FOURTH OPEN SUPPLICATION TO THE ETHNIC BURMANS OF BURMA

(1st modification)

RESPECTED ALL ETHNIC BURMANS, INCLUDING THE BUDDHIST CLERGY!

A few of you may already have known me through my various papers (Grand Strategy for Burma
(I to VIII), Some Strategic Concepts for the Rebuilding of Burma, An Open Supplication to the
Present and Future Rulers of Burma (modified for eight times), Open Supplication to the Ethnic
Burmans of Burma (four modifications until now), etc., that I have disseminated on the internet
around the world during the past few years. These political papers contain a number of ideas and
concepts of my own for the building of peace and development in Burma. I am a Chin from Burma
(born in the year in which Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was also born), living in Europe since forty
years ago as a stateless person, married to a Shan who passed away nearly two years ago from heart
failures. I am also the author of a 700-page history paper on my people.
In this present supplication I just would like to go directly to two points first: what the real
present condition of the country is and what will most likely happen to us all in the near, not distant,
future; second: the fate of the Christians in the country.

No Easy Way to Improve Myanmars Economy, Experts Say

By Htet Naing Zaw & Htun Htun 14 August 2017

NAYPYITAW The National League for Democracy (NLD)s economic advisor U Myo
Myint blamed a legacy of inept bureaucracy, deep-rooted corruption, military control, and
a lack of cooperation among ministries for his partys poor economic performance.
He described the military-drafted 2008 Constitution as the first obstacle in revamping the
countrys economy.
U Myo Myint listed the reasons behind Myanmars stagnant economy: Armed clashes, drug
abuse and trade, declining export values, low productivity in the workforce and low utilization
of farmland.
Peoples anger builds up with economic hardship, the explosion of anger is followed by
revolution. So, [the government] needs to urgently provide secure livelihoods for people,
said Col Aung Myint Oo.
He suggested amending the 2012 Farmland Law, as well as policies regarding provision of
agricultural loans and investment, and taxation.
I think it is time we made bold changes no matter what the obstacles are, he said.
He also pointed out the countrys failure to produce animal feed at home.
We have 26 animal feed processing plants in our country, but only six of them are operating
and are not even running at full capacity. This is a big loss for our country, he criticized.
Economist U Thein Swe who served as an executive director in the World Bank said: We
should have a timeframe and plans in place now, we should have plans and goals for the
next three years, the next five years... (see Item No. 10/01 below)

Everybody in the country knows that we all badly need peace and development as fast as
possible. But if we carefully read and analyse all the information items (newspaper articles listed
below) we may most likely never see these wishes come to fulfilment. The simple reasons are: our
leading politicians and militarymen themselves are no more the masters of their own destinies and
we can see clearly now that the military has long become one of the best customers of international
arms manufacturers and dealers and that our land itself has become one of the political, military,
financial and diplomatic battlegroundss of regional and global powers as well as that of various
multinational corporations.
Here are a few more points to substantiate my conclusion above: Senior General Min Aung
Hlaing and a number of his immediate surbodinates have made visits to the military establishments
of several countries - Austria, Brussels, China, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, Thailand,
Vietnam, etc. during the past few years (see the news items listed below for some of these visits).
On some occasions they were treated with receptions that are normally reserved for heads of states.
Compare these visits with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's humble visits to Canada and Sweden
as two examples. See her press conference in Sweden with the Swedish Prime Minister on her visit
to that country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz76U4EcwIg ). In Canada she received $ 9
million as a token for humanitarian purposes see 01/05. Daw Aung San Suu Kyis Lackluster
Visit to Canada.
So the inevitable consequence of these situations would be the splitting up of the country into
tentatively five parts sooner or later and whether we like it or not: Some parts will literally be
swallowed up by China, some parts by India, some parts by Bangladesh, and some parts by
Thailand, and the rest central Burma proper.
Second: the fate of Christians in the country. When I was still in schools, my Buddhist Burmese
teachers very often used to deride Christians by saying that they were worshipping a foreign or
imported god. And the majority Burmese people suspected them to be the fifth columnists of the
West and thus they were disliked. Many of them are disliked also partly because of their ways of
worshipping are so strange for many Buddhists. But what the Buddhist Burmans did not and do not
know is the fact that those Christians in the country are divided into several rival denominations or
churches. (There were 41,000 denominations worldwide as of 2015 and among the Chin Christians
alone, who may number about 1 million, there are about 30 rival churches. There are approximately
4. 5 million Christians the majority of them are Chins, Kachins, Karens, Karennis and Nagas out
of the country's total population of 52 million. The Baptist and Roman Catholic churches are the
two largest denominations.) And what the Christians themselves there did not and do not know is
the fact that most of their mother churches have been working very closely with state and academic
institutions and financial and business communities in their homelands for centuries. The Roman
Catholic Church, which established diplomatic relations with the country in this year it's the 183rd
state with which it has diplomatic ties - for instance, is organized as a state as well and it always
even has diplomatic relations with all types of rulers around the world for nearly 2000 years. (It
came into existence a few hundreds years after Jesus' death 2000 years ago). - See 01/01. Burma
and The Vatican Establish Diplomatic Ties.
It is believed that hundreds of millions of innocent people lost their lives around the world in the
past 2000 years in uncountable religious wars and conflicts that were fought between the Christians
themselves.
So my humble appeal to you all the ethnic Burmans here is, instead of disliking them, please
kindly sypathize with them or pity them. A number of churches that have followers in Burma, for
instance, have got great fortunes numbering from several hundreds of millions to even hundreds of
billions of dollar, in some cases. But what have they done for their poverty-stricken victims of the
decades-long civil war in the country? Nothing special, actually! They even urge their followers
there all the times to love each other and to forgive each other's wrongdoings, but they themselves
(those in the leading positions) cannot love and forgive each other. That's one of the main reasons
why there are so many rival churches today. Many of them even threaten in the name of the biblical
God their hapless, starving followers in Burma with an eternal damnation at a place called the
lake of fire for commiting some sex-related activities or using contraceptive devices or for eating
pork, etc., etc.
So, now if in case you would like to know what Jesus is said to have really preached, I'm quoting
here a few lines from the Christian Bible the New Testament, that is. You yourselves may
compare these words with what the great majority of Christians around the world have been in
reality doing. (By the way, I myself am also a Christian, but I do not belong to any single church.
Therefore, I identify myself as an independent Christian.
Matthew 6:5-15New International Version (NIV)

Prayer
5 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on
the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you
pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees
what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they
think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you
need before you ask him.
9This, then, is how you should pray:
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10your kingdom come,
your will be done, on earth as
it is in heaven.
11Give us today our daily bread.
12And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation,[a]
but deliver us from the evil one.[b]
14For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Respectfully yours,

Thang Za Dal (Mr)

Grindelallee 141
20146 Hamburg
Germany

September 6, 2017, Wednesday. First modification: 21 September, 2017.

01. Diplomacy/Foreign Relations

01/01. Burma and The Vatican Establish Diplomatic Ties

(4 May 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma-vatican-establish-diplomatic-ties.html

01/02. Pope ponders Myanmar visit as part of Asian tour

(July 31, 2017)
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/27025-pope-ponders-myanmar-visit-as-part-of-asian-
tour.html

01/03. Pope's Myanmar visit may be the help Aung San Suu Kyi needs
(29 August 2017)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/29/popes-myanmar-visit-may-be-the-help-aung-san-suu-kyi-
needs

01/04. Myanmar Catholics celebrate 500 years in the country

(21 November 2014)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2844489/Myanmar-Catholics-celebrate-500-years-country.html

01/05. Daw Aung San Suu Kyis Lackluster Visit to Canada

(29 June 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/daw-aung-san-suu-kyis-lackluster-visit-canada.html

01/06. Canadian engagement - Interview with Canadian Ambassador to Myanmar Karen

MacArthur (22 July2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-opinion/canadian-engagement-interview-canadian-ambassador-myanmar-
karen-macarthur

01/07. Myanmar: Diplomatic Graveyard

(18 June 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/from-the-archive/myanmar-diplomatic-graveyard.html

01/08. Outgoing EU Ambassador discusses Europes bold engagement with Myanmar

(24 August 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-opinion/outgoing-eu-ambassador-discusses-europe%E2%80%99s-bold-
engagementmyanmar

01/09. Chinas Charm Offensive Regains its Foothold in Myanmar

(9 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/commentary/chinas-charm-offensive-regains-foothold-myanmar.html

01/10. India pursues Act East policy via Myanmar

(17 July 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-opinion/india-pursues-act-east-policy-myanmar

01/11. India Courts Myanmar

(20 July 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/india-courts-myanmar.html

01/12. Analysis: Modi in Myanmar

(4 September 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/analysis-modi-in-myanmar.html

01/13. Indian PM Modi, Suu Kyi stress mutual trust, cooperation

(6 September 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-domestic/indian-pm-modi-suu-kyi-stress-mutual-trust-cooperation

02. Human Rights-related Items

WARNING: A number of Links contain shocking scenes!

02/01. International Community Calls on Govt to Cooperate with UN Fact-finding Mission
(April 27, 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/international-community-calls-govt-cooperate-un-fact-finding-
mission.html

02/02. Suu Kyi must stop defending Myanmar militarys crimes

(july 13, 2017)
http://www.atimes.com/suu-kyi-must-stop-defending-militarys-war-crimes/

02/03. Rights Group Calls for Probe of Alleged Military Abuse After Beating Video Emerges
(May 28, 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/rights-group-calls-probe-alleged-military-abuse-beating-video-emerges.html
02/04. Myanmar must investigate army beating video: rights groups
(May 29, 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-domestic/myanmar-must-investigate-%E2%80%98army-beating
%E2%80%99-video-rights-groups

02/05. Myanmar still using same tactics of oppression as junta: UN envoy

(July 22, 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-domestic/myanmar-still-using-%E2%80%98same-tactics%E2%80%99-oppression-junta-un-envoy

02/06. Death, Lies, and Videotape

(July 27, 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/death-lies-and-videotape.html

02/07. Getting it Right: A Response to Death, Lies and Videotape

(7 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/plaintiff-myanmar-now-lawsuit-arrested-trial.html

02/08. More Kachin Men Charged for Holding Prayers

(June 20, 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/more-kachin-men-charged-for-holding-prayers.html

03. Humanitarian Issues, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

03/01. Myanmar Contributes to Increasing Global Displacement (490,000 refugees and 375,000
internally displaced persons (IDPs)
(June 20, 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-contributes-to-increasing-global-displacement.html

03/02. Donors Cut Financial Support to Refugee Camp Workers (100, 000 Refugees in 9
refugee camps on Thai/Burma border)
(26 April 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/donors-cut-financial-support-refugee-camp-workers.html

03/03. Report: Refugee Returns Must Be Linked to Broader Land Reforms

(12 July 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/report-refugee-returns-must-linked-broader-land-reforms.html

03/04. More Signs of Refugee Repatriation on the Thai-Burma Border

(May 2, 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/signs-refugee-repatriation-thai-burma-border.html

03/05. Left Behind: Karen Refugees at Mae La Camp

(28 April 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/left-behind-karen-refugees-mae-la-camp.html

03/06. Suicide Rate Alarming in Thai Camp for Myanmar RefugeesStudy

(20 June 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/suicide-rate-alarming-thai-camp-myanmar-refugees-study.html

03/07. Burmese Migrants Continue to Eke Out a Living in Garbage Dump on Thai Border
(2 May 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/features/burmese-migrants-continue-to-eke-out-a-living-in-garbage-dump-on-
thai-border.html

03/08. 30pc of Myanmar children suffer from malnutrition

(June 29 2017)
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/mandalay-upper-myanmar/26584-30-of-myanmar-children-
sufferfrom-malnutrition.html

03/09. Census report: Half a million young people in Myanmar cannot read or write
(1 July 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-domestic/census-report-half-million-young-people-myanmar-
cannot-read-or-write

03/10. Over 34,000 Myanmar migrant workers return home despite Thailand's delay of new
labor decree
(7 July 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-domestic-regional/over-34000-myanmar-migrant-workers-return-
home-despite-thailands-delay-new

03/11. Blacklist: 275 nationals, 385 others off the hook (the new government has added 20,732 to
the list)
(4 May 2917)
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/25842-blacklist-275-nationals-385-others-off-the-hook.html
03/12. Myanmar military prevents aid being delivered to IDPs in Kachin State
(22 August 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-domestic/myanmar-military-prevents-aid-being-delivered-idps-kachin-state

03/13. Displaced Kachin Mothers Struggle to Feed Their Children

(16 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/displaced-kachin-mothers-struggle-feed-children.html

03/14. Information Committee releases statistics on Rakhine situation

(6 September 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-domestic/information-committee-releases-statistics-rakhine-situation

04. Military-related Items

04/01. Engagement with the Military?

(23 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/engagement-with-the-military.html

04/02. Will the Myanmar Army Wipe Out Ethnic Armed Groups?
(4 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/will-the-myanmar-army-wipe-out-ethnic-armed-groups.html

04/03. Troop Withdrawal Crucial for Peace in Myanmar

(2 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/troop-withdrawal-crucial-peace-myanmar.html

04/04. Will Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaings Russia Visit Unlock More Military Cooperation?
(24 June 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/will-snr-gen-min-aung-hlaings-russia-visit-unlock-
military-cooperation.html

04/05. News Analysis: Myanmar Army Looks to India

(10 July 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/news-analysis-myanmar-army-looks-india.html

04/06. Big in Japan Sr. Gen. Hmin Aung Hlaing in Japan (From the Archive) -
(1 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/from-the-archive/big-in-japan.html

04/07. Burma Army Reveals Ambition to Own Submarine

(3 May 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/burma-army-reveals-ambition-to-own-submarine.html

04/08. Indian army to provide UN peacekeeping training to Myanmar

(4 August 2017)
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/27100-indian-army-to-provide-un-peacekeeping-
training-to-myanmar.html

04/09. Former Myanmar Child Soldier Arrested After Interview With RFA
(21 Agust 2017)
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/former-myanmar-child-soldier-arrested-after-interview-wtih-RFA-
08212017150549.html

04/10. Lawmakers Denounce Large Defense Budget

(9 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/lawmakers-denounce-large-defense-budget.html

04/11. Mere coincidence?

(26 August 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-opinion/mere-coincidence

04/12. Lawmaker Urges Govt Crackdown of Insurgents on Myanmar-India Border

(3 July 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-opinion/mere-coincidence

04/13. Army Defends Kachin State Clearance Operations

(15 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/army-defends-kachin-state-clearance-operations.html

05. News Media-related Items

05/01. Ethnic Media in Burma

(10 June 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/ethnic-media-in-burma.html

05/02. Silencing Media Has No Place in A Democracy

(31 July 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/silencing-media-no-place-democracy.html

05/03. Is Media Biased Against Ethnic Armed Organizations?

(2 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/media-biased-ethnic-armed-organizations.html

05/04. Dateline Irrawaddy: Govt Has Done Nothing for Independent Ethnic Media
(24 June 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/dateline/dateline-irrawaddy-govt-done-nothing-independent-ethnic-media.html

05/05. Government issues statement on media reporting in Rakhine State

(August 28, 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-domestic/government-issues-statement-media-reporting-rakhine-state

05/06. Jailed for Journalism

(August 1, 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/jailed-for-journalism.html
06. Confiscated lands

06/01. Concerns over seized lands hamper agro plan (400,000 acres of vacant lands in Magywe
Division were seized by private companies)
(25 May 2017)
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/mandalay-upper-myanmar/26144-concerns-over-seized-lands-
hamper-agro-plan.html

06/02. Thaton residents call for the return of confiscated farmlands

(24 July 2017)
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/10701

06/03. Irrawaddy Farmers Demand Return of Confiscated Land (More than 200,000 acres of
land were confiscated by the military...)
(14 June 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/irrawaddy-farmers-demand-return-confiscated-land.html

06/04. Kyaukphyu Farmers Propose Compensation Rates for Land Lost to SEZ
(June 19, 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/kyaukphyu-farmers-propose-compensation-rates-land-lost-sez.html

06/05. Companies Rush to Use Inactive Lands After Govt Announces Seizure (2.2 million acres
of vacant land were permitted to 4,922 companies...)
(25 July 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/companies-rush-use-inactive-lands-govt-announces-seizure.html

06/06. Rakhine Farmers Seek Compensation for Police Land Seizure (1700 acres)
(25 July 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/rakhine-farmers-seek-compensation-for-police-land-seizure.htm

06/07. Farmers Fight Official Ownership Application of Confiscated Lands Near Inle Lake (650
acres)
(17 May, 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/farmers-fight-official-ownership-application-confiscated-lands-
near-inle-lake.html

07. Forests and Natural Resources

07/01. Myanmars resources fine but fast disappearing

(3 August 2017)
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/yangon/27074-myanmar-s-resources-fine-but-fast-disappearing.html

07/02. Minister alarmed at deforestation

(22 April 2017)
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/8968

07/03. Report: Burma Rapidly Losing Forest Cover

(May 19, 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/report-burma-rapidly-losing-forest-cover.html

09. Peace and Federal-related Items and Buddhist extremism

09/01. Analysis: Did Advisory Commission Remedy Rakhine States Conflict?

(19 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/analysis-advisory-commission-remedy-rakhine-states-conflict.html
09/02. Dateline Irrawaddy: Prospects For Peace Are Not Good
(July 29, 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/dateline/dateline-irrawaddy-prospects-peace-not-good.html

09/03. Does China Want Peace in Myanmar?

(14 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/china-want-peace-myanmar.html

09/04. Troop Withdrawal Crucial for Peace in Myanmar

(2 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/troop-withdrawal-crucial-peace-myanmar.html

09/05. Secession, self-determination haunt second round of Panglong conference

(29 May 2017)
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/26168-secession-self-determination-haunt-second-
round-of-panglong-conference.html

09/06. Secession, Federalism and Decentralization

(1 August 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-opinion/secession-federalism-and-decentralization

09/07. Ceasefire between UNFC, government remains distant dream

(18 August 2017)
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/yangon/27318-ceasefire-between-unfc-government-remainsdistant-
dream.html

09/08. The Empty Rhetoric of Unity

(18 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/empty-rhetoric-unity.html

09/09. Federal 45 (video)

Published on 21 August 2017

Produced by Mekong Media Production

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePvWUf0faBM

09/10. Federal 46 (video)

Published on 28 August 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPBFKHtjD60

09/11. Myanmars Post-Panglong Problems (Part 1)

(29 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/myanmars-post-panglong-problems-part-1.html

09/12. Myanmars Post-Panglong Problems (Part 2)

(30 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/myanmars-post-panglong-problems-part-2.html

09/13. Myanmars Post-Panglong Problems (Part 3)

(31 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/myanmars-post-panglong-problems-part-3.html

09/14. Wests partiality worsens religious divides in Myanmar

(4 September 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-opinion/west%E2%80%99s-partiality-worsens-religious-divides-myanmar
09/15. Putting Myanmars Buddhist Extremism in an International Context
(3 September 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/putting-myanmars-buddhist-extremism-
international-context.html

10. Economy + Trade & Financial-related Items

10/01. No Easy Way to Improve Myanmars Economy, Experts Say

(August 14, 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/no-easy-way-improve-myanmars-economy-experts-say.html

10/02. World Banks loans $100m

(22 April 2017)
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/business/8951

10/03. The World Bank and the Drug War Lord's Cement Factory Project
(19 May 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/report-burma-rapidly-losing-forest-cover.html

10/04. World Bank Arm Defends Mandalay Cement Factory Project Amid Civil Society
Opposition
(26 June 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/world-bank-arm-defends-mandalay-cement-factory-project-amid-civilsociety-
opposition.html

10/05. Deal opens door on French trade

(5 July 2017)
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/business/9254

10/06. British Chamber of Commerce Myanmar Lucky number 3

(8 August 2017)
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/opinion/27153-british-chamber-of-commerce-myanmarr-lucky-number-3.html

10/07. Norwegian Firm Wins Contract for Dam Impact Assessment

(16 June 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/129552.html

10/08. US Firms Lobby for Removal of Myanmar Trade Restrictions

(31 July 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/business/us-firms-lobby-removal-myanmar-trade-restrictions.html

10/09. Is it time to revive the Dirty List of companies helping Burmas military?
- UK BURMA CAMPAIGN
(12 July 2017)

10/10. 32 companies start commercial operations in Thilawa SEZ

(08/14/2017)
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/business/11078

10/11. Japan invests heavily in Thilawa SEZ

(14 August 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/business-domestic/japan-invests-heavily-thilawa-sez

10/12. Increased connectivity and trade sought in India-Myanmar relations

(2 September 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/business-international/increased-connectivity-and-trade-sought-india-myanmar-
relations

10/13. Annan Commission repeats call for Kyaukphyu SEZ assessment

(4 September 2017)
https://www.mmtimes.com/news/annan-commission-repeats-call-kyaukphyu-sez-assessment.html

10/14. Number of homeless nears 1m as housing shortage tops 3.82m

(6 September 2017)
https://www.mmtimes.com/news/number-homeless-nears-1m-housing-shortage-tops-382m.html

10/15. Suu Kyis fading allure repels foreign investors

(6 September 2017)
http://www.atimes.com/article/suu-kyis-fading-allure-repels-foreign-investors/

11. Events from the 1988 Nation-wide Mass Uprising the 29th Annivasary

Note. During this nation-wide mass uprising an estimated 3,000 to 10,000 peaceful demonstrators
are believed to have been killed by government soldiers. The following few quotes were some of
the most important situations and factors that had caused this Uprising. These quotes from my own
paper: Burma's 60-Year Old Civil War (1948-2008) A Brief Chronology
1984
15 February Burmas Foreign Currency Reserves as of October 1983: US$ 75.1 million. (The ABECO
COUNTRY REPORT issued on this date./The ABECO Group comprises of : Algemene Bank Nederland,
Banca Nationale del Lavoro, Banque Bruxelles Lambert, Banque Nationale de Paris, Barclays Bank,
Bayerische Hypotheken-und Wechsel-Bank AG (HYPO-BANK), Dresdner Bank AG, sterreichische
Lnderbank AG, Banque Internationale a Luxemburg, Banque de la Societe Financiere Europeenne).
Compilers remark: It is an internal report for the listed banks and classified as CONFIDENTIAL!
(See scanned original report attached at the end of this Chronology!)

1985
03 Nov. 100 - Kyat banknotes are demonetised and replaced with 35 and 75-Kyat banknotes.
No compensations are made.

1987
10 August Ne Win admits in a nine-and-half minute radio and TV speech the mistakes of his
government in the last 25 years.
05 September The countrys three highest denominations of banknotes - Kyats 25, 35 and 75 - are
demonetised without compensation. No reason is given. On 17th September two new denominations
are issued: Kyats 45 and 90 banknotes (4+ 5 = 9; and 9+ 0= 9. Number 9 is Ne Wins lucky number,
according to his chief astrologer.) Thus, the great majority of the countrys citizens is completely
robbed of their meager savings. 500-1000 students go on a rampage in Rangoon.

29 Oct. - ECOSOC recommends least-developed country status (LDC) for Burma.

07 Nov. - Students from the local Ye Zin Agricultural College and veterinary students in
Pyinmana, Mandalay Division, demonstrate against the government and burn portraits of Ne Win.

11 Dec. The UN General Assembly approves LCD status for Burma. Its external debt is US$ 4
billion and its foreign exchange holdings are as low as US$ 28 million, according to
the IMF figures.

1988

08 August Tens of thousands of demonstrators in all major cities and towns throughout the
country demand democracy, human rights, the resignation of the BSPP government and an end to the
socialist economic system. At 11:45 pm heavily armed troops spray automatic rifle-fire into crowds of
 unarmed demonstrators in Rangoon.

09 - Mass demonstrations spread to more than 40 places all over the country. Army units from the 22nd
LID fire on demonstrators in Rangoon. Several hundreds are killed. All schools are closed down.

10 - Scores of people are killed by troops in the capital as armoured cars equipped with Bren machine-
guns fire of demonstrators. Troops fire on staff at Rangoon General Hospital.

11 - Western diplomats estimate at least 1,000 demonstrators are killed in Rangoon alone. Troops and
policemen open fire on demonstrators in the northern town of Sagaing, killing at least 100 people.

11/01. From the Archive: Why the Past Cant be Put to Rest
(5 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/from-the-archive/archive-past-cant-put-rest.html

11/02. From the Archive: Translation of Lintners Outrage Sheds Light on 88 for Myanmar
Readers
(6 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/archive-translation-lintners-outrage-sheds-light-88-myanmar-readers.html

11/03. From the Archive: The Heroic Medics of the 8888 Uprising
(7 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/from-the-archive/heroic-medics-8888-uprising.html

11/04. From the Archive: Mothers Smile in Turmoil

(8 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/from-the-archive/mothers-smile-turmoil.html

11/05. Power is a Dangerous Thing

(8 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/in-person/interview/power-dangerous-thing.html

11/06. Remembering 8-8-88

(8 August 2017)
http://www.mizzima.com/news-domestic/remembering-8-8-88

11/07. Blood Stained My School Courtyard

(8 August 2017)
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/blood-stained-school-courtyard.html

12. 10th Year Anniversay of the Saffaron Revolution

10th Annivasary of Suffaron Revolution (RADIO FREE ASIA). The RFA is sending several parts of
it for days and many leading personalities among them monks, politicians, activists, reporters,
students, laymen, etc. - from different locations of the country are interviewed.

WARNING! These video clips contain several shocking scenes!

English version

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/special/saffron/

The following links are in Burmese. The RFA Burmese daily program normally lasts some 31
minutes. The numbers in blue are the starting and ending times of this series in the program.

15.08.17
from 13:50-30:10 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjcWWAwnE14

16.08.17
from 25:00 30:10 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPYY88siV24

17.08.17
from 23:00 to 30:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZM3v5MOBVw

18.08.17
20:00 30:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=setqb0vdj2g

19.08.17
7:22 30:30
(Repetition from 15.08. - to 17..08.17)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWy9Y4YsEc

21.08.17
16:40 22:15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVrhNPPeukw

22.08.17
12:50 18:35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=yJTq29Bk9UQ

23.08.17
21:05 28:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=ixbUjbO81eM

24.08.17
20:10 26:23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=MCfq94PVK9A

25.08.17
16:40 21:08
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=e1TxdxOnwFY

26.08.17
8:40 - 29:00
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv-bQhzfjTQ

28.08.17
15:44-25:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=JFlfUQnbzrw

29.08.17
17:00 25:48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Z8qJy2hFQ

31.08.17
17:35- 25:26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=Ml6FPQ_DTQE

01.09.17
17:55 25:20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=lFDC3gBpdeg

02.09.17 (Saturday - repetition)

12:55 24:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVWgfU3-ZNU

04.09.17
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBahnXPsNxk

05.09.17
21:25 29:25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=dswrpu0HuA8

06.09.17
18:35 -25:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=Wxv2eUbiExM