Voice of SPDC

People in Burma unanimously agreed to the names given to SPDC propaganda papers as New Lies of Myanmar (the actual name is New Light of Myanmar), Bagdad Kyemon and Iraq Alin, by an anonymous dissident. The papers have regularly conveyed pro-Iraq news among other propagandas under the guidance and direction of the mily. regime's Ministry of Information. The purpose to carry pro-Iraq news is no other than to denounce the US, a super power that strongly support the struggle for restoring Democracy in Burma. The Minister for Information of the mily. regime is Brigadier General Kyaw Hsan and this stooge led the news conference which is regularly held in the country. All the selected mediamen have to attend the conference where all the lies and allegation are being made upon the student leaders of 88 generation and NLD members.

4th of July Celebrations in the States

How happy and gay the American citizens were. The Fourth of July celebration was in full swing with people who were in the mood for love their own country. The celebration in Wheaton really gave me a mixed feeling. I witnessed the long parade that marched along the Main Road and either sides of the pavement town folks from early age to over seventy were giving shouts of greeting and respect to the people who were marching along the road. There were veterans and famous people among the people participated in the parade. They had shown their courage and patriotic spirits back in World War II . The significant event in Wheaton reminds me of our country's independence day that becomes less important today for the present military regime that is ruling Burma for more than four decades without the will of people. Nowaday there are very few celebrations in our country to mark the significant day and the regime has defaced the image of the architect of Burma's independence, General Aung San. In fact, Aung San was also the leader who built up the Burmese Army. If the military regime is not insane they would not ignore and forget their foremost leader and the General who had tried to get Burma's independence from the British. These butchers have gone too far. I held up my tears that was about to drop down after realizing the difference of the independence day of the two nations.

THREE SINISTERS TO WATCH

China, Russia and Burma are the three nations that can harm the peaceful nations, anytime. Leaders of these nations are mentally unbalanced. That is why they are doing what they like and show no respect to the UN and the rest nations in this world. China is secretly trying to undermine the democratic world and Russia is acting as a running dog of China. Thereby world communities should not keep silence. They must raise their voices against the three sinisters' plot to rule the world.

AS I SEE IT

National Convention has been created by the military junta as one of its tactics to stay in power and stalling time for handing over power to the winning party NLD in the nationwide elections held in 1992. With the Road Map and National Convention I see no solution for Burma's problem. Now that the regime is saying to hold another referendum meaning that it won't recognize the result of the last elections. If the regime manage to hold another election, it is no doubt that the new election by the junta will not be realized in favor of the people. As the leopard will never change its spots, the junta will again plays trick to the people and the world. Once a thief is always a thief. This saying is always true for the military butchers.

GONE BUT STILL IN HEARTS OF THOSE

WHO LOVE HIM

General Aung San, the architect of Burmese Independence still live and he is watching the military butchers (who are blacksheeps of the Armed Forces that he had built) how far they can go in devastating their own country and driving the fellow countrymen to become their own slave. He is also watching how long the butchers can put under house arrest to his daughter, Aung San Suu Kyi. The unscrupulous rulers who are no more than thugs enjoy their days that are already numbered. In a Burmese saying it is said "a mad dog can enjoy its prime time that is only lasted for one noon". Like the mad dog the military regime would not last long. Soon when the sun is up and reaching the zenith point it is a time of termination for the military butchers led by Than Shwe.

Wait until Highnoon!

Wait for the downfall of the military junta!

Wait for the time our great leader Aung San finally rest in Peace!

REMEMBER 8888

The symbol of 8888 will be remembered by the oppressed people of Burma and those around the globe who love democracy. In August 8, 1988 people of all walks of life participated in the movement for restoring democracy in the country. Thousands of students, monks and people gave up their lives in the historical uprising. The merciless military butchers still control the power and the movement for democracy never recede. The tide of freedom movement still rising and student generation of 1988 ride again with people fully support the new and final strike for Democracy and human rights. Now dissidents overseas have also gained momentum to join hands with the people inside the country for the final blow. With the support of international communities and the fearless will of the Burmese people the days of military junta has been numbered. The darkness will be vanished and soon there will be lights again in Burma.

Journalist and family leave Cambodia for United States

Maung Maung Kyaw Win and family arrive in Chicago

Win and his family get ready to go to Phnom Penh's

airport en route for a new life in the United States.

Burmese journalist Maung Maung Kyaw Win and his family get ready to go to Phnom Penh's airport en route for a new life in the United States.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, March 12 (UNHCR) – Burmese journalist Maung Maung Kyaw Win will soon be able to write freely after years of working under a pseudonym and facing persecution in his native Myanmar.
Kyaw Win and his family flew out of Phnom Penh's Pochentong Airport on Monday bound for Chicago and a new life in the United States, which accepted him for resettlement after referral by UNHCR and where his sister lives.
Before his departure, Kyaw Win said he had mixed feelings about heading off to the US after almost a year in Cambodia. "I will feel safe to live in a land of peace and prosperity, but I know I will have to struggle to build up my new life. I have to leave my country and relatives so I feel very sad," he said.
"I need to have a job for our living. My sister said not to worry about food and accommodation, but one day we have to live alone with my family again and I will have to have a job," noted Kyaw Win, while adding that he relished the opportunity of practising his craft without the fear of censorship or persecution.
"Maybe I can work for dissident-run media or help the [New York-based] Committee to Protect Journalists or other organisations with Burmese cases. Maybe there will be more journalists in the coming years with problems."
But the 58-year-old said one of his first projects would be a book about his long struggle for democracy. Earlier this year, Human Rights Watch awarded him a Hellman/Hammet grant for his courage in the face of political persecution.
Kyaw Win fled Myanmar in December 2005, soon followed by his wife and daughter, the couple's only child. The family came overland to Cambodia in April last year and registered with the UNHCR office in Phnom Penh.
Originally from Shan state, Kyaw Win has lived most of his life in the Myanmar capital of Yangon. As a student, he spent 18 months in detention after attending demonstrations on the campus of Rangoon University.
He became a journalist, working in the 1980s for the state-run Guardian Daily newspaper. He has written many short stories under pseudonyms, some about corruption in the government. He has also translated foreign works into Burmese, including in 1990 a book by Swedish reporter Bertil Lintner on events leading up the military's 1988 crackdown on Myanmar's pro-democracy movement.
In 1996, Kyaw Win launched Miscellaneous, but the monthly magazine on politics and economics was banned after two issues. His monthly commentaries are published on the website of the Democratic Voice of Burma, a non-profit Myanmar media organisation, and in Burma Digest, a biweekly online journal. Before he left Myanmar, he worked for the economic magazine Myanmar Dana.
Kyaw Win said he decided to flee after receiving death threats, allegedly from military officials. He had arranged and interpreted at a meeting between an American journalist and a Burmese student leader who had spent 14 years in prison because of his political activities.
The veteran Burmese journalist has received a lot of support from overseas. "The intimidation and harassment of our colleague Maung Maung Kyaw Win is the latest unfortunate episode of a brutal campaign against Burma's journalists," the Committee to Protect Journalists said last year.
Meanwhile, Kyaw Win will use the US$2,000 Hellman/Hammet grant to help his family get started in the United States. "We came to Cambodia with only some clothes. We might need to buy some blankets and necessary things," he said.
Kyaw Win also wants to take up painting again. "I had not done it in years. I bought paint and brushes here in Cambodia because it is cheaper than in the United States. I will bring the two paintings I have made in Cambodia." A chip off the old block, his 20-year-old daughter wants to study journalism.
But Kyaw Win's priority is to write his book on democracy. "In my mind I have a story. In my country, I could not write so I want to write a book about my struggle for democracy. I will ask help from my journalist friends, that is my intention. Before I die, I must leave a book about what I have done in my life."

(By Inge Sturkenboom in Phnom Penh, Cambodia)

Dear all who love democracy,As our country has been raped and ruled by a military junta for more than four decades, let us find ways and means to help support in getting rid of the military butchers. As for me I have been with the struggle since sixteen years ago and have participated in many activities in support of the struggle for Democracy. Now I am exiled in another country and continue my activities in a peaceful way. Please join me and let's find a way to completely remove the unwanted military regime from Burma.Min Myo Naing,
Co-translator of "Outrage" by Bertil Lintner

Min Myo Naing (holding Outrage) was seen posing for a photograph taken by a photo journalist from Committee to Protect Journalists (New York). On the right of Min Myo Naing were Karen Phillip (CPJ) and Jasmine (daughter of Min Myo Naing). On the left of Min Myo Naing was Daw Aye Myint (wife of Min Myo Naing).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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