BurmaNet News, June 10, 2005

[Editor]

June 10, 2005 Issue # 2737

“It is clear that international opposition to the regime has lacked the
necessary strength of conviction. We urge you to do all you can to for
Aung San Suu Kyi's freedom and the freedom of her people.”
- from a letter presented to Britain’s PM Tony Blair by a delegation of
women as quoted in the Guardian, June 10, 2005


INSIDE BURMA
AFP: Myanmar court says NLD member died in custody of natural causes
DVB: Burma junta plans to “penetrate” and infiltrate the world
AFP: Myanmar rejects US report on human trafficking abuses
SHAN: Ex-ceasefire group offered militia status
Narinjara: Prisoners forced to work on road construction in Arakan
AFP: Myanmar gamblers turn to monk for winning numbers

ASEAN
Nation: ASEAN chair: Members express concern

INTERNATIONAL
Guardian: Blair urged to step up pressure for Suu Kyi's release
Irrawaddy: Burma still on money-laundering blacklist

LETTER / PRESS RELEASE
Guardian.co.uk: ‘We urge you to do all you can'

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INSIDE BURMA

June 10, Agence France Presse
Myanmar court says NLD member died in custody of natural causes

Yangon: A court in military-ruled Myanmar ruled Friday that the mysterious
death of a member of the main opposition party in custody was because of
his chronic liver illness and not from interrogation.

Aung Hlaing Win, believed to be about 30 years old and a youth member of
the National League for Democracy (NLD), disappeared on May 1 and died in
unknown circumstances the following week, according to the opposition
party.

The NLD, headed by detained pro-democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung
San Suu Kyi, criticised the junta for not adequately explaining his death
and filed a complaint against the commander of the police station where he
died.

Anti-Yangon exile groups had maintained Aung Hlaing Win died in the
regime's custody after unknown agents abducted him from a food stall in
downtown Yangon.

The Mayangon township court's ruling confirmed for the first time that
Aung Hlaing Win died while in custody.

The court heard a doctor's inspection found Aung Hlaing Win's body showed
24 injuries including bruises, NLD lawyer Aung Thein told AFP.

"The court said the cause of death was his chronic illness, of liver
failure, and not because of injuries by interrogators," the lawyer said.

The court also declined to take questions from Aung Hlain Win's wife, Hinn
Sandar, such as why the family was never told how he died.

"We will help his wife as she plans to make further complaints to a higher
court to find out what happened to her husband, step-by-step," Aung Thein
said.

Aung Hlaing Win's family was told of the death on May 10 by junta
officials, who said the body had already been cremated, NLD spokesman U
Lwin told AFP in May.

The Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma reported that the commander of
an interrogation centre had notified relatives that Aung Hlaing Win died
of a heart attack during interrogation on May 7 and was buried two days
later.

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June 9, Democratic Voice of Burma
Burma junta plans to “penetrate” and infiltrate the world

The henchmen of Burma’s military junta, State Peace and Development
Council (SPDC), are planning to systematically “penetrate” and infiltrate
diplomatic and pro-democracy Burmese communities in the United States,
Europe, Australia and Asia. The henchmen of SPDC chairman Gen Than Shwe
have been assigned to “penetrate” the US and Europe, and the vice-chairman
Gen Maung Aye’s men, Australia and Asia, according to sources close to
Rangoon military HQs. Brig Gen Than Tun, the SPDC ambassador to Italy is
taking the “penetrating” duties in Europe and Brig Gen Thet Win is to be
in charge of Australia. Than Tun carried out his military duties as a
captain when Than Shwe was the commander of Brigade – 88 and became
acquainted with him. Similarly, Thet Win came to know Maung Aye at a
military academy. Both of them are said to have seasoned diplomatic
experiences and extremely loyal to the ruling generals.

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June 10, Agence France Presse
Myanmar rejects US report on human trafficking abuses

Yangon: Myanmar's junta Friday rejected a US State Department report as
"lacking in objectivity" for placing this military-ruled country among the
worst human trafficking violators in Asia.

"Myanmar does not condone the practice of trafficking in persons and is
constantly striving to overcome the pernicious practice," read the lengthy
headline dominating the front page of the official New Light of Myanmar
newspaper.

The paper printed a Foreign Ministry statement dated June 9, which
highlighted the junta's efforts to combat trafficking.

A special committee formed in July 2002 had reviewed 474 cases of human
trafficking, it said. Action had been taken against 500 violators and more
than 2,600 victims had been rescued by the end of 2004, the statement
said.

"It is therefore regrettable that the United States Department of State
has turned a blind eye to the firm determination demonstrated by Myanmar
in eradicating the problem of trafficking in persons and the progress
achieved so far," the statement added.

"The report lacks objectivity and does not inspire greater action against
human trafficking."

Myanmar was working with Cambodia, Laos and Thailand to combat
trafficking, and had signed an agreement with Australia to fight the
practice, it said.

In its annual report on human trafficking, the US State Department listed
Myanmar with North Korea and Cambodia as Asia's worst offenders, a problem
it said was fueled by the junta's use of forced labor.

"The government of Burma does not fully comply with the minimum standards
for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts
to do so," it said, using the country's former name.

"While Burma has made improved efforts to combat trafficking for sexual
exploitation, significant state-sanctioned use (especially by the
military) of forced labor continued."

Countries like Myanmar on the department's list of worst offenders could
face sanctions if they don't improve their records, but Myanmar is already
under stringent US sanctions imposed over its human rights record and its
suppression of the pro-democracy opposition.

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June 10, Shan Herald Agency for News
Ex-ceasefire group offered militia status – Hawkeye

Former units of the Shan State National Army that had been forced to
surrender during the past two months have been permitted to set up local
militia forces, according to sources in northern Shan State.

On 15 May, Ganna, ex-commander of the SSNA's 11th Brigade who surrendered
in Hsenwi a month earlier, was told by Maj-Gen Myint Hlaing, Commander of
Lashio-based Northeastern Region Command, that the Burma Army would like
him to form a 60-men militia force "for your own personal security and to
assist the Army in defending the area."

In addition, he would be authorized to engage in business enterprises.

Koongkhurh, another former commander of the SSNA's 19th Brigade, who
surrendered on 20 May, was reportedly offered the same terms, which he
accepted "with alacrity'. "Koongkhurh will be working together with Bo Mon
of the neighboring Manparng militia," said a ceasefire source. "He has
also set up a business firm called Nyein Chan Paw Lwin. What remains is to
have it officially registered."

As for Ganna, he had politely but firmly declined the offer, saying he had
left his warlike life behind him when he "exchanged (his) arms for peace,"
the junta euphemism meaning 'surrender'. "He knows the Army wants to use
him against his former comrades who have resumed the armed struggle," said
a family friend, "and he simply wants to steer himself clear of it."

Meanwhile, Myint Hlaing was upset by the surrender of a mere 20-fighters
from the SSNA's Namtu-based 6th Brigade. "Most of them were drug addicts
and cast-offs from the Sixth," said a ceasefire source, "and the arms they
carried were already unserviceable."

It is not known what the regional commander plans to do next with the
Sixth. According to previous reports, he had threatened to relocate the 30
villages in the 6th Brigade's area unless it complied with his demand to
surrender.

The SSNA's ally, Shan State Army "North", has also been given notice to
make preparations for the eventual "exchange of arms for peace", according
to SSA sources. "Myint Hlaing had sent a special invitation to Col
Parngfah, whose brigade, the First, is the strongest among the SSA's three
existing brigades, for his presence at a meeting in Lashio," said one.
"But somehow he was unable to make it. Which we heard had galled the
regional commander much."

Thus far, the Hsengkeow headquarters of the SSA "North" is left alone by
the Burma Army, according to the sources.

The SSNA, with which the SSA "North" had formed the Shan State Peace
Council in 1996, had since 21 May announced a merger with the anti-Rangoon
SSA "South" of Col Yawdserk. The Council's chairman Maj-Gen Hso Ten is
being detained at Rangoon's Insein Prison together with Hkun Htun Oo,
leader of Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, the Shan State's
largest political party.

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June 10, Narinjara News
Prisoners forced to work on road construction in Arakan

Kyauk Pru: About 300 prisoners have been forced to work by Burmese
authorities on the construction of the Rangoon-Kyauk Pru road.  They have
been working on the road since the beginning of this summer, said a monk
living in the area.

The work site is located near Paday Kyung village in Kyauk Pru Township, a
district of Rambree Island in Arakan state.  One platoon of the Burmese
army, Light Infantry Battalion 34, is strictly guarding the prisoners.

The prisoners typically work at t he road construction site at least 12
hours a day, in two shifts.  The first work shift is from 6 am to 12 pm,
the second shift is from 1 pm to 6 pm, the monk said.

As the Burmese government is intending to complete the motor-way between
Rangoon and Kyauk Pru within this year, many workers are needed by the
authority for the construction.

For this reason, the prisoners were brought out to work as day laborers. 
The majority of the prisoners are reportedly from Akyab and Kyauk Pru
jails.

According to local sources, 4 prisoners died at Kyauk Pru hospital
recently, after falling sick due to fatigue.  There is reportedly an
insufficient supply of food and drinking water being provided for the
prisoners.

Currently, the Burmese authorities forcibly use prisoners for labor in
many sectors, including as military porters at the front lines, day
laborers on shrimp farms and as road construction workers, said one
prisoner who was recently released from jail.

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June 10, Agence France Presse
Myanmar gamblers turn to monk for winning numbers

Hmawbi: For two years, Mya Mya has diligently made an arduous weekly
journey to this small town outside Yangon hoping to change her life, her
luck and her fortune in a popular game of chance.

"I have been making the trip regularly for two years now and shall
continue to do so until I hit the jackpot, which I'm sure I will," Mya Mya
tells AFP with a voice full of hope.

Mya Mya's destination is not a secret gambling den, but a once-obscure
Buddhist monastery where the residing monk has earned fame for predicting
winning numbers in a pervasive game of chance run by illegal bookmakers
and based on the Thai stock exchange.

Winners must guess the last digits of the closing price and the value of
trade at either the mid-day level or the market's close. The numbers are
broadcast by satellite on the Thai television network iTV.

Twice a day during weekdays people gather eagerly in front of televisions
at home or at tea shops to watch the changing values of the Thai stock
market.

"Sets of numbers from 00 and 99 are uppermost on the minds of everyone be
it on the streets, at market-places, in restaurants or government offices
from dawn to dusk," one observer notes.

In this military-ruled country where gambling is illegal, this is the
closest thing Myanmar has to a lottery. The game has a huge following
among rich and poor alike, attracted by the two chances to win every
business day, and a hefty 75 times return on bets.

Hundreds of people, many of them middle-aged women, have set their hopes
on Buddhist monks throughout the country who claim to possess the gift of
successfully predicting winning numbers.

"Sunday is very crowded, so I don't want to be here," says Mya Mya, a
housewife aged in her 40s.

Up to 300 people flock to the temple on Sundays in hopes of finding some
luck, but Mya Mya visits the monastery only on weekdays, when she and the
other four women in her group were among the only people there.

Mya Mya came with a group of like-minded women by bus to the dirt track
that leads to the monastery, where they climbed onto a waiting
tractor-trailer for the slow half-mile trip to see the monk.

Two of the women in the group are obviously wealthy, dressed in fine
clothes and wearing necklaces, earrings and bracelets made of gold, quite
in contrast to Mya Mya's single pair of fake ruby earrings.

Some of the women carry fruit baskets and sweet cakes in plastic bags as
offerings for the monk.

Although they come from vastly different backgrounds, they have only one
objective -- to receive first hand the set of lucky numbers for the
following week which the monk, who they call Sayadaw, was expected to
reveal.

"I rushed here without preparing a meal for my kids, hoping my luck will
change this time around and I will get hold of sure-bet numbers," Mya Mya
says.

With schools about to reopen after the summer holidays, Mya Mya says she
desperately needs extra cash to for her children's school fees.

Once at the monastery, Mya Mya and her companions make a hurried obeisance
to Buddha statues and scurry off to a space where a 21-inch television,
powered by a generator, stands conspicuously.

They then write down the monk's words chalked on a board before settling
down for the expected sermon by the venerated Sayadaw, when they hope he
will deliver the lucky numbers.

Gambling in any form is illegal and totally prohibited in this
predominantly Buddhist nation but this has hardly deterred millions of
people from trying their luck with this particular double-digit game of
chance.

A recent issue of the weekly Crime News, published by the Myanmar Police
Force, noted the increased rate of gambling in the country despite
frequent crackdowns under a harsh gambling act that punishes punters with
up to six months in prison.

Such stiff penalties force discretion, so bookies visit markets and even
call on offices to take the bets, which start at 25 kyat (about two US
cents).

One well-known writer, who asks for anonymity but who follows trends in
Myanmar closely, says gambling in the country has increased in recent
years as the gap between the haves and the have-nots grows.

"In my experience, people gamble for two reasons, to seek relief from
boredom or because of dire economic straits," he says.

Whatever the reason may be, millions of kyats are won and lost everyday,
he estimates.

Mya Mya and her companions wait about two hours at the temple when a man
informs them that Sayadaw was regrettably unable to see visitors that day
and that they should try to pick the lucky numbers from his words written
on the board.

The message on the board refers to making donations to buy bricks to build
a new pagoda.

The women check their notes against the words on the board again to make
sure they have not left anything out and head back for the slow journey
home.

None of women seem upset by their failure to see monk. They immediately
start planning the next week's trip back to the monastery.

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ASEAN

June 10, The Nation
ASEAN chair: Members express concern - Supalak Ganjanakhundee

No demands made, but junta warned of consequences if it decides to lead

Kuala Lumpur: Asean ministers yesterday expressed their desire to see
military-ruled Burma forego the rotating chairmanship of the regional
grouping but fell short of making an outright demand.

Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said Asean respected Burmese
sovereignty and its right to make its own decision.

“But it’s also our duty to inform them [the junta] of the feelings of each
Asean country,” he said.

Syed’s opinion echoed that of Singapore’s Foreign Minister, George Yeo,
who was reported in yesterday’s edition of the Financial Times as saying
Rangoon should forgo its chairmanship of the Asean grouping next year
because of international concerns over its human rights record.

The US and the EU have threatened to boycott high-level meetings with the
10-member regional grouping if Burma takes the rotating chairmanship
without making progress on human rights, including freeing opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

In a Financial Times article, Yeo said Asean foreign ministers agreed at a
meeting in April that the organisation should not take away the
chairmanship from any country, but Burma had assured the grouping it would
take Asean’s interest into account.

“Asean foreign ministers took this to mean that Myanmar [Burma] would
voluntarily forgo its turn to chair. This would be a good solution,” wrote
Yeo. His office refused to elaborate.

Officially, Asean would like to see Rangoon make a unilateral decision on
forgoing the chairmanship, but efforts have been made behind the scenes to
persuade Rangoon to do so.

In a related development, US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday
blasted Thailand, along with India and China, for perpetuating the
military regime in Burma.

“There will be no basic improvement in the political situation and
human-rights situation in Burma until the Thai government and Thai Army
change their policy to consistently support the foreign [economic
sanctions] efforts, democratisation efforts and the protection of human
rights,” said Brad Adams, executive director of HRW’s Asia division.

Separately, a senior US treasury official was quoted by Reuters yesterday
as saying that Burma would remain blacklisted by the global authority
combating money laundering and terrorist financing unless its laws met
international standards and were implemented effectively.

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INTERNATIONAL

June 10, Guardian
Blair urged to step up pressure for Suu Kyi's release - Mark Oliver and
agencies

Actress Prunella Scales, comedian Jo Brand and Glenys Kinnock MEP today
called on Tony Blair to exert more pressure for the release of the Burmese
pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi.

The three were in a delegation of eight women - also including the editor
of Marie Claire magazine, Marie O'Riordan and Vera Baird, the Labour MP
for Redcar - that met the prime minister at Downing Street.

Ms Suu Kyi, the general secretary of the National League for Democracy in
Burma, has been in and out of detention since 1989, and has become a
global icon of democracy for her non-violent struggle against the
country's military junta.

Her current period of house arrest began in May 2003 after the regime's
militia attacked her convoy and killed up to 100 of her supporters.

Campaigners for her release say she leads an isolated existence with no
visitors or phone line, that her post is always intercepted, and that
armed guards keep watch on her.

The Burma Campaign UK organised today's Downing Street visit to urge Mr
Blair to take more action to secure Ms Suu Kyi's release. It was part of
international campaigning ahead of her 60th birthday on June 19.

According to the group, imports from Burma have more than tripled since Mr
Blair came to power in 1997.

There have been calls for the UN security council to face up to Chinese
pressure to hold a full debate about the situation in Burma and consider
action including a ban on new investment and the exports that provide the
regime with most of its income.

In December last year, the US called for Ms Suu Kyi to be released after
it emerged that her period of house arrest was to be extended.

Mrs Kinnock - who led the group and delivered a letter to Mr Blair - said
before the meeting: "Aung San Suu Kyi stands firm against one of the most
brutal dictatorships in the world, and strikes fear into their hearts.

"On June 19, she will spend her 60th birthday in her home with no
visitors, no telephone line and guarded by barbed wire and armed patrols.

"The world has stood idly by for too long - it is time for action. Unless
there is concerted pressure on the regime, Aung San Suu Kyi could spend
the rest of her life in detention. The prime minister will have to use his
influence to secure the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political
prisoners in Burma."

Brand said Ms Suu Kyi was a "brave and determined woman" who was "taking
on one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world". "She has asked for
our support, and she must get it," she said.

Ms Suu Kyi, the daughter of the late Burmese nationalist leader, General
Aung San, was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1991.

She lived abroad for much of her early life, studying at Oxford
University, but returned to Burma to care for her ailing mother in 1988.
She became involved with the campaign for democracy, and the military
junta called general elections in 1990.

Ms Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party won the election, and she
should have become prime minister. However, the military refused to hand
over power and nullified the result. Her earlier periods of house arrest
were between 1989 and 1995 and 2000 and 2002.

Her late husband, the British lecturer Michael Aris, was diagnosed with
prostate cancer in 1997. The Burmese government denied him an entry visa
and Ms Suu Kyi remained in Burma, not meeting him again before he died in
1999. She continues to be separated from their children in the UK.

A report by Human Rights Watch, published yesterday, said Burma's military
continued to kill, rape and conscript impoverished ethnic Karen villagers.

The New York-based organisation urged the junta to allow humanitarian
agencies unfettered access to villagers who had been forced to flee by
troops pursuing rebels through the jungles of eastern Karen State, which
borders Thailand.

Karen guerrillas have been fighting for independence from Burma for more
than five decades. Peace talks began in 2003 and later reached a
provisional truce, but sporadic fighting has continued.

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June 10, Irrawaddy
Burma still on money-laundering blacklist - Clive Parker

Burma has been kept on a blacklist of countries that fail to cooperate in
fighting money laundering, a world financial watchdog said in its annual
report on Friday.

The Financial Action Task Force, an organization based in Paris, kept
Burma on its list for the forth consecutive year in a decision announced
on the final day of a meeting in Singapore on Friday. Nigeria and Nauru
were the only other countries placed in the same category as Burma.

“All jurisdictions unwilling to respond to requests or having laws or
regulations prohibiting international exchange of information between
judicial authorities were placed on the non-cooperative countries or
territories list,” the FATF said in its report.

The announcement will likely anger the junta which believes it has made
progress in fighting the illegal flow of money in Burma. The FATF
recognized these measures in its annual report, saying: “It is noteworthy
that these countries [those blacklisted] have enacted substantial
anti-money laundering reforms.”

The Burmese government introduced a Control of Money Laundering Law in
2002 after it was originally placed on the blacklist. However, the FATF
deemed the legislation insufficient and imposed counter-measures in 2003,
effectively increasing the financial warning against Burma.

Shortly afterwards, the Burmese government set up an investigative body to
look into the alleged illegal activities of two Burmese banks: Asia Wealth
Bank and Myanmar Mayflower Bank. Both were accused by the US of laundering
profits from Burma’s opium trade, despite original denials from the banks
themselves and the Burmese government.

Burma’s Ministry of Finance and Revenue, however, announced a ban on their
operations in April. The junta also plans to sign an anti-money laundering
memorandum of understanding with neighboring Thailand later this month
that it hopes will further combat the problem.

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LETTER / PRESS RELEASE

June 10, Guardian.co.uk
‘We urge you to do all you can'

A letter delivered to the prime minister today by Glenys Kinnock MEP, Jo
Brand, Prunella Scales and others supporting the Burma Campaign UK's
efforts to secure the release of Burmese pro-democracy campaigner Aung San
Suu Kyi

Dear prime minister,

Not long before your 1997 election victory, you wrote a personal letter to
Burmese pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi.
In that letter you invited her to Labour's pre-election party conference.
You said: "While I appreciate the difficulties that you may have in
leaving Burma, we would be greatly honoured if you were able to attend.
The Labour party has been a consistent supporter of the Burmese democracy
movement. And we have been deeply impressed by your own personal role as
leader of that movement. Your courage and dignity have been an inspiration
to democrats everywhere." She was unable to attend then and she would be
unable to attend now.

Unfortunately, the years have passed and Aung San Suu Kyi's struggle
against one of the worst tyrannies of our time continues. Today her
conviction remains unwavering despite the depth of personal sacrifice she
has had to endure. For this reason, many around the world see her as
Asia's Mandela. Her incredible story speaks for itself.

Her charisma and leadership carried her party, the National League for
Democracy (NLD), to an internationally unprecedented landslide in Burma's
1990 election. The NLD won 82% of the seats, and if you add the other
democratic parties allied to the NLD, the figure rises to 91%. There can
be no doubt as to the singular and categorical rejection the people of
Burma gave to the country's ruling military. The regime has never honoured
the result, and widespread and systematic persecution of Burma's democrats
and Burma's people has continued ever since.

Aung San Suu Kyi's personal struggle has been as epic as the tumultuous
history of Burma's national politics. She has been separated from her
family for most of the last 16 years. Her husband, British academic
Michael Aris, was denied a visa and a final farewell to his wife, as he
struggled the last months of his life against cancer. In May 2003, during
a brief period of freedom, her motorcade was attacked by the regime's
militia. Her unarmed supporters were attacked with clubs and iron rods.
Women were stripped naked and beaten to the ground. Up to a hundred were
thought to have been killed in the massacre. Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested
once again and has been in detention ever since. The periods of detention
she has now endured add up to almost 10 years of captivity. She will be
spending her 60th birthday on June 19th surrounded by armed soldiers, her
phone cut, denied visitors, in what can only be described as solitary
confinement.

You start to understand why she will not yield to this regime when you
look at the nature of its rule. A regime incompetent in every aspect of
government is efficient in just one department - the administration of
brutality. Its record includes: rape as a weapon of war against ethnic
women and children; forcing millions into slave labour, described by the
International Labour Organisation (ILO) as a 'crime against humanity'; the
detention of 1,350 political prisoners, many of whom are routinely
tortured; between 600,000 and one million internally displaced people
forced from their lands; and the conscription of more child soldiers than
any other country in the world.

In an interview, she was questioned about her detention. She replied, that
she has never considered herself a prisoner, and pointing to her head
explained "because I have always been free here". She has always insisted
that she has made no sacrifices, but instead made choices of her own free
will. And whenever asked about the difficulties she has faced, has
redirected attention onto her colleagues languishing in Burma's prisons
and the families across that land that have been wrenched apart by the
military dictatorship.

Prime minister, you rightfully recognised the importance of Aung San Suu
Kyi not only as a remarkable democrat, but as an inspiration to democrats
around the world. If we are truly committed to the cause of liberty, we
must give it much greater backing. Surely we must do all that we possibly
can for those at the front line in the struggle for justice against
tyranny. And if there is one person at the moment that symbolises that
struggle for millions around the world, it is a Burmese woman whose voice
is not silenced by an army, whose determination is unconstrained by
violence and whose stand we have yet to give the support it deserves.
Prime minister, you ended your letter to Aung San Suu Kyi saying: "We hope
that growing international opposition to the Burmese regime will
strengthen your position and bring an early restoration of democratic
government." It is clear that international opposition to the regime has
lacked the necessary strength of conviction. We urge you to do all you can
to for Aung San Suu Kyi's freedom and the freedom of her people.

Yours sincerely,

Glenys Kinnock MEP,
Vera Baird MP,
Khin Wynn Nwe,
Prunella Scales,
Marie O'Riordan,
Jo Brand,
Nita Yin Yin May,
Anna Roberts