Japan, Interpol help Burma on blast

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Japan, Interpol help Burma on blast probe

The Kathmandu Post 2.7.1997
Rangoon, July 1(AFP)-
Japanese police and Interpol are cooperating with Burma in investigating an
April parcel bomb attack at thet home of a top Rangoon general, a senior
military intelligence official said. 
Colonel Kyaw Thein told a news briefing Monday that a delegation from Japan
was "recently" in Burma to help probe the blast which killed the elder
daughter of army chief of staff, Lieutent General Tin Oo.  Kyaw Thein said
the delegation "exchanged information" with Burmese military intelligence,
but he didi not provide any further details.  Burma's rulingjunta has blamed
exiled Burmese opposition groups for carrying out the parcel-bomb attack,
saying the package had been posted from Japan.
On Friday the chief of military intelligence, Lieutenant-General Khin
Nyunt, accused the prime minister of exiled National Coaliation
Government of the Union of Burma(NCGUB), Sein Win, of masterminding the
attack .
On Tuesday, Kyaw Thein repeated Khin Nyunt's accusation that the United
States was actively funding anti-junta "terriost" groups.
Oppositoin groups, including the NCGUB, receives funding through the more
than two milion dollars allocated annually by Washington to promote
democracy and human rights in Burma.