Joint Action Committee for Dissiden

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     = Joint Action Committee for Dissident Burmese Students =
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Background on the formation 

In the year 1988, the country-wide pro-democracy movement in Burma broke
out.  After the coup d?etat of the military regime, the SLORC, thousands of
student activists left for Thai-Burma Border and started the student
movement there again with the name of All Burma Students? Democratic Front.  

For various reasons, many students of the 8-8-88 Generation have been
arriving at Bangkok, seeking the protection and assistance of UNHCR.  Some
students recognized by UNHCR as the political refugees were allowed to enter
the Burmese Students? Center (Safe Area).   They are legally permitted to
stay in Thailand by the Thai Ministry of Interior.  On the other hand, many
other students, that is,  the persons of concern, recognized border cases
and those who are under consideration of UNHCR, remained illegal in
Thailand, especially Bangkok.  

Now the Thai Government is cracking down the illegal immigrants and
deporting them back to the respective countries.  The problem was that the
political refugees in Thailand were sandwiched among the illegal workers.
Some of them were arrested, detained and deported back to Burma.  Those who
are deported back to Burma will surely be persecuted by the military regime.  

For the safety sake of those dissident Burmese students, the protection and
assistance are absolutely necessary.  To implement those purposes, the
student representatives formerly working in the various student regiments
and those from the student groups based in Bangkok unanimously decided to
form the "Joint Action Committee for Dissident Burmese Students". 

Objective

? To give protection and necessary assistance to the dissident Burmese
students now residing temporarily in Thailand

Joint Action Committee

Joint Action Committee was formed with the following representatives:

 1.	Than Lwin		(ABSDF Regiment # 7)
 2.	Ba Than 		(ABSDF Regiment # 101)		
 3.	Tin Wan 		(ABSDF Regiment # 101)
 4. 	Naing Htun		(ABSDF Regiment # 102)	
 5.	Phone Kyaw 		(ABSDF Regiment # 201)
 6.	Aung Kyaw Than	        (ABSDF Regiment # 201)
 7.	Myat Thiha		(ABSDF Regiment # 203)			
 8.	Htein Lin 		(ABSDF Regiment # 203)
 9.	Ba Hein Kyaw 	        (ABSDF Regiment # 203)
10.	Thet Naing Htun	        (ABSDF Regiment # 204/205)
11.	Htun Htun Oo	        (ABSDF Regiment # 204/205)
12.	Wai Linn		(ABSDF Regiment # 206)
13.	Kyaw Thet Oo, Dr.	(ABSDF Regiment # 207)
14.	Myo Khin		(ABSDF Regiment # 207)
15.	Win Htein		(ABSDF Regiment # 207)
16.  	Tin Win Ko		(ABSDF Regiment # 208)
17.	Aung Din		(ABSDF Regiment # 208)
18.	Kyaw Nee		(ABSDF Regiment # 210)
19.	Min Lwin		(ABSDF Regiment # 210)
20.	Zaw Lwin Oo		(ABSDF Regiment # 210)
21.	San Lwin		(ABSDF Regiment # 211)
22.	Aung Than Shwe	        (ABSDF Regiment # 216)
23.	Myint Hlaing 		(ABSDF Regiment # 216)
24.	Zaw Min Thu		(ABSDF Regiment # 601)
25.	Tike Kaung 		(ABSDF Regiment # 601)
26.	Kyaw Khaing		(ABSDF HQ)
27.	Aung Soe		(ABSDF Regiment # 101)		(BSA)
28.	Aung Myint Htun	        (ABSDF Regiment # 207)		(BSA)
29.	Maung Maung Maw	        (ONSOB)
30.	Kyaw Thet Aung	        (ONSOB)
31.	Min Naing		(ABBESU)
32.	Maung Maung	        (ABBESU)
33.	Daw Nan Kyar Myint	(NLD)
34.	U Kyee Myint 	        (NLD)
35.	Pho Htaung 		(PDF)
36.	Toe Kyi 		(PDF)



Representatives

Joint Action Committee for Dissident Burmese Students (Temporary)
Burmese Students? Center
Moo. 7, Ban Maneeloi, A. Paktho, 
Ratchburi 70140, Thailand

Date.  	March 1, 1998