The New Light of Myanmar 08-08-2009

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Volume XVII, Number 114 3rd Waning of Wagaung 1371 ME Saturday, 8 August, 2009

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Aug—It gives me great pleasuresto extend my warmest congratulations to the Associationof the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the occasionof the 42nd Anniversary of the founding of theAssociation.

I am delighted to note that ASEAN, formed on8 August 1967 with the founding members of Indonesia,Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand,now embraces 10 Southeast Asian Nations and itspeoples are living together in peace, stability, friendship,sharing mutual understanding and trust, and engagingin comprehensive and closer cooperation.

The entry into force of the ASEAN Charter inDecember 2008 and the signing of the Cha-am Hua HinDeclaration on Roadmap for the ASEAN Communityin March, 2009 were significant milestones in thehistory of ASEAN. Through the Charter, ASEAN will

Senior General Than Shwe sends congratulatory message on occasion of 42nd Anniversary of ASEAN Daybe able to enshrine the values and principles that had beenshaped by its history and experiences in the last fourdecades. And the Roadmap for the ASEAN Communitywhich replaces the Vientiane Action Programme shallensure the promotion of ASEAN peoples to benefit fullyfrom the process of ASEAN integration and communitybuilding.

ASEAN has experienced many challenges such asterrorism, financial crisis, food and energy price instability,climate change, pandemic diseases and territorial disputesand has demonstrated its collective resilience and vigilanceto these crises.

The recent ASEAN+3 agreement to increase the sizeof Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation (CMIM) wouldcontribute to regional financial stability and safeguard theregion from the global financial crisis. Since agricultureplays an important role to provide food security, alleviate

poverty and ensure sustainable development, we lookforward to strengthening joint collaboration and transferof technology in this field. For energy security, it isrequired collaborative efforts by regional and globalcommunity to ensure greater security and sustainability.

As the theme for the ASEAN Day celebrationthis year is “Green ASEAN”, the ASEAN memberstates should maintain the green environment and giveprior to its development. The Green ASEANencompasses elements of an ASEAN Community thatis environmentally friendly and economically resilientin the face of the global financial crisis.

While congratulating the 42nd anniversary of theASEAN Day, I would like to express my best wishes forachieving the noble goals of the ASEAN Communitywith peace, stability and social and economicdevelopments for the peoples of ASEAN.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Aug—Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar has sent a message of congratulations to HisExcellency Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on his re-election as President of the Republicof Indonesia.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwecongratulates Indonesian President

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Aug—General Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar has sent amessage of congratulations to His Excellency Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on his re-election asPresident of the Republic of Indonesia.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Seincongratulates Indonesian President

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Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo addresses meeting (1/2009) of CCDAC.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Aug—Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and Development Council General Thiha ThuraTin Aung Myint Oo addressed the meeting (1/2009)of Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo addresses meeting (1/2009) of CCDAC(CCDAC) held at the headquarters of Myanmar PoliceForce here this evening.

Also present on the occasion were Chairman ofCCDAC Minister for Home Affairs Maj-Gen Maung Oo,

Vice-chairmen Minister for Progress of Border Areas andNational Races and Development Affairs Col TheinNyunt and Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win,

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Who would take the re-sponsibility for the consequencesif people took to the streets andviolence and riots broke out?Anti-government groups?Media? Expatriates? Inter-national gentlemen who say theyare interested in and concernedabout Myanmar affairs?

MAUNG HMATPAGES 6+7

Theme for ASEAN Day celebration this year is “Green ASEAN”ASEAN member states should maintain green environment, give prior to its development

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 8 August, 2009

Saturday, 8 August, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Eliminate narcotic drugswith people’s power

The problem of narcotic drugs is aconcern of every country and every region inthe world. Narcotic drugs bring harm not onlyto the users themselves but also to their familiesand the social environment. Therefore, it is theduty of every individual and every nation towork together to eliminate the danger ofnarcotic drugs.

Production of and traffic in narcoticdrugs such as raw opium, opium oil, liquidopium and marijuana is widespread all overthe world. Various kinds of stimulant tabletsproduced with chemicals are also being widelyused. Therefore, Myanmar is trying to curbnarcotic drugs production and trafficking withthe power of people.

In Myanmar, the government isimplementing the 15-year plan for eliminatingnarcotic drugs and, due to the active andenthusiastic participation of the entire people,its anti-drug campaigns are meeting withsuccess. The government is still raising themomentum of its fight against narcotic drugs.On 1 August, the special anti-drug squad ofShan State (South) seized about 200,000stimulant tablets.

Not only that, more than eighty acres ofpoppy plantations in Loilem, Pinlaung andPekhon townships in Shan State (South) werealso destroyed with the cooperation of localpeople. Poppy plantations destroyed in variousstates and divisions this year have exceedednine thousand acres.

As opium, heroin and other narcoticdrugs, including stimulant tablets producedwith chemicals, is threatening the entiremankind and the social environment, thegovernment and the entire national people willhave to continue their fight against narcoticdrugs till the danger is totally wiped out.

YANGON, 7 Aug—A coordination meeting ofYangon Division Supervisory Committee for Secureand Smooth Transport took place at the meeting hall ofYangon Command this evening. Chairman of thecommittee Chairman of Yangon Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen Win Myint gave an opening speechon to traffic rules enforcement, secure and smooth

Supervisory Committee for Secure andSmooth Transport meets

transport.Next, responsible persons from Universities and

Colleges, departmental officials and chairmen of theprivate bus lines reported on ferry service for students,traffic rules enforcement, secure and smooth transport.The meeting ended with the concluding remarks by thecommander.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Aug—Minister for Finance andRevenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun attended 6th monsoon tree-planting ceremony held at head office of Internal RevenueDepartment here today.

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun grew a tree and so didDeputy Minister Col Hla Thein Swe, Governor U ThanNyein of the Central Bank of Myanmar, Directors-General, Managing Directors and staff of InternalRevenue Department.

Similarly, staff grew plants at the plantations ofCentral Bank of Myanmar, Myanmar Economic Bankand Budget Department.

Altogether 2,260 plants were grown at 6thmonsoon tree-planting ceremony. Altogether 17,375plants have been grown so far.

In the afternoon, the minister delivered an addressat coordination meeting on of the Ministry held at themeeting hall of the ministry.

Directors-General and Managing Directorsreported to the minister on tasks being undertaken by eachdepartment and so did the deputy minister. Afterwards,the minister made a concluding remark.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Aug—Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation Maj-GenHtay Oo received Vice-Chairman Mr. SumitMazumder of MyanmarTractors Ltd and party andVice-Chairman Mr. LiuYanhua and party of ChinaGezhouba Group Co. Ltdof the People’s Republic ofChina at his office here at3.30 p.m. and 4 p.m. on 4August separately.

Also present at thecall were departmentalheads.—MNA

A&I Minister receives guests

F&R Ministry holds 6th monsoon tree-growing ceremony

1031 kg of caffeine powderseized in Shan State (South)

YANGON, 7 Aug — Seminar on sciences(4/2009) was held in commemoration of 10th

anniversary of Myanmar Academy of Arts and Sciencesat the Arts Hall of Yangon University this morning.

Chairman of Myanmar Academy of Arts andSciences U Than Oo gave an opening speech andProfessor Dr Tin Tun of Yangon University extendedgreetings. Patron of the seminar Rector Dr Soe Yin of

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Aug—Members of securityforce from Kenglat of Shan State (South) during theirpatrols seized 26 bags of white powder weighing about1031 kg assumed to be narcotic drugs put in a canvasbag on 4 August while searching for Eton car headingto Kenglat from Tarlay.

According to the investigation of authoritiesconcerned, it is known that; the owner of the car is UAik Mon, 33, son of U Aik In, who lives at No 3/290,Wankyain ward of Kenglat; the seized drugs werebrought from the site near Mekong river about lastthree days and then put on the car; the car was seizedby authority concerned while delivering the drugs toTarlay; the seized white powder is caffeine powderused in production of narcotic drugs; authorityconcerned is making investigation into the case inorder to expose car owner U Aik Mon andaccomplices.—MNA

Seminar on sciences heldYangon University explained the objectives of theseminar and introduced participants to those present.

Next, Rector (Retd) Dr Maung Di, Professors(Retd) Dr Kyaw Htin, Dr Maung Thein, Dr Sein Tun,U Kyaw Myint Oo and Dr Kyaw Thein discussedLearning and Research for a Better Tomorrow andanswered the quarries raised by those present.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo receives Mr. Liu Yanhua and party ofChina Gezhouba Group Co. Ltd.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun plants a tree.MNA

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Uruguayan President rejects USmilitary bases in Colombia

Iraq’s Kirkukexplosion kills

five, wounds 36BAGHDAD, 7 Aug—At

least 5 people were killedand 36 injured onThursday during anexplosion in the northernIraqi city of Kirkuk, policesource said.

A car bomb wasdetonated near arestaurant in Rehim Awo,northern district ofKirkuk, some 250kilometres north ofBaghdad. The blastkilled 5 and wounded atleast 36 people.

Sporadic attackscontinue in Iraqi citiesdespite the US and Iraqiofficials announced arelative lull in violenceduring the past months.

XinhuaRoadside bomb kills

four US troops inAfghanistan

KABUL, 7 Aug—FourUS soldiers were killedon Thursday in a roadsidebomb attack in westernAfghanistan, NATOforces said.

The four troops “diedafter their vehicle struckan improvised explosivedevice (IED),” NATOsaid in a statement.

NATO didn’t releasemore details of the attack.

The incident came asnew NATO SecretaryGeneral Anders FoghRasmussen made his firstvisit to Afghanistan onWednesday.

Xinhua

People walk past a post office in New York, the United States, on 6 Aug,2009. The US Postal Service (USPS) has been struggling with a sharp decline

in mail volume as people and businesses switch to e-mail both for personalcotact and bill paying. USPS is planning to close several hundreds of post

offices, the lastes cost-cutting step for its scrambling to deal with a projected7 billion USD deficit this fiscal year and larger losses in 2010. —XINHUA

California company recalls beeflinked with salmonella outbreak

US cost in Afghanistan may soarKABUL, 7 Aug—US costs in Afghanistan could soar

if it is decided to boost substantially the size of theAfghan military and police force, experts warn.

Such a situation could arise if a policy review by USCommander Gen Stanley McChrystal concludes witha recommendation to increase the combined strengthof the army and police to 400,000, the Financial Timesreported. The cost could be about $20 billion over fiveyears.

The report said current Afghan national armystrength is about 86,000 and there are about 80,000police.

“Afghan security forces need to grow to somewherein the neighbourhood of 400,000, which is beinglooked at by the McChrystal review,” retired Gen JackKeane, one of the architects of the surge in Iraq, toldthe Financial Times.

“The Afghan army has to increase significantly,”Sen John McCain, R-Ariz, has said. “And that’s goingto be a huge cost.”

Internet

Indonesian police nab hotel cook linked to bomb attacks

A wounded man is treated in a hospital in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, wherean explosion occured, killing 5 people and injured 36 on 6 Aug, 2009. —XINHUA

MONTEVIDEO, 7 Aug—Uruguayan PresidentTabare Vazquez voicedhis opposition on Thurs-day to a pending US-Colombia deal on boost-ing US military presencein Colombia.

Vazquez expressed hisstand while meeting withhis Colombian count-erpart Alvaro Uribe, saida press release issued byVazquez’s office.

The Uruguayan pre-sident “reaffirmed” thelong-term stand hiscountry has held “against

the existence of theestablishment of foreignmilitary bases not only inParaguay but also in anypart of Latin America,” itsaid.

Vazquez also said thatthere must be the “fullobservance of the non-intervention principle oninternal issues ofcountries.”

Vazquez met Thursdaymorning with Uribeduring the latter’swhirlwind seven-nationtour which was designedto head off regional

concerns over the pendingdeal. Under the pact,Washington could gainaccess to at least sevenColombian military basesby the year 2019, and inreturn, Washington wouldoffer Bogota some 5billion US dollars in aid.

Though Washingtonand Bogota have said theplan was designed tostrengthen Colombia’santi-drug and anti-rebelefforts, many SouthAmerican countries havevoiced their concerns.

Xinhua

JAKARTA, 7 Aug—Indonesian police havearrested a hotel cook inJakarta for his alleged rolein the recent Kuninganhotel bombings andpossible connection withthe country’s most wantedterrorist Noordin M Top,

local media reported onFriday.

Yayan, 28, worked asa cook at Gran MeliaHotel. He was arrested athome on Wednesday, theJakarta Post quoted apolice officer as sayingon Friday.

However, Jakartapolice spokesman Comr.Chrysnanda Dwi Laksonodid not comment on thearrest by saying “If weshared every detail of theinvestigation then, it couldbe counterproductive toour efforts.”—Xinhua

A worker dusts a Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor’s hybrid Prius at the com-pany’s showroom in Tokyo. Nissan’s upcoming all-electric car could outsellhybrids like Toyota’s Prius even though it can’t drive more than about 100 miles(160 kilometers) without stopping to recharge, a senior executive said.—INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 7 Aug—A beef company in Fresno,central California isrecalling hundreds ofthousands of ground beefproducts suspected ofbeing linked with anoutbreak of salmonella,sources at the companyconfirmed on Thursday.

Earlier, the US Depart-ment of Agriculture’sFood Safety and Inspect-ion Service USDAannounced that BeefPackers Inc is recalling825,769 pounds of groundbeef produced between 5June, 2009 through 23June.

This was the biggest beefrecall so far this year.

The beef has beendistributed to retail distri-bution centers in Arizona,

California, Colorado andUtah, according to thedepartment.

The recall involved beefproducts which bear theestablishment number“EST. 31913” printed oncase code labels.

Because the beef wasrepackaged under differentretail names, consumersshould check with the storethey bought beef from todetermine if they’vepurchased any recalledbeef, the USDA said.

The investigation beganafter a Salmonella out-break in Colorado. USDAofficials traced it back tothe Fresno plant.

Xinhua

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Chinese Hong Kong freighter Jin Zhou berthes at the port of Karistos,Greece, on 5 Aug 2009. The cargo freighter of Jin Zhou clashed with a Greek

freighter on 4 Aug, with both slightly damaged in the accident.XINHUA

People queue at Development Bank of Singapore(DBS) automated teller machines to withdraw

money in Singapore. DBS Group said on Fridaynet profit fell 15 percent in the June quarter from ayear ago, beating expectations but analysts voiced

concern over growing non-performing loans.INTERNET

SINGAPORE, 7 Aug—Emerging economies arelikely to grow as theworld’s largest economiesover the next 10 to 15years, said Government ofSingapore InvestmentCorp (GIC) deputy chair-man and executive direc-tor Tony Tan on Thursday.

He said that the emerg-ing economies will dis-place the G-7, even if percapita incomes will stilllag behind the developedeconomies, adding that

Emerging economies togrow stronger

this relative outper-formance will be drivenby larger savings and do-mestic demand potential,relatively healthy publicand private sector balancesheets, policy flexibility,and room for significantproductivity catch-up.

“The current great cri-sis has markedly acceler-ated such trends,” he said.

Speaking at the annualEconomic Society of Sin-gapore dinner, he said thatmedium-term prospectsfor China and India arepositive, even as they face

difficult structural chal-lenges going forward.

Beyond China and In-dia, prospects vary acrossAsia. Countries that aremore dependent on exportsand capital inflows, haveless healthy balance sheets,and have significant struc-tural impediments such aspolitical uncertainty willfare less well. By contrast,economies with large po-tential internal markets andwhich are also more com-plementary to China andIndia will benefit.

Xinhua

Chart showing annual trade value between SouthKorea and India 2004-2008. Asian economic

powerhouses South Korea and India Friday signeda pact to scrap or reduce most trade tariffs over the

next decade, giving Seoul a head start over itsrivals in a market of 1.1 billion people.—INTERNET

SEOUL, 7 Aug— South Korea and India signed abilateral trade pact here on Friday to cut duties andboost cooperation between the two countries, accord-ing to Yonhap’s report. The two sides agreed to cutduties on such goods as auto parts and electronics, saidthe report.

Having launched negotiations in March 2006, thetwo countries have been pushing for the so-called com-prehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA)to lower import tariffs on cars and other manufactureditems.

The CEPA, a similar form of free trade agreements,includes trade in goods and services and investments,along with chapters on competition and intellectualproperty rights. The two countries expect the accordto go into effect early next year after South Korea’sparliament ratifies the pact, according to the report.

Overall, the CEPA is expected to boost bilateraltrade by as much as 3.3 billion US dollars annually,according to estimates of Korea Institute for Interna-tional Economic Policy (KIEP).—Xinhua

S Korea, India sign bilateraltrade pact

Japan Airlines (JAL) planes taxi at HanedaAirport in Tokyo. Japan Airlines, Asia’s biggestcarrier, announced Friday a net loss of 99.04

billion yen (1.0 billion dollars) for the fiscal firstquarter, blaming the global economic downturn

and swine flu.—INTERNET

BRASILIA, 7 Aug—A new international economicorder, with more technology transfer and regionalpower centers, is necessary to achieve equality amongcountries, a Brazilian economist said on Thursday.

Marcio Pochmann, president of the Institute of Ap-plied Economic Research (Ipea), told Xinhua that theBrazilian government’s social policies have boostedthe domestic market, reduced poverty in the middleof the ongoing economic crisis and promoted the coun-try’s economic growth in 2009.

“The policies implemented in Brazil during the eco-nomic crisis have regulated its domestic market andwill help the country go through the crisis withoutdepending on other countries,” said Pochmann.

He also noted that the new economic order is relatedto better integration between trade and production, aswell as technology transfer which can reduce the depend-ence on technology-owner countries.—Xinhua

TOKYO, 7 Aug—Japan Airlines Corp said on Fri-day it posted a $1 billion loss in the April-May quar-ter, larger than its loss for all of last year, as ticketsales suffered due to the weak economy and swine flufears.

Asia’s biggest airline said its net loss was 99 bil-lion yen ($1 billion), versus a 3.4 billion yen loss ayear earlier. Sales fell 32 percent to 334.9 billion yenfrom billion yen.

JAL, which is in the midst of a massive restructur-ing, said income fell across both domestic and inter-national routes, as well as its shipping business. Thecompany said the losses came despite lower outlaysfor fuel and wages, in part because of lower incomefrom fuel surcharges during the period.—Internet

SEATTLE, 7 Aug—Boeing Co and EgyptAir an-nounced on Thursday that the airline has ordered eightmore 737-800 planes, dropping a previous order fortwo 777s.

EgyptAir has seven 737-800s in operation and istaking delivery of an additional five 737-800s thisyear. And it has five 777s in its fleet and is scheduledto receive six 777-300ERs beginning next year.

EgyptAir Chairman Capt Tawfik Assy said theairline is pursuing a fleet plan that will allow it toexpand its regional markets and offer passengers “ex-tensive international routing options.”—Internet

NEW YORK, 7 Aug— Nasdaq OMX Group Inc, oneof the largest US stock exchange, and Bats GlobalMarkets said on Thursday that they will stop allowingbrokerages to make so-called flash orders, which gavesome investors an unfair advantage.

Nasdaq will shut down the system on 1 Sept, whileBats will also quit the practice on the same day, ac-cording to reports.

As a trading technique, flash orders give high-fre-quency traders using lightning-fast computers an un-fair advantage.—Xinhua

EgyptAir orders 737s, dropsorder for 777s

Japan Airlines books $1 billionloss in 1Q

Nasdaq, Bats to shut downflash order system

Brazilian economist calls for newinternational economic order

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Two Canadians, one Filipino killedin flood in N Philippines

MANILA, 7 Aug—Two Canadian tourists and aFilipino were killed when they were swept away ina flashflood along a river in the northern Philippineprovince of Tarlac Thursday afternoon amid strongrains, local media reported on Friday.

The bodies of the Canadians — a man and awoman — and the Filipino were found along theO’Donnel River on Friday morning but have yet tobe identified, Governor Victor Yap was quoted bythe Philippine Daily Inquirer in an online report.

The victims were part of three groups of nine Ca-nadians and three Koreans who went there for a trekto Mt Pinatubo’s crater, Yap said. Mt Pinatubo is avolcano about 90 kilometers north of Manila on thePhilippine island of Luzon. The volcano erupted inJune 1991 after more than five centuries of slum-ber.—Xinhua

20,000 evacuated in SEChina for typhoon MorakotFUZHOU, 7 Aug—More than 20,000 people have

been evacuated from their homes in southeast Chi-na’s coast of Fujian Province where strong typhoonMorakot is predicted to land on Saturday.

The provincial flood control and drought reliefheadquarters said on Friday morning that about34,000 vessels had been recalled to harbors and21,190 people in the cities of Ningde, Putian andFuzhou had been relocated to safe areas.

Waves as high as 6 meters were already hittingthe coastal area on Friday. and the provincial mete-orological observatory said they could reach up to9 meters as the typhoon came closer.—Xinhua

Islanders’ concern over climatechange is worrisome

An employee presents a gold model of “China Pavilion” in Shanghai, eastChina, on 6 Aug, 2009. The first gold model of “China Pavilion” of Shanghai

2010 World Expo was issued here on Thursday.—XINHUA

CAIRNS, 7 Aug—Al-most half of the islandersare living about 1.5 km toseashore and their con-cern over climate changeis worrisome, AustralianPrime Minister KevinRudd said here on Friday.

Delivering opening re-marks at the 21st Post Fo-rum Dialogue Partners’Plenary Session held afterthe conclusion of the 40thPacific Islands Forum,Rudd briefed the sessionabout the Forum Commu-nique issued at the end of

the Forum on Thursday.He renewed Australia’s

stance to tackle climatechange and new chal-lenges posed on small is-lands of limited access towater, security of pacificcommunities, greaterjeopardy placed in thehealth of islanders, andobliteration that threatenssome habitats and islandstates.

Wang Yongqiu, specialenvoy for the China-Pa-cific Islands Forum Dia-logue, Chief of Chinese

delegation was present inthe plenary session. Hewill deliver a speech onFuture-oriented Relation-ship between China andthe Pacific Island Coun-tries later in the day.

The 40th Pacific Is-lands Forum concludedhere on Thursday with 15heads of the island na-tions calling for strength-ening development coor-dination in the pacific re-gion and action on cli-mate change.

Xinhua

Threeinjured in

NZ shootingWELLINGTON, 7 Aug—

Three people were shot andinjured after a fight at ahouse in New Zealand’sNorth Island city ofPalmerston North early onFriday morning.

The two women and oneman, all in their 20s, weretaken to Palmerston NorthHospital. None had lifethreatening injuries, a po-lice spokesman said.

A police statement saidthe shooting was likely tobe “gang related.”

Xinhua

Some children perform with the symphony ‘You and Me’, the theme song ofBeijing Olympics, in a musical concert at Beijing Olympic Forest Park to

commemorate the first anniversary of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games inBeijing, capital of China, on 6 Aug, 2009.—XINHUA

29 foreign warships toparticipate in Indonesia’s

marine activitiesJAKARTA, 7 Aug—As many as 29 foreign warships

will participate in Indonesia’s Sail Bunaken 2009, aninternational event for sharing new experience andexploring the marine beauty, in Indonesia’s NorthSulawesi Province, the Kompas daily quoted an offi-cial as saying on Friday.

The warships will take part in the main programmeof Sail Bunaken 2009 on 14 to 19 Aug. One of themwould be USS George Washington, a famous mothership from the United States.

All warships are scheduled to arrive in waters ofNorth Sulawesi’s Bitung on 14 Aug and will take turnto berth at Bitung port for public visit.

On 19 Aug evening, the warships, including 10 In-donesian ones, will pass the podium where PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono will give salute.

The Sail Bunaken will also perform attraction offighter jets that will take off on the USS George Wash-ington’s runway.

Other activity will be an effort to break the world’srecord of diving where 2,200 divers will be in the wa-ter for Indonesia’s independence commemoration cer-emony in Manado’s Malalayang waters. The previousworld’s record was booked by 958 divers in theMaldives waters in 2007.—Xinhua

Two suspected bombersarrested in Nepali

capitalKATHMANDU, 7 Aug—Nepali police arrested two

armed group members with explosives — includingan Indian national — in capital Kathmandu, localnewspaper The Kathmandu Post reported on Friday.

The two people belong to Janatantrik Tarai MuktiMorcha-Rajan Mukti Samuha (JTMM-R, Rajan MuktiSamuha faction of “Terai Democratic LiberationFront”), an underground armed outfit active in southNepal’s Terai plains.

They were arrested with three grenades, two socketbombs, and two hand grenades from Nagdhunga onTuesday.

According to a senior police officer, the arrests have“prevented potentially heavy casualty inside the Val-ley.”

The arrested were identified as Prakash KumarKarna and Mithilesh Kumar Yadav. Karna is in chargeof JTMM-R Saptari district in south Nepal, whileYadav is from India.

Based on the duo’s confessions, Nepali police saidthey had planned to plant the bombs in different pub-lic places inside Kathmandu.—Xinhua

Soldiers help fishermen go to safe zone in therain in Taizhou City, east China’s Zhejiang

Province, 6 Aug, 2009.—XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

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As far as I know, development is directlyrelated to peace and stability. Without peace andstability, there can be no development at all.Accordingly, the government of Myanmar hasgiven priority to peace and stability in its drivefor development. Needless to say, peace andstability is vitally important to our nation and itsentire people.

The entire Myanmar people really valuepeace and stability their nation has alreadyachieved. Everyone who is no stranger to unrestand instability will realize the value of peace andstability.

In fact, no one desires unrest and violence.Throughout the history of their nation, Myanmarpeople have experienced the perils of politicalsplits, internal insurgencies, wars, strikes,violence and anarchy. The period between 1948and 1988 was fraught with fighting and killings.I wouldn't like to experience the events andsituations in that 40-year period again even in adream.

It is known to all that the Tatmadawgovernment, since its assumption of Stateresponsibilities, has done everything possible forpeace and stability in the interest of the nationand the people. As a result, peace and stability theentire people have longed for is prevailing all-over the nation. They are now in a position to beable to enjoy the fruits of development thataccompanies peace and stability. There isn'tanyone who is not happy with health,education, social and economic improvements.This being the case, it is natural that we areagainst any kind of instigation, attempts andacts that could jeopardize peace and stabilityalready achieved.

I have every reason for saying these things.Recently, it is heard, there have been some peoplewho are trying to instigate violence and riots bycapitalizing on the news report that the courtpostponed passing the final sentence in the caseof Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on the grounds that

We will keep rowing the boat - - - - -we will soon have peace and quiet

Maung Hmat

there were some legal points to be reviewed. Somesaid that the government postponed the verdictjust because it wanted to avoid 8 August whendisturbances broke out in 1988. Some speculatedthat there were some weaknesses in the lawregarding this case. Some even tried to makepolitical profit out of the situation. Anyhow, it isobvious that there are people within and withoutwho are plotting to do something unscrupulous.

Anti-government groups in the nationgathered to pray for the release of Daw Suu Kyi,lighting candles and reciting mantras. I could notbut hear some people saying that they would dothis and that if Daw Suu Kyi was given a prisonsentence. It was said that the so-called PyithuHluttaw-representing committee was about to writeto US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to demandthe release of Daw Suu Kyi. There were evensome people who were trying to instigate violenceand riots by saying, "August 8 may be avoided butpeople's anger and anti-government sentimentscan't."

These are the campaigns carefullyorchestrated by local and foreign media. Expatriatesare trying to get themselves ready to grasp thechance and profit from the situation with "a verynoble political belief". Moreover, the so-calledSasana Regency based in a foreign country declaredthat they would stage an international campaign forthe release of Daw Suu Kyi by organizing theinternational community, by meeting internationalgovernments and by holding discussions withMyanmar monks with the use of telephone,television and internet. They even say that theywould wage a protest stronger and more violentthan that of September 2007 if Daw Suu Kyi wasgiven a prison sentence. It is like challengingsomeone by showing a fist from far away.

Not only that, the so-called All-MyanmarUnited Force of Sangha, in one of itsannouncements, called on Myanmar people to getready as it would stage a violent protest. I hear thatit is trying to make use of the student mass as a

major force in the possible protest. Foreign mediaare competing with each other in broadcastingthe voices of anti-government groups.

In fact, the legal proceedings against DawSuu Kyi will have to go on in accord with the law.However, it is obvious that anti-governmentgroups are trying to make a political attack. Theyare trying to create a situation to make politicalprofit out of it. In my opinion, it is something thatshould not be done.

Now, let's consider the possibleconsequences of their acts. Supposing a crisisoccurred the way they want, what would happen?At the thought of a crisis, the first scenes thatappear in my mind's eye are those of the 1988crisis 20 years ago. People took to the streets.They chanted anti-government slogans. Theymade discordant demands. They killed oneanother. They destroyed factories and broke intogodowns. The entire government machinery wentdefunct. Toughs became powerful. No one couldtrust or rely on anyone. No one could say definitelywhether he would see the morning dawn or not.People had to live in fear. Just the thought of allthese chills me to the bone.

Who can say the instigation and acts ofanti-government groups would not push thecountry to those situations again? Who wouldtake the responsibility for the consequences ifpeople took to the streets and violence andriots broke out? Anti-government groups?Media? Expatriates? International gentlemenwho say they are interested in and concernedabout Myanmar affairs? If the situation cameto this pass, no one would take responsibilityand could. It is only our people who will haveto take care of our domestic affairs. It is ourpeople who will have to take the consequences,good or bad. You’ve made your bed and youmust lie on it and a burnt child dreads the fire, asthe sayings go.

It is easy to do something violent anddestructive. It takes years to nurture a plant tillit becomes a big tree but it takes just a littlewhile to fell and destroy it. In the same way, ithas taken about 20 years of strenuous effort toachieve peace, stability and development of ourcountry. However, if we let anti-governmentgroups have their own way and destroy peace,stability and development of our nation, allwould collapse in a minute. The governmentand the people have had to work hard togetherfor a long time to make our nation what it istoday. Therefore, we can't let anyone to destroyit. We have nurtured a tree and now it is bearingflowers and fruits. At such a time, we can't turna blind eye to those who are sharpening theirknives to chop and fell the tree.

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The government and the people have had towork hard together for a long time to make ournation what it is today. Therefore, we can't letanyone to destroy it. We have nurtured a treeand now it is bearing flowers and fruits. At sucha time, we can't turn a blind eye to those who aresharpening their knives to chop and fell the tree.

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Secretary-1 General ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oo…

(from page 1)ministers, deputy ministers, deputy attorney-general,chairmen and members of work committees of CCDAC,and guests.

In his speech, the Secretary-1 said that CCDACwas founded in 1976 under the chairmanship of HomeAffairs Minister. Since then, it was reformed insequence and was last reformed on 2 January 2009with 24 members.

Today’s meeting is to focus on review onattempts for accomplishment of 15-year drugselimination plan which is now in first year of thirdphase 5-year-plan, encouragement of poppy-substitutefarming for elimination of poppy cultivation.

In accordance with the objective of the State,drugs elimination plan designed as 15 year plan from1999 to 2014 have been undertaken with two strategiesand three tactics. A total number of 51 townships inShan State, Shan State (East), Shan State (North),Kachin, Kayah, and Chin States were set as topprioritized regions of the plan and drug eliminationtasks are well under way.

Myanmar signed MoUs on Drug Abuse Controlwith China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnamin 1995 and is participating in regional drug abusecontrol activities. Myanmar became a member ofASEAN in 1997 and attended the 20th ASEAN High-ranking officials’ Meeting on Drug Abuse Control asthe member country. Myanmar is also actively takingpart in drug elimination activities in ASEAN region.

Establishment of Drug Free ASEAN 2015 wasagreed at 33rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting held inJuly, 1998 and work plan for supply and demandreduction in ASEAN nations in 2015 is under way.Thus,Myanmar as a member of ASEAN country will alsostrive for successful realization of Drug Free ASEAN2015 goal.

In order to expose and destroy poppy cultivation

with greater momentum, Myanmar is undertakingworks for surveying poppy cultivation in cooperationwith UNODC and have been working in collaborationwith NNCC since 2006.

Works such as cultivation, breeding and creationof other job opportunities to earn a living, bettertransport for competitiveness of the products in market,promotion of health and education knowledge andextended construction of infrastructures of such sectors,and promotion of convictions of “As the threat of Drugis concerned with everybody, We will have to drive itout from the land” are to be implemented from allaspects for poppy growers so as to dissuade them fromcultivating poppy and help improve socioeconomiclife and raise the earnings of family. Cooperation withregional and international organizations is a mustwhile effective utilization of own resources isinstrumental in doing so.

departments and accessing work are duties of the WorkCommittee.

It is required to maintain prevailing conditionssuch as acquiring the information and expose the casebased on acquired information, making more coopera-tion with international community and expose moneyand properties relating to the narcotic drug cases ac-cording to Money Laundring Law.In conclusion,- Successful implementation of CCDAC’s plan be-

ing a national goal, members of CCDAC all Min-istries are to do their bits for meeting the target of15-year plan for elimination of narcotic drugs.

- Works are to be coordinated in order to be inharmony with present conditions.

Afterwards, Minister Maj-Gen Maung Oo saidthat; today being the first year of the third five-yearplan out of 15-year plan for elimination of narcoticdrug, tasks to be carried out during the third five-yearplan are to be discussed.

Reporting on the substitute cultivation, the min-ister said that it was found that distribution of annualcrop strains, perennial crop saplings and the use offertilizer, pesticides, insecticidal powder in the secondphase 5-year plan rose much more than that of firstphase 5-year plan. He reported on breeding tasks,saying that it was able to perform more than target withcash funded by the CCDAC and the ministry in firstphase 5-year plan. In second phase 5-year plan, cows,pigs, hens and goats were distributed to SSA U LweMoung group, SSNA, PaO YaLaLaPha group , UPhado Aung San, U Saw Thamu He Kayin region,Wanpan region, SSA U Mainsin Shan group, Homain

(from page 6)In reality, those who are instigating violence

and riots are those who seek only their self-interest. They would not think twice aboutsacrificing the life and property of people ifthey were to be in power. Should riots breakout, they would not take the front line but justgive orders, staying in a safe place. We shouldknow better than to believe the instigation.

Now is the time when most of the nations inthe world are working harder for their

We will keep rowing theboat…

development. It is because of peace and stabilityand diligence of their people that these countriesare developing. Some of our neighbouringcountries have become Asian tigers that canattract the global attention. Therefore, it is timefor us to work in concert for the future of ourcountry and people. It is time for us to workharder for the development of our nation. Thegovernment, on its part, have created favourableenvironments such as peace and stability fordevelopment. We can't let anyone to destroy thepeace and stability of our nation. It is the duty ofus all to nurture the tree of development in theenvironment of peace and stability.

At a time like this, we must be careful ofthose trying to stop our progress by instigatingviolence and riots through various ways andmeans. It is necessary for us not to make twowrongs. We need to oppose and get rid of thedestructive elements. We have to continue ourjourney. I would like to quote some words froma song. "We will keep rowing the boat - - - - - wewill soon have peace and quiet." In the sameway, we will have to continue our journey in ourUnion boat in peace and quiet. To be able to dothis, we must not believe the instigation of anti-government groups and take the wrong path.

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Ministry of Public Security of People’sRepublic of China has proposed to Myanmar forfurther cooperation in poppy- substitute farming. Itwas agreed that PRC would establish 5 model farms inKachin and Shan States for reduction of poppycultivation and ensuring long-term benefit. Meanwhile,works committees are to give necessary assistance inrealizing plans for improvement of socioeconomicstatus of the locals in the region.

As part of its programme for successfulimplementation of 15-year plan for elimination ofnarcotic drugs, Supervisory Committee for alternativedevelopment work chaired by Deputy Minister forHome Affairs and Work Committee for substitutedevelopment work chaired by Director-General ofProgress of Border Areas and National RacesDepartment will be reformed in order to swiftly andsuccessfully implement substitute development work.

Duties of Supervisory Committee are makingsupervision and taking responsibilities for policy mat-ters of substitute development work that will be madein cooperation with international bodies. And coordi-nation with international organizations and respective

region, and SSNA Wanrain (breakaway), KNU/KNLA,Shan State, Shan State (North), Shan State (East), andKachin States. Model chicken breeding farms wereestablished by Livestock, Feedstuff and Dairy ProductEnterprise in Kutkai, Kaungkha, and Kachin SpecialRegion-5.

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(from page 7)The minister then reported on healthcare serv-

ices, saying that there were 26 main healthcare cen-tres, 40 sub healthcare centres, and 2 rehabilitationcentres, totalling 68. Healthcare services are beingrendered in Shan State (North) with therapies based oncommunity. Researches and training courses wereconducted with the assistance of WHO in the secondphase 5-year plan. With the aid of WHO, alternativetherapy with methadone have been rendered at YangonThingangyun Sanpya Hospital and rehabilitation cen-tres in Myitkyina, Mandalay and Lashio since January2006, with a view to decreasing of evil consequencesdue to abuse and injection of drugs.

As regards disseminating education to the pub-lic, the chairman of the Myanmar Writers and Jour-nalists Association was added to the Education Dis-semination Committee as member on 31 December1997.

To disseminate education on the menace ofnarcotic drugs to students, a training on anti-narcoticdrugs was given to teachers in Nay Pyi Taw District asan education dissemination task.

As to the rehabilitation tasks, although no courseswere conducted at Shwe Pyi Aye and Shwe Pyi ThaYouth Rehabilitation Centres directly commanded bythe CCDAC, training were conducted for three timesat Shwe Pyi Thit Youth Rehabilitation Centre from 3-12-2007 to 3-4-2009. Now, arrangements are beingmade to recruit new trainees to conduct Course No. 4/2009.

With respect to law enforcement, work momen-tum will be accelerated in cooperation with neighbour-ing countries and international organizations.

Concerning the international cooperation, theDeclaration for Drug Free ASEAN 2020 was signed atthe 31st ASEAN ministerial meeting in 1998, and theyear 2015 was designated as the year to realize theGoal No. 2 instead of 2020 at the 33rd ASEANMinisterial Meeting in 2000.

At the 28th ASOD meeting held in Hanoi in

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Vietnam in 2007, an agreement was reached to draw awork plan for ASEAN Drug Free 2015, and a draftwork plan with 55 work programmes has been made.

ASEAN work plan will emerge by adding thecurrent projects implemented by the respective coun-tries into the regional cooperation.

The ASEAN Work Plan was clarified to therespective work sub-committees under CCDAC andbased on this work plan, a National Work Plan has tobe made.

As regards international cooperation, meetingson trans-border crimes were held and the 11th meetingon trans-border crimes between Myanmar and Thai-land was held on 5 and 6 July in 2006 in Samoi Islandof Thailand and Myanmar hosted the 12th meeting ontrans-border crime on 17 and 18 December 2007 inNay Pyi Taw. Similarly, the 6th Myanmar-China Trans-border meeting was held on 7 January 2008 in Nay PyiTaw and the seventh meeting was hosted by China on17 and 18 December 2008 in Teng Chong, the People’sRepublic of China.

During the visit of Deputy Minister Mr ZhangXinfeng of the Ministry of Public Security of PRCfrom 9 to 13 November 2008 to discuss matters on drugcontrol, agreements were reached to establish fivemodel farms in five special regions, to implementextensive cultivation of elephant foot yam in Kengtungregion and to set up orchid farm in Muse, Tima. Now,a work committee comprising experts from both coun-tries is undertaking the tasks for cultivation of substi-tute-crops.

To reduce infection of HIV/AIDS through drugabuse in countries in the region and to share informa-tion, Myanmar sent its delegation abroad three timesfor study tour, held workshop two times, hosted ameeting and sent trainees to attend courses one time.Jointly organized by UNODC and CCDAC, twoprojects to reduce HIV/AIDS infection and projects ofMANA have been implemented in Tachilek, Taunggyi,Lashio, Muse and Hsenwi regions with added momen-tum according to the international standard.

As regards conducting survey on poppy cultiva-tion and opium yield, a ground survey has been madein cooperation with UNODC for illegal poppy cultiva-

tion. Moreover, in cooperation with NNCC of PRC,ground surveys on illegal poppy cultivation were madeyearly starting from 2006.

In accordance with the strategic goal of totalelimination of narcotic drugs in 2014, efforts will bemade to hit the target of the third five-year plan toeliminate supply and demand, to ensure law enforce-ment, to organize locals to cooperate in drug elimina-tion campaigns and to enhance international coopera-tion.

Next, Vice-Chairman of CCDAC Minister ColThein Nyunt reported on measures being taken forborder areas development along with measure for drugelimination, cooperation with UN agencies and INGOs,cultivation of poppy-substitute crops and regionaldevelopment tasks, health, education and human re-source development, income generating and public-based rural development drives.

Vice-Chairman of CCDAC Minister U NyanWin clarified matters on cooperation with interna-tional organizations in the drives for anti-narcoticdrugs.

Chairman of the Supervisory Committee ofCCDAC Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Phone Swe re-ported on destruction of seized drugs and poppy fields,youth rehabilitation tasks and education disseminationtasks.

On behalf of the Secretary of CCDAC, DeputyChief of MPF Police Brig-Gen Zaw Win touched uponmatters related to progress in implementation of thedecisions made at meeting No. 1/2006 of CCDAC heldon 5 August 2006.

The chairmen and officials of the Work Com-mittee for Cultivation of Substitute Crops, the WorkCommittee for Livestock Breeding, the Work Com-mittee for Disseminating Knowledge to Student Youths,the Information Work Committee, the Work Commit-tee for Rehabilitation, the Work Committee for LawEnforcement, the Work Committee for Control ofChemicals, the Work Committee for InternationalRelations and the Work Committee for Giving Treat-ment reported their respective works.

The Secretary-1 made comments on their re-ports and the meeting came to a close.—MNA

YANGON, 7 Aug—Press Conference on measures taken for security andprevalence of law and order of the State was held at Drugs Elimination Museum atthe corner of Hanthawady Street and Kyuntaw Street in Kamayut Township herethis afternoon. Brig-Gen Khin Yi, Chief of Myanmar Police Force, gave accounton present undertakings for security and prevalence of law and order of the State.

The Press Conference was participated by Deputy Attorney General UMyint Naing, departmental heads of ministries, Ambassadors, charges d’ affaires”,diplomats of embassies, resident representatives and personnel of UN agencies,personnel from social organizations, members of Foreign Correspondent Club,editorial members of local journals and magazines, guests.

Brig-Gen Khin Yi , Chief of MPF gave account on current undertakings forsecurity and prevalence of law and order of the State. (The clarification of Brig-GenKhin Yi is reported separately.)

Next, Chief of MPF Brig-Gen Khin Yi replied to the queries raised by thosepresent and the Press Conference came to an end at 3:15 pm.

Afterwards, diplomats, journalists, and guests observed documentary photoson destructive acts of terrorists, photos on explosion in No 18 Ward of ShwepyithaTownship occurred at 17:30 hrs on 19-10-2008, documentary photos of Americancitizen John William Yettaw who entered Myanmar and committed illegal acts,announcements on terrorist acts of VBSW, critical remarks of foreign media onsecurity operations, documentary photos on plots that were exposed in advance,photos and records on exposing terrorist and destructive acts at home.

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Press Conference on measurestaken for security and prevalence

of law and order held

Security forces of MyanmarPolice Force…

(from page 16)Taking advantage

of that case, internal andexternal anti-governmentgroups and subversivegroups were plotting incollusion through ground-less accusations to inciteriots and terrorist acts.Since 14 May 2009, therehave been 20 court hear-ings, and throughout theperiod, security forceshave been taking securitymeasures day and night toensure stability and peace.We also took all neces-sary measures in order toavert a gross distortion ofthe objective conditionsdue to the attacks of anti-government media. Somemedia, persons and or-ganizations are reportingthat security is being tight-ened in Yangon with the

intention of deceiving thepeople into misunder-standing the conditions.We managed to exposesome information that ter-rorist groups based in for-eign countries would com-mit terrorist acts in thenation. I would like topresent some of them.

Naing Aung, KyawHtet and Zaw Zaw Tun ofFDB in Maesot, Thailand,Wai Lin of DPNS, andKyaw Ko and Aung Thuof ABSDF held a clan-destine meeting in theearly 2009. They heldtalks on plans for coop-eration to revive theirmovements, which theyhave carried out since Sep-tember 2007, such as po-litical, terrorist and massprotest campaigns in2009, and to blast strate-

gic sites in Yangon. Andthey made a decision toaccomplish the operationswithout fail.

At about 3.55 amon 24 May 2009, an elec-trical staff member ex-posed a time bomb plantedin the ceiling of upper classcoach No (5) of down-trainNo (32) that was due toleave Nay Pyi Taw forYangon at 5 am. So, wecould avert a tragic eventthat might harm the livesof innocent people.

Tenant U WinHlaing of No 295 (A),Yaypya Street, Ward (18),Shwepyitha, Yangon,found 65 detonators keptin a white plastic containerwhile he was digging theearth in the compound on25 May 2009. The detona-tors belonged to studentwarrior No 54 Gadon (a)Thet Oo Win of VBSW,

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(from page 8)who died in the accident that happened while he wasplanting a time bomb in Yangon on 19 October 2008.Gadon (a) Thet Oo Win hid the explosives to be used interrorist attacks in the earth while he was staying in thehouse. If Gadon (a) Thet Oo Win had not died of theaccidental bomb explosion and the explosives had notbeen found, many innocent people would have fallenvictim to terrorist attacks. That event shows that wemust take security measures thoroughly and constantly


Documentary photos on terrorist acts, explosion in ward 18,Shwepyitha Township, US citizen Mr John William Yettaw,

announcements on terrorist acts of VBSW, attacks of foreign mediaover security measures, exposing of subersive and destructive acts

in order to protect the people.We were informed that on 9 June 2009, KNU

designated a famous pagoda near Mawlamyine-Yangon-Pyinmana Road as a gathering point to meetmembers of Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors(VBSW), who would enter the nation along PhayaThonzu-Mawlamyine Road via Thailand to launchbomb attacks. They also had a plan to organize somehardcore people along the route, who would committerrorist acts on their behalf.

In addition, anti-government groups outside thenation plotted to commit terrorist acts during UnitedNations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s visit toMyanmar, and VBSW announced that it would step up

terrorist attacks if Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was convicted.We also exposed that Mr John of Maesot gave

instructions on phone to the hardcore members in thenation to launch bomb attacks in Yangon by 20 July2009 and in Nay Pyi Taw by 20 June.

We exposed that Ko Nyan (a) Bo Nyan and KoKein (a) major Kein of ABSDF were active in Bangkok,Maesot, Chiamgmai, Mae Hong Son and Maesulin inThailand, and they held discussions with KNPP leadersin Maesulin in May 2009 and agreed to work togetherfor bomb attacks in the run-up and during the 2010election. ABSDF is planning to enter the nation throughvarious routes for terrorist attacks in

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(from page 9)Yangon and Mandalay. Therefore, it is apparent thatterrorists always conspire to commit destructive actswith the intention of undermining stability and peace.Surely, there will be casualties and tragedies once thenation lacks security. Therefore, we must carry outcommunity based security in order to protect the public,and that is a plan we must implement effectively.

Destructive elements turn completely to terroristand subversive acts because they are allergic to the ruleof law, community peace and stability in Myanmar.Security forces of the Myanmar Police Force managedto save the nation from a grave danger due to thecooperation of the people who favour stability andpeace. In the case, the terrorist group plotted to launchbomb blasts and incite a demonstration during the visitsof United Nations Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moonand distinguished guests to Myanmar and on the daysDaw Aung San Suu Kyi’s case is heard.

In that case, duty-conscious citizens informed usthat Htay Aung (a) Aung Myat (a) Aung Paing, who isanxious to commit terrorist attacks and had completedsubversive and explosives courses, would re-enter thenation for bomb attacks. So, our forces systematicallytook security measures in cooperation with the people.As a result, we arrested Htay Aung (a) Aung Myat (a)Aung Paing, 30, son of U Tin Shwe, No 978, 4thYanpyay Street, 2/South Ward, Thakayta Township,near Konzaydan Market on Konzaydan Street in PabedanTownship at 10.30 am on 2 July 2009. And the securitymembers seized a detonator kept in the roll of the trimof his jean trousers and two detonators kept in hisslippers, two packets of C-4 gunpowder and wire fromhim. The seizures are on display on the board for theknowledge of you journalists and guests.

According to the admission of Htay Aung, underthe instruction of leader Thura (a) Ye Thiha (a) SanNaing of VBSW (Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors)and CPPA (Committee for Promoting of People’s Ac-tivity) on bomb attacks in suitable sites as Yangonwould see a State visit on 3 and 4 July 2009, he re-entered the nation with the explosives on 1 July 2009.Then, he was under arrest by security members while hewas in Yangon on 2 July 2009.

Terrorist Htay Aung made contacts with ABSDF,and collected information inside the country, senttrainees to the other country in order to take explosivescourses, attended explosives course himself and madearrangements to carry out destructive acts with thefinancial assistance of ABSDF.

The lessons terrorist Htay Aung and others hadlearned at the explosives course were making of variouskinds of bombs such as pull mine, poster mine, bobbytraps, time bomb and cassette mine. Detailed lessonsare shown on the board to study. They had learnedassembling and dismantling of various kinds of smallarms, shooting methods and training for military tacticand raid with the use of VCD. On 29 June, 2009evening, Ye Thiha (a) Thura (a) San Naing went toHtay Aung’s place and instructed him to make a planfor explosive operations during the trip of the UNSecretary-General in Yangon on 3 and 4 July, toexplode hand-made mines at courts, in the environs ofInsein Jail and USDA office as targets, to underminelaw and order inside the country, to launch theexplosives operations in the first week of July, not todetonate the all three targets by Htay Aung alone andto meet Zaw Zaw (a) Khine Mar who was inside thecountry and to assign explosives duty to Zaw Zaw toexplode the court, to keep Zaw Zaw’s phone, to carryout the operation, weather permitting after the target isset, to contact him one or two days ahead at anopportune time before the operation started, to assign


Diplomats, journalists and guests viewing documentary photos.—MNA

duty to Nyi Nyi to bomb the environs of Insein jailwhen he arrived in the country, to explode the environsof USDA office by Htay Aung, to inform him withevidence after the operation is successfully concludedand to contact Nyi Nyi when he arrived in the country.He said he would meet Nyi Nyi later who was assignedto detonate the environs of Insein Jail. Terrorist HtayAung was given Identity Number 999961 and terroristNyi Nyi, 999972. On 30-6-2009, Ye Thiha (a) Thura(a) San Naing gave Htay Aung K 150000 and eight setsof old dresses and instructed him to re-enter the country.

According to the instructions of Ye Thiha (a)Thura (a) San Naing, Htay Aung left Maesot on 1 Julyand arrived back in Yangon at about 3 a.m. on 2 July2009. He went to Mingalar Market and made contactwith Khine Mar (a) Zaw Zaw who was in Yangon inadvance through public telephone and he told KhineMar (a) Zaw Zaw to meet him near Konzaydan busstop. They were arrested at about 10.30 a.m. by membersof security force while they were in conversation. Asterrorist Htay Aung was arrested together with explosivedevices and his accomplices, a number of lives ofinnocent people were saved. This has shown thatsystematic security measures in connection with tip-offs were taken.

Terrorist Htay Aung took an explosives coursefrom 3 May to 30 June 2009, about two months, inMaesot. While he was in Maesot, he met and helddiscussions on destructive acts with Thura (a) YeThiha (a) San Naing, leader of VBSW/CPPA, Ko Myo(a) Myo Aye, explosive course instructor, Aung Aung(a) Ko Aung, instructor of small arms training course,Khin Maung Cho, leader of Myanmar Public MovementCommittee for destructive acts and confrontationprogramme, Mone Naing of NLD-LA, Ei Shwe ZinNyunt, Myint Soe, Tun Aung Kyaw of ABSDF, Thange,Kyaw Ko Ko of Myanmar Unity Council, Nay Win ofFDB, Ngwe Lin of Lu Baung Thit and Than Dote ofBLSO.

Terrorist Htay Aung made arrangements to settlein a sparsely-populated ward running an ordinarybusiness and to designate his house as a gathering pointfor terrorist groups and to collect arms and ammunitionas much as he can. Besides, at an opportune time, theyhad planned attack vehicles of police force that arecarrying out security measures inside the country.Thura (a) Ye Thiha (a) San Naing of VBSW agreed todo the plans presented by Htay Aung and promised tofind a house for Htay Aung inside the country and sentHtay Aung to go into to the country.

Thura (a) Ye Thiha (a) San Naing recruitedactive youths to carry out destructive acts in the countyand sent them to the other country batch by batch viaillegal route to take explosives courses. Trainees weresent back into the country secretly to carry outdestructive acts with the use of improvised explosive

devices. A total of 15 terrorists including Htay Aungwere arrested during this year following theinvestigations of members of security force. Chartsshowing the links are on display to study.

The mastermind behind terrorist Htay Aungwas Thura (a) Ye Thiha (a) San Naing of VBSW(Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors). He stuck toterrorist attacks in his life. He was born in Thonze,Thayawady District, Bago Division and he wentunderground in 1988. He hijacked XY-ADW F-28plane owned by Myanma Airways on (Yangon-Myeik) flight and took it to Thailand on 6 October1989. He was a member of a terrorist group namedLion and arrested together with explosives by Thaipolice force at Bangkok on 23 Jaunary1993.

Ye Thiha (a) Thura (a) San Naing formed VBSWwith the membership of foolhardy youths. He ledtogether with Johnny (a) Kyaw Oo in the raid onMyanmar Embassy in Bangkok together with membersof God’s Army on 1 October, 1999. He accompaniedby members of God’s Army raided Ratchpuri Hospitalin Thailand on 24 January, 2000. After the RatchpuriHospital incident, VBSW collapsed and members ofVBSW went into hiding where possible places as Thaigovernment cracked down on God’s Army and VBSW.Starting from 2002, Ye Thiha (a) Thura (a) San Naingcooperated with ABSDF and accelerated the destructiveacts in the country together with hardcore terrorists ofABSDF. He moved to Maesot on 2002 and he gotcontact with VOA reporter Aye Aye Mar, wife ofLwanni of ABSDF. He sent Aye Min Naing (a) AungHtoo, central committee member of ABSDF, to Pyayin order to commit destructive acts as a hardcore andthen he sent explosive devices through various means.Moreover, terrorists trained by Ye Thiha (a) Thura (a)San Naing contacted Aye Min Naing several timesfrom 2005 to 2008 and did terrorist acts in Yangon for14 times. The declaration of VBSW in which theyclaimed responsibility for bombings was shown on theboard to study. In fact, ABSDF did subversive actsunder the name of VBSW using Ye Thiha (a) Thura (a)San Naing as a tool. The masterminds behind suchsubversive acts were FDB, NCUB, DPNS, PDF, NDDin addition to ABSDF. Ye Thiha (a) Thura (a) SanNaing, leader of VBSW and CPPA and member ofABSDF, used terrorist Htay Aung and his accomplicesas well as he was used by Secretary-General Dr NaingAung of FDB.

Since there have been news about terroristacts and destructive elements as mentioned above, oursecurity forces are working round the clock with asense of duty to protect the innocent people. Indeed,speeding up security operations is for the sake of theState and the people. The successful security operationcannot be carried out by the security force alone.

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(from page 10)It also calls for public cooperation and there

have been clear in this regard. This is why we wouldlike to request the people to continue their cooperationin security operations of our security force membersalthough there have been some people jealous of peaceand stability of the State criticizing our country fortightening the security too much.

There have been accusations that the incident inwhich Mr John William Yettaw under court trial todayillegally intruded into the restricted compound of DawAung San Suu Kyi happened in sync with the State andthat such incident intentionally took place to detain heragain at a time when her restrictions are nearly to belifted. There has also been a piece of fabricated newsbroadcast and printed by some media, persons andorganizations that a cruel story has been invented toassassinate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and whether theincident was a trick.

Simply thinking about such an accusation, thefirst point is that Mr John William Yettaw is a realAmerican citizen who was born of Jerome WilliamYettaw and Elizabeth Bouchop Fogo Yettaw in De-troit, Michigan, the USA. Besides, he was a VietnamWar veteran retiring from the US Army. He is also aneducated person studying to obtain a PhD degree inPsychology. You, journalists, will know that it was notpossible at all for the State to use a person whose nationis many miles distant from our country and whoseculture, custom and faith are different from ours.

Another point is that in this incident, when MrYettaw was questioned after being arrested from InyaLake on 6-5-2009, 21 items including a camera and sixmemory cards were seized from him. Moreover, 61items were seized from Diamond Room on the fifthfloor of Beauty Land he stayed at. All the seizedmaterials were displayed with photos at the pressconference held on 25-6-2009. It has been disclosed atthe press conference that Mr Yettaw swam across thelake to try to secretly enter the house by using a five-litre drinking water bottle, flippers, a forehead torchand swimming glasses. If we collaborated with MrYettaw as accused from outside, he could enter thehouse easily and did not have to use such aids. So theaccusation is groundless.

Mr Yettaw stayed at Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’shouse for three days from 4-5-2009 till 6-5-2009 whenhe was arrested. In the event, Mr Yettaw, when hesecretly came out of the house, was all of a sudden,found and arrested from the surface of the Inya Lakenear the residence of the charge ’d affaires of the US


Embassy. If there was a case of conspiracy, he wouldbe arrested red-handed just by checking the house forsecurity purposes while he was in the house.

Another point is that when the photos seizedfrom Mr Yettaw were checked, it was found that hewas posed together with a woman at AAPP in Maesot,Thailand. In order to check his statements and exposehis background history, our security force memberslooked for the woman in the photo. She was found ata house of Myawady at 6.30 pm on 3-7-2009. Accord-ing to the interrogation, she said that she met Mr JohnWilliam Yettaw at Medaw Clinic in Maesot while shewas residing in Myawady in 2008; that she had a phototaken together with him when she arrived at the clinicfor the second time; that while she was in Myawady,she had phone contacts with him; that he told her hewould be staying at Beauty Land 2 Hotel on 33rdStreet, Kyauktada Township when he arrived in Yangonand to come and see him at the airport; that he arrivedin Yangon on 10-11-2008 and put up at DiamondRoom of Beauty Land 2 Hotel; that on that day he wentto meet a foreigner, aged over 50, at Sakura Housing onInya Road and gave him a parcel; that Mr Yettawproceeded to Mormon Church near 8th Mile on PyayRoad; that he went to the Thai Embassy together withher on 11-11-2008; that then he went to the US Em-bassy by himself; that he said he would be meetingDaw Aung San Suu Kyi while they were walking fromthe Shwedagon Pagoda to the hotel; and that she toldhim not to go there and he would be arrested if he wentthere. The links between Mr Yettaw and the womanand their background events are under investigation.

In this incident, you, journalists, will clearlyknow that the facts that Mr Yettaw had repeatedcontacts with AAPP, anti-government organization,based in the border region, that he was familiar with thesaid woman keeping in touch with illegal organiza-tions in the border region and that he informed awoman not concerned with him of his attempt tosecretly meet Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who was underrestriction are not associated at all with the State.

The press conference held on 25-6-2009 ex-plained that Mr Yettaw committed a transnationalcrime as he had already made plans in the other countryto do lawless acts by violating the existing laws ofMyanmar; that he would not be able to commit such acrime by himself; that the attempt was not possible ifthere was not any assistance; that according to law, ifa crime involved more than three persons, it could becalled a transnational organized crime; that his actgreatly affected the nation; that the attempts of theinternal and external anti-government groups to getour nation into trouble and undermine peace andstability of the State were causing negative impacts on

our nation; and that the rule of law and peace andtranquility of our nation were adversely affected due toMr Yettaw’s acts. Therefore, the incident that affectedthe nation in all aspects was not organized in leaguewith the State.

The seized video camera documents have shownthat Mr Yettaw was videoing the situations in thehouse of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi putting himself in thebackground while he was there on 5-5-2009. In hisvideo recordings, he said: “I am here in Daw Suu Kyi’shouse. I asked her to have herself videoed to be put onYou Tube but she looked frightened and refused to bevideoed. I already ran her into difficulties while I washere on 30 November 2008. I hope I will be able to giveher authority and force. I left my family. I believe theGod is here with me and will protect me. I am here inDaw Aung San Suu Kyi’s house. I have offered tovideo her to be put on You Tube. She has refused it asshe has been scared. I will have to admire her. She willnot allow me to have her videoed or taken photos. Idon’t blame her. I spent the night here last night. It ison the sixth of May. If I can make it today, I hope I willbe able to flee to Thailand tomorrow as far as I can.Thanks for my being here.” In this context, it is likelythat Mr Yettaw would show the organization behindthe curtain and aid-giving organizations the evidenceof his being in the house of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Ifwe invented this story as said from outside, it was notnecessary to try to report on Mr Yettaw’s presence inher house with evidence.

In conclusion, I would like to say that now is thetime when we are building infrastructures for theemergence of a modern, developed, discipline-flour-ishing democratic nation. For this drive, the mostimportant and fundamental requirement is stability ofthe State, community peace and tranquility and the ruleof law. Only through community peace and tranquility,can development of the State be achieved. Everyperson who wants the rule of law, peace and stability,democracy and national development is to cooperatewith our security force members in fighting againstand crush destructive elements manufacturing falsenews to incite unrest and violence and underminecommunity peace and tranquility.

Now, my clarifications have just shown that theaccusations of some media, persons and organizationsagainst our activities are not true and groundless. In thecase under trial, Myanmar Police Force, the prosecu-tion of the State has carried out its own duties in accordwith law showing the respect for the law. If you putyourselves in our police force’s place, you will knowour moves very well. I would like to conclude that inthe current trial, the court only will decide who is guiltyor who is not guilty.—MNA

U Aung Hla Tun(Reuters News Agency)Q: I learn that Mr John

William Yettaw isin bed in YangonGeneral Hospital.Do you think thetrial will be put offif he does not getbetter?

A: Now, Mr JohnWilliam Yettaw isunder health care byspecialists. Hishealth condition is

Questions and answers in press conferenceaccording to their remarks. The trial is the concernof the court, so I don’t need to answer the question.

U Ko Ko (Yangon Times)Q: I have learnt that the four including Daw Aung

San Suu Kyi are on trial according to this pressconference and previous one. I would like toknow if action is taken against the securitymembers, and if it is, I would like to know howthey are punished.

A: We have taken action against the securitymembers in accordance with the police law. It ison 30 November 2008 when Mr Yettaw enteredthe compound of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’shouse. Four days after his entry, Dr Tin MyoWin informed that. Two days after his informingus, on 6 December, a tribunal team led by apolice colonel was formed and it questioned 24security members. The assumption of the tribunalwas that the event took place on the 3rd Waxing

of Nattaw, so it was dim and it was impossible tosee things clearly. Another point is that DawAung San Suu Kyi’s house is a little distant fromthe edge of the compound, so there were nosound of his footsteps on the creepers, grass andwater hyacinth. And the case was reported fourdays after his entry, so the line of footstepsdisappeared. Another point is that if he hadshouted, as they said, without doubt the securitymembers would have heard of his voice. In1990, security members misunderstoodregarding a case associated with a serviceman,so it was assumed that the case might be amisunderstanding case. As I said at the pressconference on 25 June, if we had known that MrYettaw gave Daw Aun San Suu Kyi the book“Mormon”, the tribunal would have exposedsome points. So, the tribunal team came to theconclusion that the event was not certain much,and it might be merely a misunderstanding matter,so there was not any action taken against thesecurity members.

(See page 12)

YANGON, 7 Aug—The following are the questionsraised by the attendees and answers given by Chief of theMyanmar Police Force in the press conference on clarificationof measures for State security and the rule of law.

U Aung Hla Tun(Reuters News

Agency)

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(from page 11)But, police battalion

No (6) that was on duty inthe period was replacedwith a new oneimmediately. In the secondtime, Mr John WilliamYettaw was arrested in InyaLake on 6 May. Soon afterhis arrest, legal affairs wasbeing carried out, and aninvestigation tribunal ledby a police colonel wasformed on 2 June. Itinterrogated 62 policemen,and we took brief writtenevidence on inefficientdischarge of duties overeight security membersheld responsible. Then, weformed a police court anddelivered a sentence tothem. Regarding theNovember 30 case, aninvestigation tribunal wasformed and it investigatedthe case. Anotherinvestigation tribunal wasthen formed with a policecolonel as the leader, and itinterrogated 31 policemen.We took brief writtenrecord of the complaints of12 members from policebattalion No (6) who wereheld responsible for thecase, and action was takenagainst them. Weinvestigated the casesthoroughly and punished12 members including thebattalion commandingofficer in the first case, andeight members includingthe battalion commandingofficer in accordance withthe police law enforcementlaw. We interrogated 24members in the first time,and 62 members in thesecond time. Then, the firstcase resurfaced and weinterrogated 32 members.They each faced a three-month term with hardlabour in the policecustody. Then, they wereposted to other places.Similarly, police corporalsfaced one-step demotion,and they were posted to

Questions and answers in pressconference…

other places. We came tothe conclusion that thebattalion commandingofficers commanded theirsubordinates improperly,and demoted one step andposted them to other places.They are now policelieutenant-colonels.U San Nyein Thaw(Modern Journal)Q: Which organizationwas bomber Htay Aungfrom? I would like to knowwhy he wanted to detonatebombs during Mr Ban Ki-moon’s visit.A: Locally, bomberHtay Aung is a ThakaytaNLD member. Accordingto his admission, he is fromHsehson Ward inMawlamyine. He is single.His educationalqualification is 4thstandard. He joinedThakayta NLD in July2006. In September 2008,he had contact with MoneNaing in Maesot who wentunderground from BahanNLD. Mone Naing is amember of NLD-LA thathas been declared anunlawful association.Then, he proceeded toMaesot. Then, he hadcontact with terroristgroups there. Then, he re-entered the nation illegally.After that, he left and re-entered the nation time andagain, and he organized

some young NLDmembers in the nation andtook them to explosivescourses many times. He isa member of VigorousBurmese Student Warriors.His plan was to launchbomb attacks in Yangonduring the visit of UNSecretary-General Mr BanKi-moon who would comehere on 3 and 4 July.However, he arrived inYangon 2 July, and whilehe was makingarrangements for bombattacks, we arrested him

the same day. So, we couldavert casualties of thepeople. He admitted thatthen he would stay in asparsely-populated ward inYangon. He would makehis house a gathering pointof terrorists. He wouldcollect arms andammunition. If opportune,he would launch armedattacks especially on thevehicles of policemen onsecurity duty. That is hisadmission. So, at home,Htay Aung is a ThakaytaNLD member, but outsidethe nation, he is a bomber.VBSW ranked himbomber No 999961.

According to hisadmission, the reason whyhe chose Mr Ban Ki-moon’s visit was to tarnishthe image of thegovernment. To view thecase in connection with thenature of terrorists, hewould cause manycasualties of policemen ofus, and innocent people,and then he would tarnishthe image of the country.

U Aung Kyaw Min(Thitsar Journal)Q: I am interested inHtay Aung?

I would like to knowVBSW mastermindingHtay Aung?A: The man whomasterminded Htay Aungto explode during the trip ofMr Ban Ki-moon is LeaderYe Thiha (a) Thura (a) SanNaing from VBSW.VBSW stands for VigorousBurmese Student Warriors.VBSW was formed in July1999 and based in Tagolingvillage in Thai-Myanmarborder. It had five memberswhen formed and havereached to 30 memberslater. Leader Ye Thiha (a)Thura (a) San Naing himselfis only a terrorist and hisnative place is Thooze,Thayawady. He went underground starting from 1988.He hijacked a flight ofMyanmar Airways in 1989.Similarly, he made a raidon Myanmar Embassy in

Thailand in October 1999and so did the hospital.VBSW was formed withthe young man who fled tothe other country and thosefrom KNU and ABSDF.VBSW together with God’sArmy made a raid onembassy in October 1999.Likewise, VBSW carriedout raid on RushburyHospital in January 2000.VBSW was on the verge ofcollapse when Governmentof Thailand cracked downthem.

So, VBSWcooperated with ABSDFthen. VBSW committedbomb attacks for 14times in Yangon from2005 to 2008. And theycommitted bomb attacksin the compound of bus

terminal and PanoramaHotel in 2005.

During the year2009, bomb attacks inUSDA offices were the actsof VBSW. I would like toinform you of all that theseare organizationsannounced by MyanmaPolice Force and Interpolas terrorist ones.U Kyaw Thu (MyanmarTimes)Q: I know that Mr JohnWillian Yettaw’s case isrelated with transnationalcrime. So, which evidencesare there for the case? Withwhich sections will he betaken action? And will hebe taken action againsttransnational crime?A: There are a lot ofdefinitions abouttransnational crime. Thefirst point is that if a plan tocommit a crime in a certaincountry is made in anyother country, it can becalled a transnationalcrime.

Mr Yettaw madepreparations in Thailand toillegally enter the house ofDaw Aung San Suu Kyi.In his statements, he hasalready admitted to that.Preparing for the crime tobe committed in ourcountry in the other country

can be defined as atransnational crime. So wecan say that Mr Yettaw’scase is a transnationalcrime. As I had explainedpreviously, if the crimewas not committed by MrYettaw alone butcommitted by a group ofmore than three, it can becalled a transnational

organized crime. He is nowunder trial in accord withthe existing law ofMyanmar. The reason wedid not charge him in accordwith the transnational crimewas because our nation isstill drawing anti-terrorismlaw.Ma Nyein Nyein Naing(Seven Days Journal)Q: I would like to knowabout the health of Mr JohnWilliam Yettaw.A: He was arrested anddetained on 6 May. Twodays later, he started to eatnothing but water. Thosecaring for him and doctorsand authorities concernedrequested him not to do soas it could affect his health.But he insisted refusing.According to the report ofthe CorrectionalDepartment, he did not eatany food for 42 days. Later,he did not eat any foodeither for 62 days byshowing various reasons.However, responsibledepartments took care ofhis health. It was learnt thatthe chief medical officerof the jail was always readyfor his attention. Apractitioner of the Ministryof Health was always readyto nurse him. He had beenunder care by making anhourly record of his health.In addition, D-proteinworth over K 10000 wasbeside him to give himenergy. According to areport of the CorrectionalDepartment, it was foundthat special medicine worthmore than K 600,000 wasused for Mr Yettaw. Atabout midnight of 3August, he was sent toYangon General Hospital

as he went into con-vulsions.

According to thespecialists of the hospital,he suffered epilepsy. Ateam comprising sevenspecialists is closely takingcare of his health. Requiredmedicines for him as wellas his demands are beingfulfilled. Mr Yettaw metMr. Colin P Furst ofAmerican Embassy on 5August. Details about hishealth are according to theremarks of specialistsconcerned.U Khin Win (TrustJournal)Q: I heard that the blastthat occurred in the backlane of the Traders Hotelwas recorded with a videocamera. I would like toknow whether the incidentcould be exposed or not.A: According to theinvestigation, we knowwho is responsible for this.But we cannot disclose thatas it was the case in whichno suspect was arrested.Please understand us.U Myat Khaing (SnapShot Journal)Q: I would like to knowthe name of the womanwho became friendly withMr Yettaw in Myawadyand came to Yangontogether with him.A: We did not arrest her.We are only questioningher. We have stillquestions to ask her. Thisis why we will disclose itat an appropriate time toprotect her security anddignity.

MNA

U Ko Ko(Yangon Times)

U Myat Khaing(Snap Shot Journal)

Ma Nyein Nyein Naing(Seven Days Journal)

U Kyaw Thu(Myanmar Times)

U San Nyein Thaw(Modern Journal)

U Khin Win(Trust Journal)

U Aung Kyaw Min(Thitsar Journal)

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG DA VOY NO (9030)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DAVOY NO (9030) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 8.8.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING(MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RUKUN VOY NO (501)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RUKUNVOY NO (501) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 8.8.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Nine die in Colombianmine explosion

BOGOTA, 7 Aug–At least nine miners died in an ex-plosion that occurred in a private coal mine in Colom-bia’s northwestern province of Antioquia, authoritiessaid on Thursday.

The explosion was caused by an accumulation ofmethane in the mine, 3 km away from the city centerof Amaga, according to Amaga’s Health Secretary,Carlos Aguirre.

“There were about 15 to 20 miners working inthe hollow when the accident happened,” he said. “Sev-eral injured miners have been sent to hospital.”

Amaga is rich in coal. The most serious accident inthis city occurred in 1977, when as many as 86 minersworking in another coal mine died of the same cause.

Xinhua

Nine die in fire at Belgianconvalescent home

BRUSSELS, 7 Aug—Nine elderly people diedand three more were seri-ously injured in a fire at aconvalescent home inBelgium, local mayorDirk De Maeseneer andpolice said.

The victims, sevenwomen and two men,were all residents of theKanunnik Triest home inthe Flemish town of Melleand died of smoke inha-

lation when the fire brokeout Thursday, accordingto an investigator.

The lives of the threeinjured people were indanger, a police sourcesaid. Thirty more hadbeen admitted to hospitalalthough there were nodetails of their injuries.

Firefighters broughtthe fire under control, saidMelle’s deputy mayorDany Cottenie, quoted by

the Belga news agency.According to a nurse

quoted by the online edi-tion of the newspaper DeStandaard, the fire wascaused by a fan on the sec-ond floor of the modernbuilding that housedaround 90 elderly resi-dents.

An investigator blamedthe fire on a televisionexploding and setting amattress alight.—Internet

Injured ressidents of a retirement home are evacuated in Melle, Belgium, on 6Aug, 2009. A fire has raged through a retirement home close to Brussels. A cityalderman say nine people are dead and three more in critical condition.—INTERNET

A little girl releases a lantern on the Motoyasu river, beside the Atomic BombDome (R) in Hiroshima, Japan, 6 Aug, 2009, to mark the 64th anniversary of

the atomic bomb blast in Hiroshima.—XINHUA

GM to introduce plug-inhybrid Buick in 2011

CHICAGO, 7 Aug—The largest US automaker Gen-eral Motors Co (GM) will introduce a plug-in hybridBuick crossover vehicle in 2011, the company said onThursday.

Tom Stephens, GM vice chairman of product de-velopment, made the announcement during a seminarat Traverse City in Michigan state.

According to a Detroit News report, the vehicle willbe delivered to the Energy Department for fleet test-ing in early 2011 and will go on sale to retail custom-ers later that year.

The company said the yet-to-be-named Buickcrossover will launch in late 2010 with a direct-in-jected gasoline engine, followed in 2011 by the plug-in hybrid model.

Xinhua

Temptation more powerful than people thinkWolvesmenacingsheep in

SwitzerlandBERN,7 Aug— Wolves

are moving into Switzer-land from Italy and pos-ing a danger to sheepherds, experts from theFederal Environment Of-fice in Bern said.

Wolves were driven outof Switzerland in the 19thcentury, but are returning.Although there are manymore wolves in the Frenchand Italian Alps, Swissauthorities believe thenumber there will rise inthe coming years. Sincemid-May 100 sheep wereslaughtered by wolves.

In one case, 15 sheepwere killed in an attackin canton Valais. Theflock was in an enclosureand watched over by twomountain dogs and adonkey. Experts saywolves rarely attacksheep under the watch ofdogs.

Xinhua

EVANSTON, 7 Aug—Peo-ple say they have morerestraint than they actu-ally possess — leading topoor decisions whentempted with greed, lustor drugs, US researcherssaid.

Study leader LoranNordgren of the KelloggSchool of Management inEvanston, Ill, examined

how an individual’s beliefin his or her ability to con-trol impulses — such asgreed, drug craving andsexual arousal — influ-ence responses to tempta-tion.

“People are not good atanticipating the power oftheir urges, and those whoare the most confidentabout their self-control

are the most likely to giveinto temptation,”Nordgren said in a state-ment. “The key is simplyto avoid any situationswhere vices and otherweaknesses thrive and,most importantly, for in-dividuals to keep a hum-ble view of their will-power.”

Xinhua

Indonesian prominent poet dies at 74JAKARTA, 7 Aug—Indonesian top poet figure

Willibrordus Surendra Broto Rendra, or popularlyknown as WS Rendra, died here on Thursday night atage of 74 after being admitted in a hospital for hiscardiac disease. The poet was popular for his poemsthat siding up the poor and were critical to the policiesimplemented by the previous Indonesian governmentled by the then president Soeharto.

He was imprisoned by the Soeharto regime for hiscritical poetry during the students uprising in 1978.

Some pieces of his poetry were regarded as master-pieces in world’s literary and were translated into vari-ous languages, among others English, Dutch, Germanand Japanese.—Xinhua

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S P O R T S

WASHINGTON, 7 Aug — American Jessica Hardy seta world record of 29.95 seconds in the 50-metre breast-stroke on Thursday at the US Open Championship,setting the mark as a split time in the 100m breast-stroke.

Hardy broke the prior mark of 30.09 seconds setby Russia’s Yuliya Efimova last Sunday at the WorldChampionships in Rome.

Canada’s Amanda Reason had just in July trimmedthe world mark of 30.31 by Australian Jade Edmistonefrom 2006.

Xinhua

Real Madrid forwardHuntelaar joins AC Milan

MADRID, 7 Aug — Real Madrid sold striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to Italian side AC Milan this Thursday.Real Madrid has confirmed the news with an officialcommunique on the club website.

Huntelaar, who joined Real Madrid for 20 millioneuros in December 2008, scored eight goals in just 20Primera Liga appearances for the club. He didn’t playfor them in the Champions League after an error byReal Madrid meant he was unable to be included inthe squad for the second phase of the competition ashe had already played for his former club Ajax in Eu-rope.

The price is reported to be between 15 million and18 million euros, a substantial loss for Real Madrid,as the Spanish club has an agreement to pay 7 millioneuros from any transfer to Ajax.Milan Director Gen-eral Adriano Galliani told Italian TV Station “Sky”that Huntelaar would sign a contract keeping him atthe club until 2013. — Xinhua

WASHINGTON , 7 Aug— US top seed Andy Roddickcaptured the 500th match victory of his career, defeat-ing countryman Sam Querrey 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 to reachthe quarter-finals of the ATP Washington Classic.

Roddick became the 36th Open-Era player to reach500 match triumphs and the fourth active player at themark, the ninth-year professional joining Federer with657, Spain’s Carlos Moya on 573 and AustralianLleyton Hewitt with 511.

RENO, 7 Aug —Rod Pampling shot a 5-under 67 inswirling mountain wind Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, a strokeahead of a group that included two-time winner VaughnTaylor and former Nevada player Rich Barcelo.

Two-time Reno runner-up Jonathan Kaye, StevePate, Grant Waite, Spencer Levin and rookie MarcLeishman matched Taylor and Barcelo with 68s at

LONDON, 7 Aug—As if joining Manchester Unitedas Cristiano Ronaldo’s replacement wasn’t enough ofa challenge for Antonio Valencia, the Ecuador wingermust also live up to his billing as the figurehead of thePremier League’s Latin invasion.

When Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid for a worldrecord 80 million pounds in June, United boss Sir AlexFerguson was quick to spend 17 million pounds ofthat fee on luring Valencia from Wigan.

PARIS , 7 Aug — English Premier League Fulhamreached the Europa League play-off round on Thurs-day where they were joined by free-scoring Roma andGalatasary.Andrew Johnson scored twice to add toDickson Etuhu’s opener as Fulham saw off Vetra ofLithuania 3-0 for a 6-0 aggregate win in their thirdqualifying round, second leg clash at Craven Cottage.

“We were good value for our three goals as we werein the first leg,” said Fulham coach Roy Hodgson.

“I am pleased with our attitude, pleased with thequality of our play and pleased with our passing.”

Galatasary of Turkey, coached by former Barcelonaboss Frank Rijkaard, crushed Israel’s Maccabi Netanya6-1 for a 10-1 aggregate with Congo striker ShabaniNonda grabbing a hat-trick.Veteran striker FrancescoTotti, who scored twice in the first leg, also claimed ahat-trick as AS Roma beat AA Gent 7-1 in Belgium fora 10-2 aggregate.—Internet

LONDON , 7 Aug – Peter Crouch insisted on Fridaythat his move to Tottenham will not torpedo his hopesof playing in the World Cup finals.The 28-year-oldbeanpole striker will compete with Jermain Defoe,Robbie Keane and Roman Pavlyuchenko for a start-ing place in Harry Redknapp’s Spurs line-up.At pre-vious club Portsmouth, he was a guaranteed starter.

LONDON , 7 Aug — Arsene Wenger admits Arsenalhave yet to step up their bid to bring former captainPatrick Vieira back to north London.Gunners bossWenger had hinted he may make a move for Francemidfielder Vieira after the Inter Milan star expressedan interest in returning to the Premier League.

But Wenger, who ended Vieira’s nine-year stay inEngland when he sold the Arsenal legend to Juventusin 2005, has made little progress towards completinga deal.” Not at the moment, no,” Wenger said on Thurs-day when asked if they were close to signingVieira.”We can still make do with one or two playersmore. One could be in the defensive areas, and one inthe attacking areas.”

Fulham qualify, Roma, Galatasarayswap rivals in Europa League

Roma’s Francesco Totti celebrates after scoring agoal during the return leg of the third round

qualifying match for the UEFA football EuropeLeague game KAA Gent vs AS Roma.—INTERNET

Andy Roddickcelebrates a point in

the final game againstSam Querrey during

day 4 of the LeggMason Tennis Classicat the William H0G.FitzGerald Tennis

Center, on 6 August, inWashington, DC.

INTERNET

Roddick wins 500th career matchat ATP Washington

“It’s a pretty smallnumber who have gottenthere, an elite group,”Roddick said.

“Moreso, I got therewith enough time to addto it significantly.

It’s just a nice valida-tion of the consistencyI’ve been able to have inmy career.”

Fifth-ranked Roddick,who turns 27 later thismonth, won his onlyGrand Slam title at the2003 US Open.

He seeks a 29th careercrown this week andfourth Washington title togo with the cake he re-ceived for his 500thmatch victory.

Internet

Pampling leads LegendsReno-Tahoe Open

Rod Pampling, ofAustralia.

Montreux Golf and Coun-try Club on the edge of theSierra Nevada.

Former PGA Champi-onship winners PaulAzinger, Steve Elkingtonand Shaun Micheel wereanother shot back at 69along with defendingchampion ParkerMcLachlin, Jeff Quinney,James Nitties, RobertGarrigus, Ryan Palmerand Jonathan Byrd.

Internet

Antonio Valencia has plentyto prove at ManUtd

Manchester United’sAntonio Valencia.

Valencia, 23, first cau-ght Ferguson’s eye duringa 20-minute cameo forWigan against United in2006. That substitute ap-pearance made Fergusonaware of how Valencia’sdynamic runs and inci-sive crosses could hurtopponents and he regu-larly dispatched scouts tocheck on his progressover the next two years.

Internet

Crouch admits World Cupgamble at Spurs

Peter Crouch.

INTERNET

“I have confidence inmy own ability and that,when given the opportuni-ties, I will take them,” saidCrouch who has scored 16goals in 34 Englandappearances.”I’ve been inand out of the England sidebut when I’ve played I’vealways felt I’ve done welland scored goals. I’m con-fident that I’ll be playingevery week and doing all Ican to make sure I’m onthat plane to South Africa(for the World Cup).

Internet

Hardy sets 50m breaststrokeworld record at US Open

Wenger no closer to Vieiradeal

Arsenal former captain

Patrick Vieira.

Wenger, speaking atArsenal’s charity launchat the Great OrmondStreet Children’s Hospi-tal, added: “We make afew enquires for players,but we are nowhere nearto signing anybody at themoment.

“Usually the transfermarket speeds up from 26August up to midnight on31st, especially in the lasttwo hours.”

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudy inlower Sagaing Division, rain have been fairly widespreadin Kachin, Shan and Chin States, Mandalay, Bago andYangon Divisions and widespread in the remaining Statesand Divisions with Locally heavyfalls in Rakhine, MonState and Taninthayi Division, isolated heavyfalls in KayinState, Magway and Bago Divisions.The noteworthy amountsof rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw (Lewe) (0.36) inch, NayPyi Taw (0.16) inch, Nay Pyi Taw (Yezin) (0.07) inch, Paung(8.27)inches, Launglon (6.38) inches, Kyaukpyu(5.83)inches, Maungtaw (5.71) inches, Dawei (5.55) inches,Taunggup (5.51) inches, Mawlamyine (5.32) inches,Shwegyin (4.41) inches, Gangaw (1.61) inches and Magway(1.30) inches.

Maximum temperature on 6-8-2009 was 86°F.Minimum temperature on 7-8-2009 was 70°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 7 -8-2009 was 96%. TotalSun shine hours on 6-8-2009 was Nil.

Rainfall on 7-8-2009 was (0.04) inch at Mingaladon,(0.36) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.27) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (77.17) inches at Mingaladon,(85.79) inches at Kaba-Aye and (88.62) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(10) mph from Southwest at (04:00) hours MST on 7-8-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Seaand Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 8th August 2009: Rainwill be isolated in lower Sagaing Division, scattered inMandalay and Magway Division, fairly widespread inKachin, Chin, Kayah States and upper Sagaing Divisionand widespread in the remaining States and Divisions withlikelihood of isolated heavyfalls in Rakhine, Mon, KayinStates and Taninthayi Division. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seas arelikely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface windspeed in squalls may reach (35-40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation of strongmonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for8-8-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for8-8-2009: Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for8-8-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Weather outlook for second weekend of August 2009:During the coming weekend, rain will be scattered in NayPyi Taw and Mandalay Division, widespread in YangonDivision.

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LONDON, 7 Aug—Tottenham have comp-leted the signing ofNewcastle centre-backSebastien Bassong afterthe 23-year-old defenderpassed a medical andagreed personal terms.

Spurs boss HarryRedknapp made an eightmillion pound bid forBassong on Thursdayafter learning that centre-backs Michael Dawson,

Newcastle centre-backSebastien Bassong

Newcastle’s Bassong signsfor spurs

Jonathan Woodgate and Ledley King were alllikely to miss the start of the season.

“I like him very much. He is young with a goodfuture,” Redknapp said Thursday.

“The chairman (Daniel Levy) is talking. I don’tget involved on that side of it. I identify a player andthe chairman does everything else.”

Bassong joined Newcastle from French clubMetz in July 2008 and produced some impressivedisplays despite his club’s relegation.

But he will miss the first two games of theseason for his red card against Fulham last term.

Paris-born Bassong, who was called up byCameroon for the first time recently, admitted amove to White Hart Lane would be ideal for hisinternational prospects.

“Playing for Newcastle was a real honour infront of the supporters at St James’ Park,” he toldthe Newcastle Evening Chronicle.

“But I have always said that I wanted to play inthe Premier League and that wasn’t possible withNewcastle.

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

People’s Desire■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest and violence

■ VOA, BBC - sowing hatred among the people

■ RFA, DVB - generating public outrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed

■ By broadcasts designed to cause troubles

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

* Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit* Uplift of health, fitness and education stand-

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Consti-

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

YANGON, 7 Aug—The following is a translationof the clarification of measures for State security and therule of law made at the press conference by Chief ofMyanmar Police Force Brig-Gen Khin Yi.

The Myanmar Police Force is responsible forState security, community peace and the rule of law.

So, we are taking security measures day and night inthe regions where we are assigned duties to accomplishour mission. At about 5.40 am on 6 May 2009, wearrested Mr John William Yettaw, who had stayedillegally and left the house of Daw Aung San Suu Kyiin restricted area, in Inya Lake, about 50 yards from old

Kanthaya hospital and 30 yards from the house of thecharge´ d’ affaires of the US embassy. In the case, alawsuit was filed against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, hercompanions Daw Khin Khin Win and Daw Win MaMa, and Mr John William Yettaw on 14 May 2009.

(See page 8)

Chief of Myanmar Police Force Brig-Gen Khin Yi clarifies measures for State security and the rule of law at press conference.—MNA

Security forces of Myanmar Police Force managedto save nation from grave danger due to cooperation

of people who favour stability and peace

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