon,23/12/91 38. U Saw Hlaing,Indaw,Sagaing,23/12/91 39. Dr Soe Lin SW.Mandalay-1,Mandalay, 23/12/91 40. U Ohn Kyaing,SE.Mandalay-2,Mandalay, 02/12/91 41. Dr Zaw Myint Maung Amarapura-1,Mandalay, 27/12/91 42. U Tin Aung Aung,NW.Mandalay_1,Mandalay, 27/12/91 43. Dr Zaw Myint,Henzada-2,Irrawaddy,27/12/91 44. U Tun Aung Yetashe-1,Pegu,30/12/91 45. U Ye Htut Deik-U-1,Pegu,30/12/91 46. U Ba Bwa Amarapura-2,Mandalay,31/12/91 47. U Nine Nine Pazundaung,Rangoon,30/12/91 48. U Hla Tun Kyemyindin,Rangoon,02/01/92 49. U Tha Sai Twante-1,Rangoon,02/01/92 50. U Myint Kyi Katha,Sagaing,02/01/92 51. Dr Myint Naing,Kantbalu-2, Sagaing,02/01/92 52. U Thaung Myint,Khin-U-2,Sagaing,06/01/92 53. U Thein Tun Thegon,Pegu,06/01/92 54. U Aung San Myint Myaing-1,Magwe,06/01/92 55. Daw Ohn Kyi Myttha-1,Mandalay,06/01/92 56. U Mg Mg Myint,Yemethin-1,Mandalay,08/01/92 57. U Aung Kyi Nyunt,Chaungzon-1,Mon,08/01/92 58. U Khin Maung Kyi,Pauk-1, Magwe,09/01/92 59. U Saw Chit Than,Paan-1,Karen,09/01/92 60. U Hla Pe Longlon-1,Tenessarim,09/04/92 61. U Tin Aye NE.Mandalay-2,Mandalay,09/04/92 62. U Khin Maung Tun,Hmawbe-2,Rangoon,09/04/92 63. Col.Thiha Thuya Soe Thein,Sagaing-1,Sagaing, 11/04/92 64. U Khin Maung Win Oktwin,Pegu,11/04/92 65. U Ohn Maung Yawnghwe-2,Shan,11/04/92 66. U Maung Maung,Yekyi-2,Irrawaddy,11/04/92 67. U Teddy Budi,Loikaw-2,Kayah,Unknown 68. U Mg Mg Latt,Belin-1,Mon,Unknown NB, We did not include the MPs who were dismissed by NLD. D. The list of the Elected MPs from NLD still under detention No. Name Constituency,State/Division,Date of Imprisonment,Sentence 1. U Tin Aung Aung,NW,Mandalay-1,Mandalay, 00/11/90,25yrs 2. U Win Hlaing,Tatkon-2,Mandalay,24/10/90, 7 or 10yrs 3. U Ohn Kyaing,SE,Mandalay-2,Mandalay, 07/09/90,7+10=17yrs 4. Dr Zaw Myint Maung,Amarapura-1,Mandalay, 00/11/90,25yrs 5. Dr Myint Naing,Kantbalu-2,Sagaing, 0/10/90,25yrs 6. U Naing Naing,Pazundaung,Rangoon, 25/10/90,10yrs 7. U Hla Tun,Kyimyindine,Rangoon,00/10/90, 25yrs 8. U Mya Win,Ingapu-1,Irrawaddy,00/10/90, 25yrs 9. Dr Zaw Myint Heinzata-2,Irrawaddy, 00/10/90,25yrs 10. U Sein Hla Oo,Insein-2,Rangoon, 01/05/92 11. U Khin Mg Swe,Sanchaung,Rangoon, 01/05/92 12. U Kyi Myint Latha,Rangoon,11/08/93 13. U Saw Win Htilin,Magwe 14. U Kyaw Min Bassein west-2,Irrawaddy, 21/05/96 15. U Soe Thein Waw-2,Pegu,21/05/96 16. Khun Myint Tun,Thaton-2,Mon, 00/05/96,7yrs 17. U Do Htaung Kalay-1,Sagaing, 00/05/96,7yrs 18. Dr Aye Zan Kyeikhto-2,Mon 19. U Kyaw Khin Taunggyi-1,Shan 20. U Chit Htwe Myothit-2,Magwe 21. Dr Myo Nyunt,Dedaye-1,Irrawaddy 22. Dr Aung Khin Sint,Minglataungnyunt-1, Rangoon,23/07/96 23. U Hla Myint Maubin-2,Irrawaddy 24. U Kyaw Myint,Zalun-1,Irrawaddy 25. U Min Swe Pyapon-2,Irrawaddy, 28/10/96 26. U San Myint Laymyethna-2,Irrawaddy 27. U Tin Aung Wakema-1,Irrawaddy 28. Dr Tin Min Htut,Pantanaw-1,Irrawaddy 29. U Hla Min Kawthoung,Tenassarim, 19/11/96 30. Dr Than Aung,Mingalataungnyunt-2,Rangoon, 21/02/97 31. U Thein Zan Aunglan,Pegu,24/02/97 E. MPs in Exile No. Name Constituency,State/Division, Engagement,Base 1. Dr Sein Win Paykhaung,Pegu,NCGUB,PM,USA 2. U Teddyburi Loikaw-2,Kayah,NCGUB,PMO, Thailand 3. Dr Tint Swe Pale-2, Sagaing,NCGUB,PMO, India 4. U Bo Hla Tint,Mogok-2,Mandalay,NCGUB, Finance,USA 5. U Thein Oo SW,Mandalay-2,Mandalay, NCGUB,Justice,Thailand 6. U Maung Maung Aye,NE.Mandalay-1, Mandalay, NCGUB, Information, Thailand 7. Khun Markoban,Pe-khon,Kayah,NCGUB,Federal affairs,Thailand 8. Dr Sann Aung Ingapur,Irrawaddy,NCGUB,Health & Education, Thailand 9. Dr Zahleithang,Falam-2,Chin,NCGUB, Social-Welfare,India 10. U Mg Mg Latt,Belin-1,Mon,NLD(LA), Thailand 11. U Thar Noe Yathe-Daung,Araken,NCGUB, Labour,India 12. U Than Sein Pale-1,Sagaing,NLD(LA), India 13. U Bo Thaung Yinmabin-1,Sagaing,NLD (LA), India 14. U Hla Oo Kyauktada-1,Pegu,NCGUB/FTUB, Thailand 15. U Tun Oo Kyaukkyi,Pegu,NCGUB,Thailand 16. U Win Ko Ye-U-2,Sagaing,NCGUB, assassinated 17. U Hla Pe Pyawbwe-2,Mandalay,NCGUB, assassinated 18. U Peter Limpin,Pyinoolwin,Mandalay,NCGUB, USA 19. U Denial Aung,Minepyin,Shan,Burma Office, Australia 20. U Lian Uk Hakha,Chin,USA 21. U Than Kywe Shwedaung-1,Pegu,NCGUB, Surrendered 22. U Myint Aung,Kamma,Magwe,NCGUB, Surrendered 23. U Myint Maung,Einme-2,Irrawaddy,NCGUB Surrendered 24. U Kya Mya Moenyin-2,Kachin,Surrendered 25. U Mafansin Kawbude,Kachin,Surrendered 26. U Yaw Si Puta-O,Kachin,Surrendered 27. U Kyaw Maung,Moenyin-1,Kachin,Surrendered 28. U N Nan Gam Machanbaw,Kachin,Surrendered ************************************************** ANNOUNCEMENT: RADIO FREE BURMA July 9, 1997 From: "ausgeo@msn.com " The 6th July 97 program of the Radio Free Burma originally on 2NBC in Australia, is now available for real-time playback via Real Audio from Burma Song at This is a Burmese-language program featuring Burma news, views and music of Burma presented by Burmese now living in Australia. It will be appreciated any suggestion about program, Please sends E-mail to (ausgeo@msn.com ). 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