BurmaNet News: September 11, 2003

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September 11, 2003 Issue #2324

INSIDE BURMA
Xinhua: Myanmar rejects foreign intervention
Kaladan: Policemen together with Immigration Arrested 120 Men and Extortion
Irrawaddy: Landmine Use in Burma Continues
AP: Myanmar land mines killed 64 Bangladeshis in decade, says group

ON THE BORDER
Irrawaddy: Thai Boss Cheats Workers
IOL: Asian Romeo gives up livelihood for Juliet

MONEY
BP: Rangoon says 2004 Visit Myanmar Year; Represented at Thai Travel Mart
Xinhua: ASEAN lawmakers demand acceleration of free trade area

REGIONAL
AFP: Myanmar should not be excluded from ASEAN summit, says Malaysia
Independent: Bangladesh says destroy landmines, implement legislation

INTERNATIONAL
AFP: Attack on Suu Kyi convoy could mark "terminal setback" in Myanmar: UN

EDITORIALS
Irrawaddy: Two Years After: The focus on Southeast Asia continues to sharpen

STATEMENTS
USDoS: Progress in the Fight Against Trafficking in Persons

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Diplomacy Training Program

----INSIDE BURMA----

Xinhua General News Service   September 11, 2003
Myanmar rejects foreign intervention

YANGON, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) --The Myanmar government Thursday rejected the
determination of its future by a foreign government, however, saying that
it always appreciates and welcomes any useful advice and constructive
comments.

Directing at a recent claim by the United States that opposition leader
Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK), who is under detention since May 30, is on a
hunger strike and a recent charge by the United States that Myanmar failed
to do enough to stop human trafficking, a government statement said these
false claims "would shed light to the international community of years of
relentless pressure applied on Myanmar and disinformation of matters
related to Myanmar."

"Rather than trying to demonize the Myanmar government and isolate the
people of Myanmar from the global democratic community, we urged the
United States to welcome Myanmar as partner and join the people of Myanmar
in our peaceful and stable political transition to a democracy," the
statement said.

The statement added that the government firmly believes that knowledge
rather than rhetoric and that cooperation rather than confrontation is
path to progress.


Kaladan News   September 11, 2003
Policemen together with Immigration Arrested 120 Men and Extortion

Buthidaung:  On August 30,2003, a team of police together with immigration
have arrested 120 Rohingyas from Koin Daung (Kwan Dine) village of
Buthidaung Township in Arakan State and extorted money, according to our
correspondent.

On the said day, 7 policemen accompanied by 4 immigration went to Koin
Daung village of Buthidaung Township and arrested 120 Rohingya people, of
them 75 persons were accused for not paying fees for foot-ball tournament,
36 persons were accused for not planting seedlings along the roadsides and
other 9 persons were accused for crossing border of Bangladesh, he further
said.

All arrested persons were confined in a primary school of that village.
But, they were all released after giving bribes to concerned authorities.
The persons who were accused for football tournament fees have been
released after giving Kyat-3, 000 per each and those who were accused for
not planting seedlings along the roadsides have been set free after
bribing Kyat-5, 000/- per head, said one of the victims to our source.

The rest 9 members, who were accused for border crossing of Bangladesh,
were released after giving bribes as follows:  Basar, 32, son of Jaffor
West Koin Daung village, has to pay Kyat-20, 000/-, Patan Ali, 40, son of
Abdul Sohbi, West Koin Daung village, Kyat-16, 000/-, Md. Sultan, 49, son
of Md. Sidique, East Koin Daung, Kyat-10, 000/-, Abdul Kharim, 27, son of
Sultan Ahamed, Kyat- 25,000/-, Abdul Goffor, 56, son of Abul Hashim,
middle Koin Daung, Kyat- 11,00/-, Md Ali, 52, son of Md. Sultan, middle
Koin Daung, Kyat-9, 000/-, Shoffi Rhaman, 32, west Koin Daung,
Kyat-12,000/-, Khalu Meah, 41, west Koin Daung, Kyat-13, 000/- and Abdul
Khader, 47, west Koin Daung, Kyat-20, 000/-, he further added.

When asked one of the victims, who was accused for border crossing, he
said that were all false and fabricated cases and how could we go
Bangladesh without recommendation letters of government authorities as
with so many check posts were existed on the roadsides.

The arrested were all released after giving total Kyat-561, 000/- to
concerned authorities on 1st September 2003.


The Irrawaddy   September 11, 2003
Landmine Use in Burma Continues
By Anthony Faraday

The Burmese military and at least 15 rebel groups are using landmines in
civil conflicts across the country, says a report by the International
Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL).

Only Burma and Russia continue to regularly plant antipersonnel mines,
ICBL says. The Burmese government abstained from voting on the Mine Ban
Treaty at the UN General Assembly in November 2002 and argued that a
sweeping ban on mines is unnecessary and unjustified.

Military observers have long argued that the landmine has no military
utility. "It’s an inhumane weapon," says Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, who
helped author the report. "Once it’s laid, they can’t tell who will come
along and step on it."

Moser-Pangsuwan says information for the Burma section of the report was
gathered from a large pool of sources in hospitals, NGOs and government
departments in Burma, Thailand and Bangladesh. Refugees and low-ranking
military officials were also interviewed.

The ICBL says mines are present in nine out of 14 states and divisions in
Burma, with Karen State being the most affected. The report names the
Karen National Liberation Army, Shan State Army, United Wa State Army and
All Burma Students’ Democratic Front among those groups "believed to have
used mines recently."

Mines were also freshly laid in conflicts between the New Mon State Party
(NMSP) and its splinter group, the Hongsawatoi Restoration Group (HRG),
the report says.

Both groups are new additions to the ICBL’s list of armed groups that use
landmines in Burma, but a spokesperson from the NMSP, Nai Banya Mon, today
rejected the claim made by the ICBL. He says the group stopped using
landmines when it signed a ceasefire with Rangoon in 1995.

According to the report, three types of antipersonnel mines are produced
inside Burma. While the Burmese government has never released information
about the mines it produces and stockpiles, the state-run Myanmar Defense
Products Industries is believed to be the most important supplier for the
Burma Army. Rebel groups make their own mines or buy them on the black
market.

Burma lacks adequate treatment facilities for landmine victims. The
International Committee for the Red Cross opened a new prosthetics center
in the Karen capital, Pa-an, early this year, but the only other places
for treatment are the National Rehabilitation Centers in Rangoon and
Mandalay, which have very limited resources.

The 826-page Landmine Monitor Report 2003 pointed out that the use of
landmines and reported rates of casualties due to landmines fell in the
past year. Internationally, mine clearance and other action programs have
expanded, the report says.

The report will be presented formally at the fifth meeting of parties to
the Mine Ban Treaty, which starts next Monday in Bangkok. The ICBL is a
network of around 1,400 NGOs working to eliminate landmines. In 1997, the
campaign was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.


Associated Press Worldstream   September 11, 2003
Myanmar land mines killed 64 Bangladeshis in decade, says group

DHAKA, Bangladesh: Sixty-four Bangladeshis have been killed by land mines
since Myanmar placed them along its border in the early 1990s, an
anti-mine group said Thursday.

About 130 others have been wounded during the same period, the
International Campaign to Ban Land Mines said in its 2003 global report.

The victims were Bangladeshi villagers who crossed the poorly marked
208-kilometers (130-mile) frontier to gather wood and bamboo.

The unspecified number of mines threaten about 200,000 Bangladeshis living
along the border with Myanmar, the report said in its chapter on
Bangladesh. The Myanmar side of the border is sparsely populated.

Myanmar began using the mines in the early 1990s during a brief period of
tense relations between the two countries.

Bangladesh is one the 136 countries that has ratified a 1997 treaty
banning the use of anti-personnel mines. Myanmar is not a signatory.


----ON THE BORDER----

The Irrawaddy   September 11, 2003
Thai Boss Cheats Workers
By Aung Su Shin/Mae Sot

The owner of a knitting factory in Mae Sot, Thailand, is refusing to pay
overdue wages to 131 Burmese migrant workers, say Tak Social Welfare and
Labor department officials.

JP Knitting Factory boss Somchai Thongdi, 43, reportedly owes workers two
months in salary. Five Thai workers are also waiting to be paid for their
work at the factory, which closed on August 15.

Last Friday, Somchai paid the workers 300 baht and promised to pay the
rest of what he owed by today. Myo Naing, one of the factory workers, said
Somchai had not returned to pay the wages.

Welfare department officials say they will ask the factory boss to repay
his debts to the workers. "If he refuses, we will sue him and fight for
the workers’ rights," said an official, who spoke on the condition of
anonymity. The department responded after an appeal made by the Thai
workers.

The official said the Burmese employees are entitled to their wages, even
though they were working without permits.

This is the second time local government officials have helped Burmese
migrant workers in Mae Sot. Another case, involving workers employed by
the Nat Knitting Factory, is now before the labor court.

Government officials in Mae Sot say that around 100 factories in the area
have closed recently. Many of the factories have relocated to Thailand’s
northeast after a crackdown on employers who hire illegal workers from
Burma.

Only around 60 factories remain in the area near the Thai-Burma border. Of
those still operating, at least 18 factories were paying less than Tak
province’s minimum wage of 133 baht a day, the government official said.
He said a clampdown on factories flouting the wage law would take place
before the end of the month.


IOL (South Africa)   September 11 2003
Asian Romeo gives up livelihood for Juliet

Bangkok - Thai officials were touched on Thursday by the sacrifice of an
illegal immigrant from Myanmar (Burma) who surrendered to police and now
faces deportation because he could not bear living without his sweetheart.

Weng Mae Aung, 22, one of more than a million Myanmar illegal immigrants
living in Thailand, gave himself up at Nonthaburi police station in
northern Bangkok on Wednesday, two days after his girlfriend, Ae Mee, 19,
was arrested.

Police said they questioned Ae Mee on Monday, found she could not speak
Thai and arrested her on suspicion of being an illegal alien.

Sergeant Chalermporn Yuenyong said officers were surprised when Weng, a
worker at a garment factory in the Thonburi section of Bangkok, suddenly
gave himself up at the station.

'When we put them in the same cell they looked very happy and sweet together'
"He said he only wanted to be with her," Chalermporn said. "She was very
unhappy when we arrested her. But when we put them in the same cell they
looked very happy and sweet together. All the other suspects detained
there applauded."

The officer quoted Weng as saying he and Ae Mee had been working at the
factory for about two years and had "unofficially married each other last
week".

The lovers were handed over to Thai immigration police on Thursday and
were expected to be deported to their impoverished homeland within a few
days. - Sapa-DPA


----MONEY----

Bangkok Post   September 11, 2003
TTM Offers Small Firms a Chance to Shine at Mart (excerpt)
By PEERAWAT JARIYASOMBAT

Small tourism businesses in Thailand will be on hand to woo international
buyers at the upcoming Thailand Travel Mart (TTM) slated September 17-18
at Bangkok International Trade Exhibition Centre (Bitec) on Bangna-Trad
Highway.

Over 300 businesses and national tourism organisations from Asean will be
showcasing their products to some 200 high-level buyers from around the
world.

Most remarkable is that 36 private operators from Burma, including its
national airline, major hotels and travel agents will be represented at
the event. The Burmese contingent will be hosting a dinner for all
participants. Rangoon has designated 2004 Visit Myanmar Year.

To promote new travel destinations, TAT plans to offer complimentary
post-fair tour programmes. The buyers can select from eight different tour
programmes covering the less visited provinces of Sing Buri, Uthai Thani,
Saraburi, Ranong, Trat and Buri Ram, and top it off by a complimentary
boat ride on a canal, or free golf outing at selected outlets.

In the same vein TAT is running the Thailand Explorer Events'' campaign
that involves answering quiz during travel and collecting points which can
be redeemed for a prize. The drive is directed primarily at expatriates
living in Thailand.

TAT has also assigned a team of PR ambassadors to introduce attractions
along four routes _ eastern coastal provinces, Mae Hong Son, provinces of
southern Isan, and the mountain regions of the North. The PR ambassadors
hired for the job are couples Damien and Patcharee Pantoomano Pfirch, and
Andrew and Nipapat Hamilton.

All of them are experienced travellers having logged thousands of miles
criss-crossing the length and breath of the country visiting tourist
attractions. Meanwhile, TAT has also launched a new website,
www.thailandexplorer.com, to provide information on the four travel
routes.


Xinhua General News Service   September 11, 2003
ASEAN lawmakers demand acceleration of free trade area

JAKARTA, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) --Parliament members of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Thursday urged member countries to
accelerate the full implementation of a free trade area in the region
through regulation reforms.

The lawmakers, who are were to attend the 24th general assembly of ASEAN
Inter-Parliamentary Organizations (AIPO), said in a statement they "call
for ASEAN members to carry out economic reforms, including in taxation and
customs systems, to accelerate the ASEAN free trade area."

Headed by Imam Addaruquitni of Indonesia, the AIPO Economic Committee also
urged member countries to implement various economic agreements that will
renew regulations on regional investment and trade towards the ASEAN
Vision 2020.

The AIPO expressed full support for the "ASEAN plus Three cooperation,"
which includes Japan, China and South Korea, to create mutually beneficial
cooperation in their efforts to establish East Asian economic integration
in the future.

The AIPO groups ten members of the ASEAN, namely Indonesia, Brunei,
Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar
and Vietnam.

Brunei and Myanmar got the status of special observers in AIPO because
they have no parliaments.


----REGIONAL----

Agence France Presse   September 11, 2003
Myanmar should not be excluded from ASEAN summit, says Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Thursday rejected a call for Myanmar to be excluded
from the ASEAN summit in Bali next month unless it releases opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said that if the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) took such action, "we'll get nowhere".

"It was ASEAN that brought Myanmar into the Southeast Asian countries'
fold. It is our duty to bring them into constructive engagement and
isolating them is not going to be productive," Syed Hamid said.

"I think ASEAN has said what it needs to say" on the detention of Nobel
peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. "It wants Suu Kyi to be released, it
wants Myanmar to go back to its reconciliation process."

Malaysia's opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) called Wednesday for
the exclusion of Myanmar from the ASEAN summit if the military rulers
failed to release Suu Kyi and other political prisoners by the end of the
month.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad warned in an interview with AFP
in July that Myanmar might have to be expelled from ASEAN if its military
rulers continued defying world pressure to release Aung San Suu Kyi.

Mahathir, who played a major role in bringing Myanmar into the 10-member
ASEAN grouping in 1997, made it clear, however, that this would only be
considered as a last resort.

"We will have to examine every avenue before we can take such drastic
actions," he said.

"In the end, it may have to be that way. I don't say that it cannot be but
certainly not at this moment."

Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party won 1990 elections by a landslide but has
been denied power by the military, was detained on May 30 when her convoy
was attacked by a junta-backed mob while she was on a political tour of
northern Myanmar.

Since then her National League for Democracy party has faced a nationwide
crackdown that has persisted despite tough new sanctions by the United
States, the European Union and Canada.


The Independent web site, Dhaka, in English   September 11, 2003
Bangladesh says to destroy antipersonnel mines, implement legislation

Excerpt from report entitled "Dhaka to destroy antipersonnel mines",
published by Bangladeshi newspaper The Independent web site on 11
September

Ruhul Amin, Director-General of UN Wing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Bangladesh, yesterday 10 September said that the government now has
stockpiles of 204,227 antipersonnel mines. The government will retain
15,000 antipersonnel mines for the training of 17 battalions of armed
forces. Rest of the mines will be destroyed within 1 March, 2005, he
added.

He said some 64 Bangladeshi villagers have been killed and 131 injured in
mine incidents across the 208 kilometres long Bangladesh and Burma border
since 1993. No new mine casualties were reported in 2002 or early 2003.

He said the neighbouring countries of Bangladesh are yet to sign Mine Ban
Treaty. "Bangladesh has signed the treaty on 7 May, 1998, ratified it on 6
September, 2000. The treaty was made effective on 1 March, 2001," he
added.

He said this while addressing a press conference organized yesterday at
the Dhaka Reporters Unity auditorium by Non-Violence International,
Bangladesh Chapter on the occasion of disclosing the Land Mine Monitor
Report 2003 of the International Campaign to Ban Land Mine (ICBL).

"Within a short time Bangladesh government will implement the legislation
of antipersonnel mine," he said adding that Dhaka would arrange a flag
meeting between Bangladesh and Burma in this connection when needed.

Among others, Rafique Al Islam, representative, Non-Violence
International, Bangladesh Chapter, Anne-Laure-Pagnard, Country Director,
Handicraft International and Jasim Uddin Bakul also took part in the press
conference names as received .

Rafique Islam said that most of the mine victims of Alikadam, Ramu, Ukhia,
Naikhangchari as received area sustained injuries at "no man's land" along
Burma border.


----INTERNATIONAL----

Agence France Presse   September 11, 2003
Attack on Suu Kyi convoy could mark "terminal setback" in Myanmar: UN

UNITED NATIONS: An attack on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's convoy
in May and the wave of repression that followed "constituted a potentially
terminal setback on the political front" in Myanmar, according to a UN
report published Thursday.

Authorities in Myanmar must "start by immediately and unconditionally
releasing Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, together with others detained in
connection with the May 30 incident, as well as other remaining political
prisoners," said Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, the Commission on Human Rights'
special rapporteur.

In the report for the UN General Assembly, Pinheiro also raised the
possibility that the situation in Myanmar be "brought to the attention of
other instances in the United Nations," a reference to the Security
Council, the only body able to order sanctions against a member country.

Prior attempts to involve the Security Council have been blocked by
neighboring China, an ally of the Myanmar junta.

"More than 100 NLD members and supporters ... were arrested, killed,
wounded and missing" since the May 30 attack in northern Myanmar, Pinheiro
said.

"It could be argued that all the progress that had been achieved since the
process of dialogue began in 2000 had been undone in one stroke," he
added.


----EDITORIALS----

The Irrawaddy   September 11, 2003
Two Years After

We have been living in the "9/11 era" for two years now. That day, much of
the world watched in horror as the World Trade towers collapsed in
Manhattan, and new fears were borne about our individual security
concerns. Governments and individuals across the globe, even traditional
Yankee-bashers, offered condolences to the US for the heinous acts of
destruction.

But the outpouring of sympathy soon gave way to renewed hostilities, as
the US responded, not by critically reflecting on why such attacks were
directed against it but by flexing its military muscle and embarking on
the global war on terrorism. In the new age of pre-emptive strike
doctrine, it seems no corner of the world is safe from attack. And as the
US combs every nook and cranny of the earth in search of terrorists, many
of the world’s Muslims are getting rankled, particularly in this region.

The war on terror has drawn Southeast Asia—a geo-political minnow for the
US since the end of the Vietnam War—back into the sight of Washington’s
military and intelligence planners. The Bali bombing and the attack on the
JW Marriot hotel in Jakarta serve as reminders of the problems that can
arise in a multi-ethnic, multi-religious and destabilized region.
Washington has since dubbed the region the "Second Front" in the war
against terror.

The traveling records of Hambali, who was arrested in Thailand last month
for his role in planning the Indonesia bombings and for his links to
terror networks around the world, indicate how easy it is to seek refuge
around the region. Undoubtedly, other terrorists remain at large somewhere
in Southeast Asia.

Attempting to neutralize potential extremism with military measures alone,
however, has only inflamed the anger of Southeast Asia’s Muslims. Even the
region’s Muslim politicians, the majority of whom take a moderate, secular
approach to politics, are beginning to voice their outrage at America’s
clumsy unilateral strategy, which they feel unfairly characterizes all
Muslims as terror suspects.

Regional governments are beginning to follow suit by passing anti-terror
legislation. Muslims feel the laws will discriminate and that many
innocent victims will get caught in the crossfire. If the persecution
becomes too severe, as many believe is happening in the southern
Philippines and southern Thailand, then more reprisals could be
forthcoming.

Besides, many Muslim grievances in the region date back long before the
World Trade Centers in New York were even built. They stem from what are
considered unfair restrictions on culture, economic imbalances, and
discrimination from non-Muslims.

If the governments in Southeast Asia want to eliminate terrorism they must
address the real cause of problem by exercising good governance, extending
equal rights for religious and ethnic minorities and righting economic
imbalances. Without such attempts, more violence will surely follow.


----STATEMENTS----

U.S. Department of State Press Statement   September 10, 2003
Richard Boucher, Spokesman
Washington, DC

Progress in the Fight Against Trafficking in Persons

We announce today some excellent progress. The President announced that
ten countries have made important progress over the last three months in
the fight to abolish modern day slavery. This announcement reflects
several months of intensive effort on the part of diplomats in the field
and of foreign governments that have made the commitment to fighting
trafficking in persons. These efforts merited effectively raising our
ratings of those countries’ anti-trafficking performance. These ten
countries are Belize, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Dominican Republic, Georgia,
Greece, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Suriname, Turkey and Uzbekistan.

These countries all made important progress: some passed comprehensive
anti-trafficking legislation; some funded victims support programs; some
formed national task forces to combat trafficking and to arrest and
prosecute traffickers; some ran public announcements warning the public of
the dangers of trafficking. In every one of these countries, public
officials – including in some cases heads of state, foreign ministers, and
other cabinet officials spoke out on this emerging human rights issue.
These positive actions deserve our recognition and support.

This is the first year that the President was required by the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act of 2000 to make determinations regarding countries
placed on Tier 3 of the Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons report.

One hundred sixteen countries were ranked in the June report, and 15 of
them were placed on Tier 3, the lowest tier, for their governments’
failure to comply with the Act’s minimum standards for the elimination of
trafficking, and failure to make significant efforts to do so. In the
months following the issuance of the report, the Secretary reviewed the
anti-trafficking efforts of these 15 countries’ governments. The Secretary
determined that the governments of the 10 governments cited earlier are
now making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance, the
standard for placement on Tier 2.

Burma, Cuba, Liberia, North Korea and Sudan still meet the Tier 3
standard, because their governments still fail to comply with the minimum
standards, and fail to make significant efforts to do so. The President,
acting on the recommendations of the Secretary determined that sanctions
will be imposed on Burma, Cuba and North Korea. While Liberia and Sudan
are also subject to sanctions, the President determined that certain
multilateral assistance for these two countries would promote the purposes
of the act or is otherwise in the national interest of the United States.
For Sudan, that assistance will be limited to that which may be necessary
to implement a peace accord.

These determinations by the President clearly demonstrate his personal
commitment to this issue and the significant cooperation and effort that
the United States and other nations are starting to make to fight this
transnational crime and modern day form of slavery. These successes are
attributable not only to the efforts of the countries themselves but to
our Ambassadors and the Department, particularly its Office to Monitor and
Combat Trafficking in Persons.


----ANNOUNCEMENTS----

THE DIPLOMACY TRAINING PROGRAM
Affiliated with the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia

The Diplomacy Training Program in partnership with the Asian Regional
Resource Center for Human Rights Education (ARRC) and Asian Forum for
Human Rights and Development (Forum Asia), Thailand calls for applicants
for Human Rights and Peoples' Diplomacy - the 14th Annual Training course
for Human Rights Defenders from the Asia-Pacific and Indigenous Australia;
2nd -20 th February, 2004 - Bangkok, Thailand.


WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE TRAINING?

The Diplomacy Training Program's Annual Training is particularly for women
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Priority in selection goes to active human rights defenders in the
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*       women's rights

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