" 1. On 30 May 2003, hundreds of government-organised thugs carried out a well-organised and premeditated attack on members and supporters of the National League for Democracy, killing, according to eyewitness accounts, at least 70 people. Although this was but one of many atrocities committed by the Government of Myanmar against its citizens, it should be regarded with particular seriousness given the number of persons killed at one time, the extent to which the event appears to have been planned in advance with the conivance of the highest authorities, and because it directly targetted the embodiment of popular democractic aspirations in Myanmar, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. 2. In making this statement the Asian Legal Resource Centre concurs with the preliminary findings of the Ad Hoc Commission on the Depayin Massacre, presented on 25 June 2003. In its summary observations on the attack, the Ad Hoc Commission observed that:the attack was clearly premeditated and well-organised, as indicated by the following: a) Up to 5000 persons were brought to a remote rural location for the purpose of attacking the convoy. b) The attackers were all well-armed and located strategically at two killing sites. c) Before the motorcade arrived, local authorities threatened people living in nearby villages to stay indoors. d) The authorities systematically searched for and arrested survivors of the attack. 3. The attack is described by a number of eyewitneses, from whom the Ad Hoc Commission has collected affidavits, in the following terms:..."