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Rebuilding A Peaceful Chinland: Hope of A Chin Exile

14 December 2010: When I read the scripture text on the Jew's return

from the 70-year-long Babylonian captivity, I envision the picture of the

Chin refugees returning from all parts of the world to the God-given land

of Chin State in great numbers. I strongly hope there will be a day when

the deported Chin people will find their ways home to Chinland. There

will be time the runaways will be back as returnees.

Although the way the Chin people left our homeland differs from the


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way the people of Judah left their land, our status is the same as

theirsboth of us being exiles in a foreign country. The Jewish captives

were exiles and so are we. But our dissimilarity is that the Jews were

deported as captives whereas we are resettled as fugitives. Our captivity

also differs from the Jewish captivity. Whereas the Jews were captives

out of the country, we are captives in the country.

It is apparent that we are really captives in our own land. The entire

Chinland is in captivity with its people being deprived of liberty and

freedom. The whole Chinland is like a prison-house in which are the

people detained. The whole Chinland is like a door-locked chicken-house

in which the poultry are left starved with very little food over which they

are fighting one another for their lives' sake. The weaker chickens only

stare enviously at the stronger ones greedily gobbling up the little food.

In consequence, it is reasonable that the poor weaker fowls should be

struggling to get out of the house by any means. In the perspective of

situational ethics, Christian or secular, the weaker fowls are justifiable to

seek any possible way-out for their lives. They are just to fly out through

the window. They are fair to get out through the ceiling holes. It is not

guilty to create a way-out for an escape to freedom; for life is too

priceless to give up to the pitiless. Likewise, freedom is too precious to

entrust to the vicious. Loyalty is too invaluable to pay to the unreliable.

The situation of the Chin people is no better. The weaker poor people

are deprived of their livelihood by the stronger so-called elitesthe


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junta officers and their loyalists. I want to state my eye-witnessed

unpleasant incident which was a case in this point. During one summer

vacation while I was in Hakha, I planned to visit my native village. On

being informed that I would go to my village, my niece, a mother of

three children, kept a fattened hen for a dinner she planned to invite me

to. Looking forward to my arrival, the little children frequently asked

their mother, "Mum, when will uncle get to us?" It was not because they

longed to see me but rather because they longed to eat chicken. (An

average family in Chin State can hardly eat chicken once in two months.

As for my family of three personsmy mother, my niece and myself

we could eat two chickens in a period of six years when I was in Hakha.

That time, my salary was above the average person's monthly income.)

Regrettably, I delayed my travel to my village because of some reasons.

In the meantime, an army officer and his men came to my village, and

seized the fattened hen that the children longed to eat. Who ate the

chicken? The wildcatsso to saythe junta wildcats. Now the soldiers

ate up the children's meat. Thus they robbed the children's hope, joy,

potential and courage. In this way, the cruelly exploitation of the junta is

sapping the children of their energy, their courage, until they lose their

confidence. Consequently, these children lose their holistic rights of

humanity. They lose their healthiness, their physical development, their

psychological development, their intellectual development. Hence, they

lose the blessed life of abundance. As a result, they lose even their life

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The primary and central cause of all these problems is political chaos.

The aforesaid social ills are the effects of political injustice and

discrimination. The political iniquity is the original and central cause of

these problems. We face with many terrible encounters in three areas of

human lifepolitical, religious and economical.

Politically, the ethnic minorities in our country are suffering from bitter

racial discrimination, oppression and pressure by various means with the

purpose for Burmanization of the ethnic peoples; that is, they are forced

to spk urms only n onvrt to usm T junts unwrttn

policy towards the ethnic minorities is both preventive and repressive.

They create various means to block the development of the minority

languages and identities. When the military regime took power in 1988,

they eliminated the Lai language from the academic subjects in public

schools. It followed that, within a period of two decades, the Chin young

people can hardly read or write their own native language.

The Lai language is now in danger of extinction. We lose much of our

cultural values such as traditional dances, songs, folktales along with the

language which is the backbone of culture. Publication of books in

minority language is strictly prohibited on pain of three-year

imprisonment1. Literature works such as history, novels in Chin, are

required to be translated into Burmese before they are published. In this

way, we, the Chin ethnics, have been losing our own cultural elements

in our own land. We have almost lost our own identity, our uniqueness

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Religion is a major reason that invites severe antagonism, opposition

and oppression by the exclusive junta government. Simply on religious

and racial bases, the Christian Chin people are treated as secondary

citizens, given less opportunity for important posts in government offices.

T worst of t s t ovrnmnts lrtv ton nst ur

activities in all Chin State.

Wl wrtn ts rtl, I rll n vnt of t utorts prfrntland partial treatments on two of my villagers who came to stay at my

residence in the TABC Headquarters in Thantlang. They were from the

same village. They came together. They came with their own businesses.

The older man came to attend a Christian annual meeting whereas the

other was to attend the government-ornz Popls Mlt Trnn

courses. As they arrived at the gate of our headquarters, the man with

religious affair was arrested whereas the other young man, who was to

join the government-conducted militia training, was freed. The police

authorities attributed the curfew as the reason for the arrest, for my

guests arrived during the curfew hours. But this could not be a strong

reason, for they did not arrest the young man. This was a discriminative

and intentional act. This was a sign of their indifference to Christian

movements. This was a sign of their antagonism against Christianity; it

was a creation of a hindrance to the Christian activities. Their

discrimination was very evident between the two, who came from the

same village, arriving at the same time, in the same town, directing to

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basis of his religious business, while the other man with government

business was freed.

There are still other more instances of such cases in Chinland. Religious

meetings and assemblies are required to apply for permission from

regional military authorities. In the application, the name list of the

participants should be appended. The application should state who will

speak on which day and on which night. This is nothing but the creation

of a difficulty for our religious movements. This is a violation of religion

by t stt s rlon soul not ntrfr wt stts ffrs, t

state should not interfere with religious affairs. Besides, the junta not

only takes control over the church; but also intrudes into the internal

affairs of Church-related organizations. While I was serving as a lecturer

at a seminary, at every turn of each semester, the intelligence used to

examine our academic subjects. Once, we proposed to put Chin History

s n m sujt n t sools urrulum, ut r Cn

officers in the government offices argued against the proposal that it

might invite problems from the government.

However, in the mist of our hardships, God has heard the cries of the

Chin victims with the ears of UNHCR officers and many sympathetic

countries, who offer their helping hands to us. A great number of us will

hopefully be resettled to countries overflowing with milk and honey.

Tr w wll rv Gos lssns W wll lso suk t mlk of

education in various fields. We will be improved and filled up with novel

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transformed community. We will be a new community, a community of

God, a people of God, a people of righteousness, a people of love. We

will be like a company of bees, not like the butterflies that live

individually. We must not be like the butterflies that suck nectar for their

own enjoyment and do not bring anything home for their children, for

their fellows. We must be like the bees who diligently work in

cooperation for their companythe hivethat stores a lot of sweet

honey that signifies helpfulness and benevolence. With the various kinds

of blessings we will rebuild our land, our people. We will make our

Chinland a land on the hill, a city on the hill, and our people a people of

God, love and justice.

There is hope for the future that the gate of a peaceful Chinland may be

open to the expatriates. Then the recorded names of the returnees and

the contributors will be called out. When the roll is called then, our

names will be there in the list and we will be there.


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China loans Burma 2.4 billion dollars for gas pipeline project


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DECEMBER 13, 2010

tags: Burma, China Loan, gas pipeline project, Human Rights,Junta,

Myanmar, world focus on Burma

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Rangoon China has signed a 2.4-billion-dollar loan agreemen twithBurma to finance the construction of a natural gas pipeline between the

countries, media reports said Sunday.

The loan was inked between the China Develoment Bank Cooperation

and Burma Foreign Investment Bank on November 30 in Napyitaw, the

new capital, the Myanmar Times reported.The pipeline is to run from Rakhine State on the Burmese coast, site of

the Kyauk Phyu national gas project, to Yunnan province in southern

China.

T lon wll mnly for t nturl s projt n Kyuk Pyu, winvolves Myanmar, China, Korea and India, where Burma has 7.3 per

cent of the shares, s n onn, onom n ommrl

counselor of the Chinese embassy in Rangoon.

He said the loan would help bring speed up construction of the project.

Under the Burmar-China gas scheme, India is to help build a new port in

Sithwe, Rakhine, to handle gas from offshore reserves and China will

construct a 1,000-kilometre pipeline to deliver the gas overland to

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T nturl s from urm wll us for Yunnn provnsnustrl rqurmnts n for rsntl us, n tol tMyanmarTimes.

Military-run Burma currently exports more than 1 billion cubic feet of gas

(28 million cubic metres) a day of natural gas from its two offshore

projects in the Gulf of Marthaban to neighbouring Thailand via an

underwater and overland pipeline network.

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By KYAW ZWA MOEThursday, December 9, 2010

The year 2010 is ending and a new year is dawning. Could next year be

radically different from 2010 or previous years? The future is

unpredictable, but we can predict a few things to come based on the

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Kyaw Zwa Moe is managing editor of the Irrawaddy magazine. He can

be reached [email protected].

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January: Burma always greets the new year with a celebration of

Independence Day on Jan. 4. This year marks the 63rd anniversary, but

since1962, when the military staged a coup, the people have suffered

oppression under Socialist and military governments for decades.

January is unlikely to be politically dynamic, but the ruling government

will be making plans to finish its seven-step road map.

Now, plns r unrwy to mplmnt t two rmnn stps [toconvene a parliament and build 'a modern, developed democratic nation']

to n ovr Stt powr to t pul, junt Snr-Gen Than Shwes n s mss to t popl on t ountrys Ntonl y, wfell on Dec. 1, 2010.

February: This could be the last month for the State Peace and

Development Council (SPDC), the governing body of the ruling military

regime, if the generals feel secure enough to hand over power to a new

government. The 2008 Constitution says that the parliament is to be

held within 90 days after the Nov. 7 election. Feb. 5 is the deadline for

t ountrys frst prlmnt to onvn wt t nwly ltcandidates, which will then form a new government with the selection of

a president and two vice presidents.

By the time the new government is formed, the SPDC will be terminated.Should the Burmese people feel relieved that they are no longer under

military rule? You know who won in the last election: the Union

Solrty n vlopmnt Prty, t junts prty So, the answer isclear.

Will February mark the beginning of confrontations between the ruling

junta and the opposition groups? Shortly before the military regime held

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proposed to convene a second Panglong conference for national

reconciliation. Soon after Suu Kyi was released on Nov. 13, 109 people

comprised of veteran politicians and ethnic leaders gave her a mandate

to lead an effort to convene the conference. It was reportedly said that

the conference could be held on Feb. 12, which is the 64th anniversary

of Union Day, which was the day in 1947 that independence leader

Aung San, the father of Suu Kyi, and selected ethnic leaders signed the

Panglong agreement to gain independence from Britain.

The conference idea is good, but unrealistic, since it would lead to a

head-to-head confrontation between the government and oppositiongroups. If the idea is actually pursued, the regime would probably

launch a brutal crackdown on the opposition and ethnic groups. If that

happened, the current number of political prisoners (more than 2,100)

would soar, and Suu Kyi would again be detained. Surely, Suu Kyi and

ethnic leaders will not risk such a confrontation.

March: Burma is likely to have a new government if everything goes

smoothly in convening the parliament (though there is no time frame to

form a government after convening the parliament). The new

ovrnmnt wll nuurt nw nm for t ountry, t pulof t Unon of Mynmr, nn t urrnt nm t Unon ofMynmrIs it really new government? We could get a sign of that on March 13,

when Human Rights Day ceremonies will be held, marking the day whenPhone Maw, a Rangoon engineering university student, was killed by the

then Solst rms surty fors n 988 umn ts y wscreated by pro-mory roups to mrk Pon Mws t n salways been illegal in Burma.

The government will come out in full force on March 27 to celebrate

Tatmadaw Day (armed forces day) The new government, though it is

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Naypyidaw, along with the new crop of military generals who have

replaced those promoted to positions in parliament.

April: People will again celebrate the new year in water festival

gatherings, while not forgetting the tragic bombings during the Rangoon

water festival in 2010, when an estimated 20 people were killed and

more than 100 injured.

The military government said terrorists were responsible for the blasts.

Could bombings happen again in 2011? Of course. The background is

grim: tensions have escalated on the border between government

troops and ethnic armed groups. All cease-fire groups are underconstant pressure to transform into a Border Guard Force controlled by

the government. An ethnic Karen armed group attacked outposts of the

ovrnmnts surty fors n Mywy n Tr Po Pss,towns along the Thailand-Burma border. Such attacks, including

bombings of civilian targets, will go on s lon s t tnsons nt resolved through political means.

May: This month will bring memories of happiness and anger. In 1990,

May 27 was the historic election day in which millions of Burmese voters

got a chance to choose their elected representatives: the National

League for Democracy won in a landslide. But the government was

nvr form wt lt nts, n now t junts UnonSolidarity and Development Party, is convening a new parliament.

Another bitter event on this month was the deadly attack against SuuKyi and her supporters who were ambushed by thugs organized by the

mltry ovrnmnts vl ornzton, t Unon Solrty nDevelopment Association, the mother organization of USDP. Who can

guarantee that a new government led by former senior members of the

US, wont orstrt notr plot sn to rmov r from tpolitical arena.

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never forget June 16 and 17, when demonstrating students were beaten

by riot police and arrested. Many were injured and hundreds were

thrown behind bars.

un Sn Suu Ky wll lrt r 66t rty on un 9 rs beautiful dream: If Suu Kyi had been given a chance to play a key role

in a government formed after her party won in the 1990 election,

toys urm mt look totlly ffrnt Twnty yrs n mk country politically stable, economically prosperous and developed in

areas such as education and technology, all under a democratic

government Imn no poltl prsonrs n t ountrys jlsonlly, Suu Kys rol s ky lr of ovrnmnt woul rta better relationship with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

(Asean). Her voice on democracy, human rights and other issues would

have been heard at Asean summits, which would be very likely to have

postv mpts on sn ountrs Tt wsnt t s Lts k to 20 Suu Ky wll t lst l to ol rty

celebrations with her colleagues and friends freely on June 19, provided

ss n l to vo rrst n tnton July: Burma has never had a historic student union building since it was

lown up y lt ttor N Wns troops on uly 7, 962 Unr nwgovernment in 2011, will students have a chance to rebuild a Union

building on the campus of Rangoon University and to form and organize

a student union? Student unions have always initiated political activitiessince the country stood up against the British colony. Because of that, all

military leaders since Ne Win have banned student unions. The new

government will continue the ban and keep a watchful eye on all student

activities.

uly 9 s urms Mrtyrs y, wn nn ntonl lrs, nlunAung San, were assassinated more than six decades ago. There are

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beloved family members through their struggles ever since British rule,

N Wns utortrn Solst ovrnmnt n mltry ovrnmntsThe struggle has yet to end and so, 2011 is likely to see more new

martyrs.

August: The 8.8.88 (the four eights) haunts the generals who ordered

troops to shoot down thousands of people on Aug. 8, 1988. Twenty-

tr yrs ltr, trs lwys t potntl for notr 88-typeuprsn n t sprt of 88 snt mns Mny of t urrnt2,100 political prisoners are from the 88 uprising generation, including

the most prominent former student leader, Min Ko Naing, who is serving65 years imprisonment. Will those political prisoners be released by

August next year? Fifty- fifty. The release of all political prisoners would

rktrou momnt ut ty r troulmkrs n t nwovrnmnts ys Of ours, numr of poltl prsonrs mt released in early months of 2011.

owvr, ts n unmnl snro tt 20 oul no-political-

prisoner year.

September: Monks will never forget the blood on the roads of Rangoon,

Sittwe and Pakokku or how they were beaten and jailed by security

forces during their peaceful demonstrations during Sept. 2007. Saffron

Revolution. About 250 monks are still serving lengthy jail terms. One

leader-monk, Ashin Gambia, is serving a 63-year sentence in Kalay

Prison. The war between the sons of Buddha and the people in militaryuniform has yet to be reconciled.

In t ountrys story, two ys mrk mportnt oups: Mr 2, 962,and Sept. 18, 1988. The latter was more bloody than the former, when

Ne Win staged a coup from a civilian government. In the 1988 coup,

troops killed about 3,000 demonstrators across the country and put

tousns n jls Its qut unlkly to s tr oup unlss tr s

another massive uprising like in 1988.


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Otor: Notn poltlly snfnt ppn n t ountrys rnthistory on this month. But in Oct., 2010, Cyclone Giri struck western

Arakan State, killing 45 people (according to UN figures) and affected

nearly 200,000 people. Giri and Cyclone Nargis, which hit Burma in 2008,

were the worst natural disasters in the past several decades. There

could be more such disasters as the world faces global warming. Burma

has a record of ignoring or hindering national and international relief

workers and groups from freely traveling and helping disaster victims. A

different policy on humanitarian issues is unlikely to come from this new

government.November: The month could mark the one-yr nnvrsry of Suu Kysrelease. The questions would be: has she successfully created a country-

wide network, as she declared shortly after her reseal on Nov. 13, 2010.

Or, is she serving a new sentence under house arrest? Is she expanding

a cultural-political network using social media such as Twitter and

Facebook? Burma has an estimated 400,000 Internet users and around

one million mobile phones. Internet users and those who have mobile

phones could become a force in helping disseminate information inside

and outside the country. Even though the government tends to restrict

Internet users and media, such a force could create a more aware,

involved group of activists, cyber dissidents and citizen journalists.

December: Will Burma have experienced any real progress in creating

mort vlu n or rl n, wors Suu Ky us ftrher release? We know that 2011 will start off with a sense of change in

t r ut, f lttl tully ns, wll look k on wt ppnn 20, n wll op for postv ns n 202http://www.irrawaddy.org/opinion_story.php?art_id=20281&page=3

Only Than Shwe Can Get West to Lift Sanctions________________________________________


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Monday, November 29, 2010

Recently, The Irrawaddy published a news piece under the headline

Wst Wts for Suu Ky Sntons Snls

mrn n uropn usnss ornztons r ronsrn trposition on urm follown t frn of un Sn Suu Ky, t rtlsaid, reporting on the growing sense of anticipation that the Nov. 13

release of the Burmese pro-democracy icon might bring an end to a

decades-ol n on on usnss wt t ountrys military rulers.Its frly lr tt t sntons vnt rout poltl n, ut

instead have outsourced jobs from US firms to their competitors in otherountrs tt tr frly wt Mynmr [urm], t rtl quotsTami Overby, the US Cmr of Commrs v prsnt for s, stelling The Wall Street Journal.

mrn frms woul ur Conrss n t [Om] mnstrtonto consider easing the sanctions if Ms. Suu Kyi and the opposition signal

an openness to revisions in the sntons rm, Ovry

These remarks betray once again the misguided view held by many in

the West that Suu Kyi holds the keys to removing the sanctions against

the Burmese junta. Instead of putting this burden on the shoulders of

urms moratic opposition leader, critics of sanctions should beasking what the regime itself has done to give Western countries a

reason to shift their policy.

The answer, of course, is precious little. Suu Kyi has been freed, butthat still leaves more than 2,000 other political prisoners languishing in

urms ul If t rm ny ntrst n ttn t Wst todrop its sanctions, it would, at the very least, unconditionally release all

of these detainees.

Sanctions-bashers occasionally pay lip service to t plt of urmsprisoners of conscience, but their real concern is clearly that they are

losn nvstmnt opportunts to Cn n t junts otr ry


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ronl prtnrsWhile sanctions critics often insist that an influx of foreign capital would

rs urms stnr of lvn, t vn susts otrws T

massive flow of cash coming into the country from around Asia has done

nothing to alleviate the desperate poverty of ordinary Burmese, and

trs no rson to lv tt Wstern cash would have a morebeneficial impact.

Increasingly, however, Western corporations are feeling that they are

missing the boat in Burma, and so they are reviving tired old arguments

about how their presence in the country would somehow enlighten thegenerals by introducing them to the ways of the West.

From a purely profit-rvn prsptv, ts r to lm tm forwanting a piece of the action. China, Thailand, India, Singapore and

Sout Kor v ll vly nvst n urms prmry nustries, andnew opportunities are opening up in other sectors, including

manufacturing.

Chinese companies alone invested US $8 billion in Burma in the first six

months of this year, mostly in gas, oil and hydroelectric development

projects, according to a Reutersreport based on official Burmese

statistics.

And neighboring Thailand has even bigger ambitions, with plans to

develop a deep-sea port and 64,000-hectare industrial zone in Tavoy, in

soutrn urms Tnssrm vsonThe framework concession agreement on the project, signed between

Bangkok-based Italian-Thai Development and the Burmese Port

Authority, is worth $13.4 billion and is expected to transform the area

into a major transport and manufacturing hub.

W n tons of workrs, s Itln-Ths prsnt, PrmKrnsut, n rnt rtl y T Nw York Tms W wll molz

mllons of urms


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Wts mssn from ts, owvr, s ny susson of ow suinvestment will improve lives in a country that was once one of the most

developed in the region, but has since been reduced to a shambles by

its inept and avaricious rulers.

Just as they think nothing of locking people up for expressing their

opnons, urms rulrs ont sm too onrn out most tznslack of access to basic health care and education. As long as this

remains the case, there is no reason to believe that lifting sanctions will

serve any purpose other than to enrich Western corporations and, of

course, the generals.So why hold Suu Kyi responsible for the sanctions policy? Although she

widely seen as the voice of her people, she is not the conscience of the

West, which is obliged by its own professed values, and not the views of

on womn, to nsst tt urms rulrs rspt t rts of ts popl http://www.irrawaddy.org/opinion_story.php?art_id=20203

Lftn US Sntons Wont sy________________________________________

By HTET AUNG Thursday, December 2, 2010

US onom sntons nst urms mltry junt v nbecome a much-discuss ssu sn t rls of t ountrys

democratic leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Within days of being freed, SuuKyi faced a barrage of questions about her stance on this issue, as if she

l t mstr ky to unlokn Wsntons n on on usnsswith Burma.

This view was recently given some support by a recent article by The

Wsnton Tms Suu Ky sks to rvw sntons on Mynmr,which quoted an unnamed congressional source as saying

tt svrl mmrs of Conrss r lookn to Mrs Suu Kyi for


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un on t ssu of sntons If ty s r tkn morpragmatic and conciliatory approach, it would create a lot more space

for mor flxl poston, t sour s

However, Suu Kyi has already indicated that her party, the National

League for Democracy (NLD), is willing to review its policy on sanctions,

especially if they are found to be, as critics contend, more damaging to

ordinary Burmese than to the regime.

If w fn tt t sntons r only urtn t popl and that thereis no positive outcome as a result of the sanctions, then certainly we

would consider calling on those who have imposed sanctions to thinkwtr t s not tm to stop tm, s s n pon ntrvw forthe article.

But she also note tt t s not s sy s syn, Wll, w tnk ttts tm for sntons to lftAs Suu Kyi is well aware, it is entirely up to the US government to

decide what changes, if any, it will make to its sanctions policy. Her own

prtys son on the matter will be just one consideration indetermining whether the President Barack Obama and US lawmakers

chose to stop blocking bilateral and multilateral assistance to the regime

and start allowing US corporations to begin investing in Burma again.

ltou urms pro-democracy movement enjoys strong support fromboth parties in Congress, where a number of laws have been enacted

since 1996 to put pressure on the Burmese regime, US lawmakers arenot going to change their position overnight. The laws that are already

in place set clear benchmarks for lifting the sanctions imposed on Burma,

and both Congress and the Obama Administration are obliged to use

them as the basis for any decision they may make.

T toust of ts lws, t urms rom and Democracy Actof 2003, stts tt ll poltl prsonrs n urm must rls

before sanctions can be lifted. The law, which was a response to a


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deadly attack on NLD supporters by junta-backed thugs in Depayin in

May 2003, also requires that the regime respect the basic freedoms of

Burmese citizens, such as freedom of speech, association and assembly,

and restore press freedom. To date, none of these benchmarks have

been met.

Another major hurdle to lifting the sanctions is found in Section 3 of the

2003 t, t n nst Tr Tt Supports t Mltry m ofurm mon t trts of ts ston s t Unon Solrty nDevelopment Association (USDA) and any successor entity. Therefore,

according to this law, the leaders of the Union Solidarity andDevelopment Party (USDP), which won nearly 80 percent of the elected

seats in parliament in the Nov. 7 election, are subject to the US

sanctions.

The act gives the president the power to waive the enforcement of the

provisions included in the law, but this can only be done if it is deemed

to be in US national interests, and only after notifying the relevant

congressional committees. Therefore, the withdrawal of any US

economic sanctions, partially or fully, will be based on the national

ntrsts of t US, not on Suu Kys rqust Suu Kyi clearly understood this when she sent two personal letters to

junta chief Snr-Gen Than Shwe in 2009, expressing her willingness to

cooperate with him on the issue of lifting the economic sanctions.

However, her requests to discuss the matter with the regime wereignored.

Lifting the sanctions will also require the president to withdraw the

executive order, first enacted by former President Bill Clinton in 1997

and subsequently renewed by his successors, lrn tt t rmslr-sl rprsson of t mort opposton n urm constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security

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This order is subject to regular reviews by the US State Department and

is renewed on an annual basis. If these reviews showed a significant

improvement in the situation in Burma, the president could chose not to

renew the order, thus setting the stage for a fundamental shift in policy.

However, since tr s n no mprovmnt n t rmstreatment of the opposition, there is no basis for taking this first step

toward lifting sanctions.Even if Suu Kyi decides that lifting the sanctions

woul n urms st ntrsts, tr wll lttl se can do aboutit without the cooperation of those at whom the sanctions are directed.

http://www.irrawaddy.org/opinion_story.php?art_id=20236&page=2

Weekly Highlights: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Works To Make Reconciliationin Burma a Reality6 12 December 2010Dear Friends and Supporters,

In the month following her release from more than 15 years of unjust

captivity over the last 21 years, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has

demonstrated through words and actions why she continues to be a

powerful force for social and political progress. While the State Peace

and Development Council (SPDC) has maintained its authoritarian

command to gain greater personal profit and perpetual military rule,

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has displayed even handed leadership in thentons strule for democracy, ethnic equality and inclusivevlopmnt w un Sn Suu Kys fforts not only unrsor tflws of t SPCs unltrl omp to mory, ut lsoilluminate a real path towards national reconciliation.

The day after her release, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi proved immediately

that she has the firm domestic and international support to facilitate the

cooperation and compromise necessary to bring about national


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reconciliation. She delivered a speech before thousands of ardent

supporters and met with hundreds of youth and women activists and

political leaders and approximately 30 foreign diplomats. The SPDC,

meanwhile, was busy tallying the fraudulent votes of the undemocratic

elections that failed to gain popular support and international legitimacy.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi visiting an HIV/AIDS shelter and meeting withthe families of political prisonerss tkn on urms rl ssus nsought out the assistance of independent election candidates, as well as

the international community, in developing practical solutions to address

t ns of t popl of urm T SPCs m mn ontnusto churn out alternate reality propaganda, downplaying social problems

while censoring news about socially active citizens.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has continued to meet with foreign officials and

representatives, such as the US deputy assistant secretary of state for

st sn n Pf ffrs n Sout frs mssor to Tln,and communicated with world leaders, including UN Secretary-General

Ban Ki-moon, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, and former British

Prime Minister Gordon Brown. She has actively engaged citizens, the

media, and international organizations, participating in a weekly radio

question and answer programand delivering messages in international

forums. However, the SPDC has ignored worldwide calls for reform and

maintained its oppressive policies, including the continued detention of

political prisonersand journalists.w un Suu Kys rmnt to worktogether with ethnic leaderstowards a second Panglong Conference exemplifies her pursuit of the

dialogue and collaboration that Burma needs to solve its political

stalemate. The SPDC warned against the proposal through state-run

media, suggesting it woul our wtout t [mltry] n o morrm tn oo

As ethnic leader Pu Cin Sian Thang, a spokesperson for the United


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Ntonlts lln ws quk to pont out tt t SPCs frs runfoun T Pnlon sprt s out vn ntonal unity, andts nt on wtout t [mltry] T onon onflt n strn

urmllustrts t volnt flur of t SPCs unltrl pols nthe need for genuine tripartite solutions, of which the SPDC cannot even

conceive, much less lead.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Pu Cin Sian Thang understand what the

SPDC does not national reconciliation requires all stakeholders toengage in dialogue and participate in the political process. The military

has blocked genuine dialogue and suppressed both the democratic andethnic forces for decades. The international community must sustain the

ongoing efforts of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other ethnic leaders, who

are providing more than merely hope; they are actively developing the

plans and buildin t founton for urms mort futurIn Solidarity,

Burma Partnership Secretariat

News Highlights

SPDC media reports 7 November election voter turnout at 77%

Fighting continues between the SPDC and Democratic Karen Buddhist

Army (DKBA) 5th Brigade, forcing civilians from the Waw Lay area of

Karen State to flee Thailand

ll urm Stunts mort ront prprs to ft lons K5th Brigade in Eastern Burma

Inside Burma

NLD in Arakan State distributes donations from Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

to villages hit hard by Cyclone Giri

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi participates in religious services, gives robes to

monks and nuns

Party sources indicate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi plans to sell postcards of


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seven paintings she drew while in detention to raise funds for social

welfare activities

SPDC authorities deny family visits for political prisoner on hunger strike

New Mon State Party refutes SPDC claim of participation in arms

handover

Shan Nationals Democratic Party makes plans to hold party conference

China signs US $2.4 billion loan agreement with SPDC for gas pipeline

construction

Senior US diplomat meets with representatives of ten political parties

who won seats in the elections; also meets with SPDC FM Nyan WinRegional

Thai MP urges Thai authorities to provide protection and assistance to

civilians from Burma who are fleeing fighting into Thailand

Burma reopens Three Pagodas Pass checkpoint after two-year closure

Burma and Thai FMs meet in Tachilek to discuss trade

International

Leaked US diplomatic cables note reports of secret North Korean

construction in Burma, heightening fears of nuclear weapons; show

Cns frustrton wt SPC, US sppontmnt wt UN nvoyGambari

w un Sn Suu Ky wnts In to ply mor tv rol nurms mortzation

US Congressman Joseph Crowley speaks with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,urges international community to ensure her safety

Radio Free Asia begins weekly Q and A program with Daw Aung San Suu

Kyi

Opinion

Tlns poly on wr rfus unr srutnyThe Nation

Multi-ethnic Burma and the junta will collide


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By Maung Zarni

DVB

Wts Nxt for urms morts?

By Aung Din

Foreign Policy

Weekly Diary, No.425 (5 December-12 December 2010) ON GIL TO PLY T LY!US OFFICIAL MAKES ANOTHER VISIT! SHAN NEW YEAR BEGINS ON 7

DECEMBER! PANGLONG II WOLF FINDS FAULT WITH LAMB!Cartoon

Tps for t Snor Gnrl: Tts wt w ll wnt, snt t? Think Piece

Spttor Sports offrs popl somtn to py ttnton to tts ofno importance. (It) keeps them from worrying about things that matter

to their lives that they might have some idea of doing something about.

(Cheering on a competitor) is a way of building up irrational attitudes of

submission to authority.

Noam Chomsky, quoted by Irrawaddy, 7 December 2010

________________________________________

The World9 December 2010

Committee for Protection of Journalists (CPJ) says the number of

imprisoned journalists has risen by 9 since last year standing at 145,

with 28 countries guilty of harsh treatment of media workers:

China 34

Iran 34

Eritrea 17


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Burma 13

According to Burma Media Association, the figure is 22, 17 of them from

DVB. (DVB)

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International Relations

6 December 2010

Sout frs mssor to Tlnd Douglas Gibson meets Aung SanSuu Kyi (South African Press Association)

6 December 2010Briefing Friends of the UN Secretary General in Burma, UN chief Ban Ki-

moon sys t nxt two monts oul potntlly trmn t futurours of Mynmrs poltical development and its place in thentrntonl ommunty Irrwy7-10 December 2010

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific Joseph

Y. Yun visits Burma. (DPA)

7 December 2010

Joseph Yun meets party and NGO leaders. (Bangkok Post)

7 December 2010

Of 1,864 diplomatic cables Wilkileaks obtained from the US embassy in

Rangoon, only 2 have been released. More are expected to be revealed

in the coming days and weeks. (Irrawaddy)7 December 2010

In a video message to a two-day European Development Days forum,

Suu Kyi calls for foreign aid to strengthen civil society in Burma. (AFP)

7 December 2010

In a video message to the Press Club of India in New Delhi, Suu Kyi:

xprsss tnks for Ins ssstn to rfus n tos working

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lls for losr ts twn In n tos workn for mory nBurma

sys s looks for lp to fr t rmnn 2,200 plus poltl

prisoners

(Mizzima)

8 December 2010

Leaked cable, released by Wilkileaks, says Ukraine, upon receiving US

mr, ws no lonr xportn wpons to urm T l wssent by the US embassy in Kiev on 11 September 2009. (DVB)

9 December 2010Joseph Yun meets FM Nyan Win in Naypyitaw. The two sides discuss

promotion of bilateral relations, matters of mutual interest and exchange

views on regional affairs. He also meets police chief Khin Yi. (Xinhua)

10 December 2010

osp Yun mts un Sn Suu Ky for 2 ours t r om Vryproutv, sys ltr No furtr tails.(AFP)

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Thai-Burma Relations

5 December 2010

Human Rights Watch asks Thailand must stop treating refugees fleeing

onflt n strn urm s umn pn pon lls wo r n

returned to their home country prematurely. (AFP)6 December 2010

Ms Nyn Wn n Kst Prom mt for 3 ours t Tlks notl Kst rfuss to nswr Cnnl 3s qustons V ________________________________________

Politics/ Inside Burma

4 December 2010


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Thanda Shwe,junt f Tn Sws utr wo v notortyin 2006 when she threw a lavish wedding party, holds birthday party for

r 4 yr ol utr Ky Pyo S s s to Tn Sws son

favorite grandchild after Nay Shwe Thwe Aung. (Irrawaddy)

5 December 2010

Myanmar Times reports opposition parties defeated in the elections are

getting an upsurge in applications for membership. The Peace and

Diversity Party (PDP) says the election has made people realize that

politics is not a dangerous issue s rsult, our prty s ttn mor

new members. When we were registering our party, it was very hard forus to convince people to join, but now here they are, coming to us

wtout ny nourmnt P6-7 December 2010

Hollywood celebrity Michelle Yeoh spends time with Aung San Suu Kyi to

study for a possible film role as the Nobel Peace prize winner. (AP) Well

known French director Luc Besson had chosen Thailand for the

prouton of ns L Lumr Into t Lt n w Mll Yoplays the Nobel laureate. He had visited Burma early this year to

research the film and is planning to launch it next year. Kim Aris showed

up twice on the location to observe.(Bangkok Post)

6 December 2010

Junta leader Than Shwe, urged by his grandson, had considered making

a $1 billion bid to buy Manchester United football club in January 2009around the time it was facing rising anger from the UN over its slow

response to cyclone Nargis. He finally concluded that making a bid for

Mn U mt look Ts was revealed in a cable from the USembassy in Rangoon which was leaked by Wilkileaks. (Guardian UK)

7 December 2010

Radio Free Asian launched a weekly radio question and answer show

with Aung San Suu Kyi beginning 30 November (AFP)


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9 December 2010

The main agenda to be deliberated in the forthcoming Hluttaw sessions

will be placing all armed forces under the total control of Tatmadaw,

speculate parties and observers. (Mizzima)

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Shans/ Shan State

9 December 2010

The third winning party Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) is

holding a 5-day meeting in Taunggyi, 11-15 December. (SHAN)________________________________________

Economy/ Business

6-7 December 2010

Shan New Year 2105 held in Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Britain,

America and Thailand. Chiangmai festival also have a photo exhibition

showing important images from Shan history. (Mizzima)

7 December 2010

13 day gem emporium held last month in Naypyitaw netted $1.44 billion,

says a junta official. (Reuters)

9 December 2010

6 State Military Alliance meet at Loi Taileng following the New Year

festival: Members include Karenni National Progress Party, Kachin

Independence Army, New Mon State Party, Chin National Front, KarenNtonl Unon n Sn Stt rmy Sout Irrwy9 December 2010

US dollar hits 885 Kyat (selling) and 880 (buying). (Mizzima)

________________________________________

Environment

10 December 2010

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to combat climate change, including a Green Climate Fund to raise an

annual $ 100 billion in aid for poor countries by 2010 and set a target of

limiting a rise in average world temperatures to below 2 C over pre-

industrial times. Cancun however sets no legally binding deadline.

(Reuters)

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Drugs

11 December 2010

Operation HotSpot, carried out by DEA and Royal Thai Police Narcotics

Suppression Bureau, and launched more than 3 months ago to solicitpublic information on anything drug-, money laundering-, and terrorism-

rlt r postn wnt nots n nkoks rs sown t fof alleged druglord Wei Xuegang aka Wei Hsueh-gang. The US embassy

says the gambit is turning up results. (Bangkok Post) The reward for his

ptur wll up to $2 mllon not $2 mllon Editor________________________________________

War

4-8 December 2010

Chinese ships seen delivering cargo at Ahlone owned by Asia World

Company which includes 112 tanks. (DVB)

9 December 2010

A Burmese officer quoted in cable from the US embassy in Burma said

he had witnessed about 300 North Koreas constructing a concretereinforced underground facility some 480 km northwest of Rangoon. It

was dated August 2004. (Guardian UK)

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