Myanmar junta says Aung San Suu Kyi (r)

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The Burma Citizenship Law (Pyithu Hluttaw Law No. 4 of 1982) states:


15. 	(a) A citizen shall not lose his citizenship merely by marriage to a
foreigner;

 ......

16.  A citizen who leaves the State permanently, or who acquired the
citizenship of or registers himself as the citizen of another country, or
who takes out a passport or a similar certificate of another country ceases
to be a citizen.

17.  The citizenship of a citizen by birth shall not be revoked, except in
the case of cessation of citizenship under section 16.  				

[Source: "Working People's Daily" Special Supplement, 16 October 1982]



At 19:44 15/09/98, you wrote:
>Myanmar junta says Aung San Suu Kyi same as a child abuser
>
>Tue 15 Sep 98 - 10:46 GMT
>
>YANGON, Sept 15 (AFP) - Myanmar's junta Tuesday stepped up its propaganda
>assault on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, accusing her of tax evasion
>and likening her to a child abuser.
>
>The official media maintained the Nobel peace laureate was a "foreigner,"
>despite denials by London's embassy here she had ever held British
>citizenship, and cited her marriage to Briton Micheal Aris as evidence she
>was not committed to Myanmar.
>
>"It would amount to just watching troubled people with folded arms and
>neglecting their trouble if the government continues to forgive foreigner
>Daw (honorific) Aung San Suu Kyi, alias Mrs. Michael Villiancourt Aris,"
>said a commentary signed by "a parent" in the New Light of Myanmar daily.
>"In other words, it would be rather like the parents watching a stranger
>persecuting their children in their own home," the commentary in the
>English-language daily added.
>
>A separate commentary in the same newspaper accused the National League for
>Democracy (NLD) leader of tax evasion, charging she paid taxes in Britain
>but not in Myanmar, were she has lived since 1988, although under house
>arrest from 1989 to 1995.
>
>"Why has the so-called general secretary of the National League for
>Democracy paid income tax to the British
>government instead of the Myanmar government?," it asked.
>
>The commentary then wrote about a supposed discussion between the
>commentator and a friend who was a tax official. "I would like to know what
>provisions are in force on taxation since the lady, or so-called party
>leader, in our country is paying income tax to another country without
>paying ours."
>
>The writer's friend advised Aung San Suu Kyi was a Myanmar citizen under law
>but was failing to met her tax
>obligations, the commentary said.
>
>"...if she pays the income tax to to the British government instead of
>paying to the Myanmar government, then she feels herself to be a British
>subject, although she may be a Myanmar citizen under law."
>
>The tax official then went on to accuse Aung San Suu Kyi of breaching
>several tax and currency laws and saying she had received more than one
>million dollars in honorariums including the Nobel award.
>
>"This is a case in which severe action has to be taken according to law.
>Maybe it is because of certain reasons, the higher authorities have forgiven
>her.
>
>"But it will get worse with the passage of time."
>
>The commentator responded: "The way she is behaving is tantamount to
>infringing the law, and she is rather
>irresponsible and shameless in terms of moral conduct and dignity of a
>Myanmar citizen."
>
>The junta has repeatedly claimed Aung San Suu Kyi's marriage to a Briton
>meant she was no longer a Myanmar national and has intensified its campaign
>in recent days.
>
>The junta has effectively thwarted plans by the opposition to convene a
>parliament this month by detaining most of its members, according to foreign
>diplomats.
>
>The NLD claims more than 700 members and supporters have been detained over
>the last week, but some foreign envoys said fewer than 200 detentions had
>been confirmed.
>
>The opposition won 1990 polls by a landslide, but the junta has refused to
>relinquish power.
>
>
>)AFP 1998
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