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Excerpts from Democratic Voice of Burma, June 4, 2003

1. According to the sources closed to the military, Northwestern
military command informed to the department of prisons that 32 criminal
prisoners, who were taken by the northwestern military command on May 25
for military operation, died during their assignment. DVB assumed that
these criminal prisoners were used to attack Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and
her entourage on May 30, 2003 with the promise of cash rewards and
freedom, by the military. DVB also assumed that they were killed by the
military to cover up the whole incident.

2. Thein Oo and Soe Win, both are officer in-charge of the NLD
headquarter, were arrested yesterday night, by the military.

3. NLD's Moe Goat township committee members were arrested yesterday.

4. U Saw Khin, MP elect from Myin Gyan township and who accompanied with
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, was seriously injured during the attack. He is in
Mon Ywar hospital, but not allowed to meet with anyone.

5. U Tin Aung, MP elect from North-Western Mandalay and who accompanied
with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, was assumed to be dead. His family conducted
the funeral yesterday.

6. The regime continues to arrest members of the NLD nationwide. Many
people are in hiding.
 
Suu Kyi 'injured in violent protests'

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Excerpt from report by Democratic Voice of Burma,on June 2, 2003

Members of the National League for Democracy [NLD] inside the country
and opposition groups abroad said today that the situation regarding the
Friday night [30 May] attack on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her entourage
was far more serious than the SPDC [State Peace and Development Council]
officially acknowledged and that it is likely that hundreds of people
died. A person who has carefully investigated the incident told DVB
[Democratic Voice of Burma] that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi herself suffered a
head injury and that scores of people appear to have died. Following is
what this source said:

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her entourage left Monywa for Budalin in a
convoy of 10 cars at about noon last Friday [30 May]. The convoy
included one car from Budalin, one car from Sagaing, six cars from
Mandalay, and two from the NLD Headquarters in Rangoon and the entourage
included over 100 NLD members. The monks from Monywa, who were unable to
rent a car to join Daw Aung Suu Kyi, left in a car from Budalin. A
number of people from Monywa joined the convoy on their motorcycles. The
convoy reached Budalin about 1230 and during a three-hour stop in
Budalin, a signboard of Budalin NLD office was installed, a youth group
was formed and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi delivered a speech. At about 1500
some NLM members and monks from Monywa who sent off Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
returned to Monywa. On their way back to Monywa, they were blocked and
brutally beaten up at Zeedaw and Alon Tagar villages by the authorities
and Kyant Phut [vernacular acronym for Union Solidarity and Development
Association] members, killing a monk and a student. A number of people
were also injured. When the corpse of the dead student was carried back
to Monywa, members of security units blocked and beat up the people and
snatched back the corpse.

When Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who was still in Budalin, heard about the
incident, she requested U Tun Myaing, secretary of Sagaing Division and
U Aung San, chairman of Budalin NLD, to go to Monywa to inquire into the
incident. However, the two have not returned and they remained missing
as of today. When they did not return, six youth members from Monywa
decided not return to Monywa and proceeded to Tabayin with Daw Aung San
Suu Kyi's entourage. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and party left Budalin for
Ye-u at about 1700. When they reached Saing Pyin village, 15 miles from
Budalin, they came across a group of monks wearing red and white
armbands. They had drawn up a line on the road to block Daw Aung San Suu
Kyi's convoy of cars and motorcycles. They then proceeded to brutally
beat up the people inside the cars. Armed units stationed behind the
monks opened fire and punctured the tires of the cars carrying U Tin U
and the chairman of Sagaing Division NLD. The beating was so severe that
many NLD members died. U Tin U's car veered into a ditch and Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi received a serious head injury.

This incident was not planned by the Kyant Phut members, but was
methodically plotted in advance by the authorities. Those wearing monks
robes who beat up Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD members were convicts
from Mandalay Jail. Their heads were shaven in advance at No 1 High
School in Monywa even before Daw Aung San Suu Kyi reached Monywa. The
convicts were promised complete commutation of their jail sentence with
a cash award of Kyat 300,000 each after carrying out the plot. The
persons who beat up Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her party acted in a frenzy
as if they were on drugs.
The authorities provided construction materials for Saing Pyin village
recently [as an act of favour].

That is the account given by a person who closely investigated the
violent act committed against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD members last
Friday. He went on to say that 68 bodies had been brought to the
Northwest Military Command Headquarters in Monywa and that the bodies
were cremated on Saturday. Meanwhile, Section 144 [of the Penal Code
banning unlawful assembly] has been imposed in Monywa from Sunday.
SPDC Secretary-2 Lt Gen Soe Win was in Monywa throughout the entire
incident and was reported to have flown back to Rangoon in a helicopter
on Sunday. DVB tried to contact Monywa to inquire about the incident and
the situation in Monywa, but the phone lines remain cut off. Over 200
NLD members were detained during the incident. The monk killed was the
Venerable U Panna Thiri of Okkan Tawya Monsastery of Monywa.

According to the Irrawaddy magazine based in Thailand, about 150 NLD
members accompanied Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and almost all of them are
still missing. Among them are Daw Win Mya Mya, a female NLD member and
Ko Myo Naing, an NLD youth member.

NLD offices throughout the country were sealed last Saturday and Sunday
and the NLD flags were pulled down. There have been no arrests and
office documents have not been confiscated.

According to military sources, security duties have been assigned to the
101st Division in Rangoon, the 11th Division in Pegu, and the 55th
Division in Mandalay. Meanwhile, battalions have been assigned to bring
back home military dependents staying at university dormitories and
private dormitories.

Source: Democratic Voice of Burma, Oslo, in Burmese 1430 gmt 2 Jun 3

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Date - June 3, 2003

We, at AAPP can confirm the following political activists were arrested
after the junta cracked down on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's entourage during
her  trip to Upper Burma. We have received inside reports that hundreds
more political activists and pro-democracy supporters have been
arrested.
Several died during the physical attack against the entourage. We are
seriously concerned about the conditions for the detainees who were
injured during the assault, due to reports that they are being denied
the necessary medical care.

  (1) Name: Thet Tun
Father's name: U Tin Tun
Age: 30
Address: South Okkalapa Township, Rangoon
Occupation: In charge of NLD youth regional division

(2) Name: Pho Thaw
Father's name: U Kyi Thein
Age: 32
Address: Sanchaung Township, Rangoon
Occupation: NLD youth member

(3) Name: Thi Ha
Father's name: U Khin Maung Shwe
Age: 29
Address: Mandalay division
Occupation: NLD youth member

(4) Name: Myo Zaw Aung
Father's name: U Pan Kyaing
Age: 23
Address: Kawlin
Occupation: NLD youth member

(5) Name: Tun Zaw Zaw
Father's name: U San Hla
Age: 31
Address: Bahan, Rangoon
Occupation: In charge organizing NLD youth regional division

(6) Name: Myint Kyaw
Father's name: U Aung Than
Age: 37
Address: Tamwe, Rangoon
Occupation: In charge of NLD youth regional division

(7)Name: Min Lwin
Father's name: U Kyi
Age: 34
Address: Mandalay Division
Occupation: In charge of NLD youth (Mandalay)

(8) Name: Toe Lwin
Father's name: U San Aye
Age: 32
Address: Kamayut Township, Rangoon
Occupation: NLD youth member

(9) Name: Than Tun
Father's name: U Thein
Age: 47
Address: Mandalay Division
Occupation: NLD youth member

(10) Name: Tun Myint
Father's name: U Tin Tun
Age: 36
Address: Bahan Township, Rangoon
Occupation: secretary of Bahan Township NLD

(11)Name: Zaw Win Tun
Father's name: -------
Age: 27
Address: Mandalay Division
Occupation: NLD youth member

(12) Name: Aung Kyaw Kyaw Oo
Father's name: U Kyi Thein
Age: 32
Address: Mandalay Division
Occupation: In charge of NLD youth regional division

The above mentioned activists are currently in Khanti prison, which is
located in Northern Burma.  . The junta has sent a total of13 activists
to Khanti prison, but we have only managed to receive the names of 12 of
these activists.

During the clash, many political activists disappeared but only 5 names
can be confirmed. They are U Tin Oo (Male), Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
(Female), Daw Win Mya Mya (Female), Myo Naing, (Male) also of Mandalay
and Myint Wai  (Male) from Yenan Chaung township.

It has been confirmed that the following are under house arrest:

(1)     U Aung Shwe (Chair-person of NLD)
(2)     U Lwin
(3)     U Than Tun
(4)     U Nyut Wai
(5)     U Lun Tin
(6)     U Hla Pe
(7)     U Soe Myint

According to the inside sources, Min Zaw Oo of the Government Technology
College and U Pyinnyar Thiri, an abbot, were killed in Depaeyin township
on June 1st during the riot.  Dozens more activists are believed to have
been killed during the crackdown. We are currently trying to trace their
names.

AAPP
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)

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