Protest to Foreign Minister Win Aun (r)

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Subject: Re: Protest to Foreign Minister Win Aung  At Asia Society

Since the year-long well planned 9999 project was not successful to agigate 
the people inside Myanmar, the only thing the activists have to do is this 
kind of works. The only thig for the activists to consider is whether their 
work benefit our country and our people or not. As long as you Burmese 
activists  convince this kind of work benefits our country, continue to do 
it. One day when you realize that your work do not produce any good outcome 
for our country, you are warmly welcome by our mother land and our people of 
1999 to work hand in hand with you, I hope.

ok


In a message dated 9/26/99 8:36:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
kokomaung@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< Protest to Foreign Minister Win Aung at Asia Society
 
 
 Win Aung Go Home!  Win Aung Liar! Free Burma Now!  Free Rachel now! Free 
 James  Mawdsley Now!.Synchronized chanting of dissident's voice filled in 
 the air of busy Mahattan Street in the morning of 24th September at 8 am. A 
 group of dissidents carrying placards, banner emblemed with fighting 
 peacock, gathered at the entrance of Asia Society building at 725 Park 
 Avenue in New York City. Earlier, one of the leaders of dissidents: Tin Win 
 Thein from Civil Society of Burma, went inside the building and confronted 
 the person responsible for admission to the event: Win Aung's speech " 
 Myanmar in next Millenium" and demanded to be admitted as he had registered 
 on 20th of this month. A person responsible is nobody other than David 
 Steinberg himself. Respondent of the speech and Director of Asia Studies at 
 Georgetown University in Washington. Steinberg firmly denied access stating 
 that there was no seat available for Burmese activists though it was 
 registered in advance.
 However, at the end of the event, one of the attendee said some of the seats 
 were empty in the hall which can accommodate more than fifty people.
 We are making demonstration against Foreign Minister Win Aung as a protest 
 to Military Regime, as a protest to his speech: nonsense lies to the people 
 around the world covering all the truth., as a protest against jailing of 
 Rachel  Goldwyn and James Mawdsley, and finally as a protest in support of 
 "Committee representing people's parliament (CRPP), says one activist who 
 did not want to mention his name.
 If the Win Aung 's well assisted and well planned tour-speech to New York's 
 Asia Society is a segment of propaganda machinery and a mission of marketing 
 Burma for next millenium, it was a disaster. Before the event started, 
 dissidents managed to distribute pamphlets showing records of Military 
 wrongdoing including gross human rights violation and arbitrary executions. 
 Questions directed to Foreign Minister after his speech showed that SPDC 
 could not make fool of the people around the world." There is no human 
 rights violation what so ever in Myanmar", Win Aung repeatedly says the 
 joke, at the same time denying any mass grave inside Burma. "One day you 
 might well be accountable for war crime" says academic from Columbia 
 University School of International Public affairs to Win Aung. "He is 
 smooth, very much better than his predecessor although he tries to cover 
 true facts", admits Assistant Dean from prestigious University. While 
 Foreign Minister was in full speed delivering his speech, one thing he did 
 not know was American public in the whole United States were informed with 
 true facts when National Public Radio (Pacific Radio), came on air about 
 Burma and briefly covering demonstration in live.
 
 Foreign Minister Win Aung 's mission impossible turned to mission 
 disgraceful when he finished the event and made his way to his limousine 
 surrounded by a group of smartly dressed young men seemed to be his body 
 guards from military intelligence. It was
 Evident by watching his body language. As soon as he came out of the 
 building, spontaneous burst of voices from dissidents transformed him red 
 face minister running to his car as fast as he can. He reminds me the 
 marathon runner of the last Olympic.
 
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