The Press Conference 1/2008 of the Information Committee of the State Peace and Development Council was held at the Ministry of Information here at 10 am on 7th September.
Present on the occasion were Chairman of Information Committee of the SPDC Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, members of the Information Committee Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Maung Myint and other members Deputy Minister for Labour Brig-Gen Tin Tun Aung, Judge Advocate-General Maj-Gen Soe Maung, Director-General of Myanmar Police Force Brig-Gen Khin Yi, directors-general, managing directors and deputy directors-general of the departments and enterprises under the ministry, Patron of Myanmar Foreign Correspondents Club U Hla Htway, member correspondents and others.
First, Chairman of the Information Committee Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan extended greetings. Next, Director-General of MPF Brig-Gen Khin Yi explained bomb explosion at the office of Shwepyitha Township Union Solidarityand Development Association on 1 July and related matters.
The following is the translation of the clarification made by Director-General of Myanmar Police Force Brig-Gen Khin Yi at the Press Conference (1/2008) of the Information Committee of the State Peace and Development Council concerning the bomb blast at the Shwepyitha TownshipUnion Solidarity and Development Association Office on 1 July 2008 and exposing the plot of the incident.
Esteemed journalists
The government upholding Our Three Main National Causes as a national duty is implementing the seven-step Road Map for the emergence of a new, modern and developed discipline-flourishing democratic nation. The anti-government groups at home and abroad are attacking the government politically with the intention of undermining every step of the seven-step Road Map. Regarding this, they are applying tactics of perpetrating violence inclusive of detonating bombs that causes fear and poses a threat to lives and property of the people and soliciting international pressures under the pretext of human rights.
I will present with strong evidence at this press conference one of their atrocities related to bomb explosion at the office of Shwepyitha Township USDA on 1 July 2008 and arrest of those involved in the incident and seizure of related items.
A bomb went off at the entrance of the office of Shwepyitha Township USDA in Ward 6, Shwepyitha Township, Yangon Division at 6.30 am on 1-7-2008. The blast caused damage to 11 windows, one door, one telephone, one typewriter and walls.
According to investigation, the bomb was a powerful improvised explosive device. According to ground information, the bomb was planted by communication in-charge of Htantabin Township NLD Yan Shwe and group who had attended explosive course in the other country. Therefore, security personnel were divided into groups to be able to expose and arrest Yan Shwe. Realizing this, Yan Shwe traveled in disguise and lived in different places such as Wataya Village, Htantabin Township, Shweli Village, Hmawby Township, Latpan Village, Mokhsokyaw Village, Hlegu Township, Ward 2, Hlinethaya Township, Yangon, Ward 107, Ward 56, South Dagon Township, and Bagara Jetty, Kyimyindine. At last, he hid in Setkalay Village, Kyimyindine Township.
Members of Yangon Division Police Force acting on information on 3-8-2008 that Yan Shwe who was broke would anyway turn up to meet Myint Aye of HRDP and ask for the remaining money as a fee for detonating the bomb were able to arrest him at 12.05 pm on that day.
Esteemed journalists
According to Yan Shwe, it is learnt that those who committed the terrorist act of bomb blast were Htantabin NLD youth Yan Shwe and Shwepyitha NLD Zaw Zaw Aung. It was Hlinethaya NLD youth Yan Naing Soe who took the duty of a sentry when the bomb was planted. It was Kyaw Htet of FDB who masterminded the plot abroad and it was Sit Naing (his organization under investigation) who brought the bomb into the nation. And it was Sit Naing and Myint Aye of HRDP who handed over the bomb to Yan Shwe. Security personnel were able to arrest Yan Shwe and Zaw Zaw Aung who played a leading role in the blast and Myint Aye who provided the explosive and financial assistance. Yan Naung Soe who was a sentry escaped the arrest.
Esteemed journalists
I would like to present in brief about FDB (Forum for Democracy in Burma) that played a pivotal role in the incident in collusion with internal and external anti-government groups. A press conference held on 4December 2007 explained in detail about internal espionage and provision of financial assistance carried out by FDB. FDB is a terrorist organization which took the youths including those from NLD to the other country and provided them with training courses including explosive course and then sent them back into the nation with the intention of harming the stability of the State and sovereignty. FDB came into existence at Maesot, Thailand on 26 February 2004 after making a plot to set up an anti-government group in collaboration with antigovernment organizations in the other country. FDB includes ABSDF, ABFSU-FAC, WLB, DPNS, NDD, PDF, YCOWA as well as Taik Naing (AAPP) and Ye Naing (Individual). FDB formed its Policy Steering Committee including 25 members, the highest body, with Naing Aung (NDD) as Secretary-General, Kyaw Htet (PDF) as Vice-Secretary-General and nine members including Kyaw Htet as a group of secretaries. FDB held its first meeting from 2 to 7 July 2006 and laid down a strategy to create a mass movement in the nation. At the same time, NCUB, an anti-government organization, formed a mass movement committee with representatives from ABSDF, ABFSU-FAC, DPNS, BWU, YCOWA and NDD to support the FDB’s activities.
Kyaw Htet who is leading FDB is a native of Yontaw Village, Mahlaing Township, Mandalay Division. He went underground during the 1988 disturbance. After former Col Sein Mya of PDF passed away, Kyaw Htet seized power in 1996 and led PDF with about 70 members for combat. They are receiving financial support from abroad by sending fabricated news in the nation to some foreign broadcasting stations, cooperating with KNU in carrying out military activities and with NLD-LA, FDB, DAB, NCUB in carrying out political activities. Moreover, with the assistance of Open Society Institute (OSI) under the influence of George Soros and National Endowment of Democracy (NED), they planted hard-cores among NLD party members and youth, the people, service personnel, workers, farmers, students and monks. They took the hard-cores to Maesot, Thailand and provided them with courses such as Community Organization (CO), Political Defiance (PD), Leadership (LS), Underground (UG), Media Course and Explosive Course to incite riots, to oust government and to harm people.
To commit the bomb blast, Yan Shwe after making a thorough observation according to the given instructions looked for the target in Hlinethaya and Shwepyitha Townships. At last, he chose Shwepyitha Township USDA Office as the target in order to tarnish the image of the government and undermine stability. He then presented a detailed report on theplot to Myint Aye of HRDP at 4.30 pm on 15-6-2008. For that, Myint Aye sent K 150,000 to him as a part payment.
On 16-6-2008, Sit Naing (his organization under investigation) arrived at the house of Myint Aye and made an appointment with him on Hinthada Road in Sangyoung Township at 2 pm on 30-6-2008. Accordingly, at about 1 pm on 30-6-2008, Myint Aye and Yan Shwe turned up, strolling along the Road in Sangyoung Township where the bomb was to be handed over. At that time, an unidentified youth aged about 20 handed over a packet of explosive wrapped in black polythene bag to Myint Aye and left there. Myint Aye handed over the packet to Yan Shwe who left for Shwepyitha Township to plant the bomb. At 5.40 pm, Myint Aye met with Yan Naung Soe and Zaw Zaw Aung at a tea shop near Htanchaukpin Busstop and discussed detonating the bomb.
At 6 pm, three including NLD’s Yan Shwe went down Chindwin Road heading for the Shwepyitha Township USDA office to plant explosive devices. At about 6.30 pm they entered the office through the street behind the Shwepyitha Township IPRD office. Yan Naung Soe was leftoutside the office to watch passersby. Yan Shwe and Zaw Zaw Aung entered the office through the back fence. Zaw Zaw Aung entered the office through the second window and then Yan Shwe followed. They planted the explosive device near the entrance of the office. It was learnt that the device made of a steel pipe with six inches in length and 2 inches in diameter together with a tiny timing watch was tied to the middle part of one of the legs of the table near the entrance with the help of yellow cello tape. They had to interrupt the process of planting the device for a while for Yan Naung Soe whistled two times as there were passersby. Yan Shwe’s group timed the mine to go off in the USDA office at 6.30 am on 1-7-2008 and left the office at 7.30 pm. Consequently, a strong explosion occurred in the Shwepyitha Township USDA office at the set time on 1-7-2008. Luckily, there were no casualties.
Esteemed journalists
After the bomb explosion, Yan Shwe went to Myint Aye to report their success. Myint Aye again reported it by telephone to his master Kyaw Htet (FDB) living in Maesot. As Yan Shwe had been given only K 150,000 in advance for planting the bomb, he asked Myint Aye for the remaining K 1.35 million. But Myint Ayetold him to fetch it the next day. Yan Shwe went again to Myint Aye’s house at 9 am on 2-7-2008 for the money but Myint Aye give him only K 500,000 and told him to take the rest later and it was unpaid.
External antigovernment groups including FDB are using cash assistance from the international community in the name of democracy and human rights in their acts of terrorism. They ask the internal hard cores to commit terrorist acts by giving them outside cash assistance. But in doing so, they exploited each other. In this incident also, HRDP’s Myint Aye would give bomber Yan Shwe K 1 million out of 1.5 million. He cut K 500,000 for his contact. Likewise, so-called superiors are seeking their self-interest with all the dollars they got from the international community. It is unbelievable that they are working for the sake of democracy and human rights as they are not reliable persons even for the cause of money.
Esteemed journalists
I would like to give some facts about the bombers and those who gave support from behind the curtains. Yan Shwe, who received explosive devices and planted the bomb, is a native of Wahtaya Village, Htantabin Township, Yangon Division. He served as a communication in-charge of Htantabin Township NLD Youth. Beginning 2003, he took courses of political defiance, explosives, mass media and mass organizing conducted by FDB based in Maesot in the other country together with NLD members. From 2003 to 2005, he contacted FDB’s Kyaw Htet and recruited new members and sent them to the training courses under the leadership of NLD YouthIn-charge (3) Tun Lin. In 2008 under the leadership of Myint Aye (HRDP), Yan Shwe contacted organizations in the other country, discussed future work programmes and contacted terrorist groups in order to blast off the Shwepyitha Township USDA office.
Zaw Zaw Aung was a Shwepyitha Township NLD member and chosen as youth member (3) in 2002. According to his confession, he went to Maesot via Myawady in March, September and November 2006. With the contacts of Yin Htwe in Maesot and Shwepyitha NLD youth Ei Shwe Sin Nyunt, he took the explosives course.
Esteemed journalists
I would like to give a brief account of HRDP’s Myint Aye, who committed terrorist acts in the name of human rights. He served as chairman of Kyimyindine Township NLD and he was expelled from the party on 27 November 2004. Later, he formed a group operating for human rights. To take cover of human rights activities, he formed HRDP on 2-2-2006 at the 90th birthday anniversary of Kyonpyaw Township NLD Chairman U Tin living at No. 142, Bogyoke Street, Kyonpyaw, Ayeyawady Division. The party was formed with 12 members including Myint Aye, ex-youth member of Twantay NLD Zaw Zaw, Kamayut NLD memberMyo Min Soe, ex-member of Shwepyitha NLD Myint Kyaw Oo, Hinthada NLD member Myint Hlaing, Bogale NLD member Aung Zaw Oo.
Moreover, Myint Aye on 23-3-2008 sent Maung Maung Lay (HRDP) and Kyimyindine NLD youths Tin Maung Win (a) Ah Palay and Tun Lin to the villages on the other side of Kyinmyindine to organize the people to oppose the national referendum. HRDP leader Myint Aye, who not only carried out antigovernment activities but also handed over the bomb to plant, was arrested at 6 pm on 8-8-2008. One of the bombers NLD’s Zaw Zaw Aung was arrested at his house in Shwepyitha Township at 00.15 am on 7-8- 2008. Kyimyindine NLD’s Myo Min (a) Kayin Lay was captured at 00.15 am at his home in Kyimyindine on 7-8-2008. Myo Min was trained by Myint Aye and he went to the other country illegally and attended the explosives and human rights courses.
Other accomplices Than Zaw Myint (a) Si Phein was arrested at his house of No. 193/A, Aung Theikhti (12) Ward, at 00.15 am on 7-8-2008. He also attended the courses in the other country. At 3 am on 14-8-2008 Tun Tun (a) Tun Tun Oo was captured at his house. At the command of HRDP’s Myint Aye, he sent necessary documentary photos and information to FDB’s Kyaw Htet in the other country and attended an explosive course. I would like to tell you that other remaining persons who got involved in the acts are under investigation and to be exposed with the help of the public.
According to investigation, so-called human rights leader terrorist Myint Aye of HRDP confessed that cash awards would be presented as follows to those who could commit terrorist acts in Yangon.
- K 10 million for blowing off the city hall
- K 7 million for blowing off the centres
- K 5 million for blowing off government offices
- K 2 million for blowing off township peace and development council offices
- K 1.5 million for blowing off township USDA offices and Yangon Railway Station
- K 1 million for blowing off busy traffic lights
- K 0.5 million for blowing off junctions and crossroads
- K 0.2 million for blowing off unpopular places
HRDP gathered information about forced labour, child soldiers and land losses and sent false and exaggerated news to ILO. It had contacts with foreign media and organized the public to cast ‘no’ votes in the national referendum in May 2008. Evidence has shown that although HRDP was operating in the name of human rights, it actually gathered those who had completed explosives courses and sent them to the following three zones for detonating bombs.
Zone (1) included Kyimyindine, Ahlon, Seikkan, Botahtaung, Latha, Pabedan and Kyauktada townships.
Zone (2) included Kamayut, Hline and Mayangon townships.
Zone (3) comprised Htantabin, Shwepyitha, Hlinethaya, Mingaladon and Dagon Myothit townships.
According to further investigation, HRDP Myint Aye sent many NLD members to media course, mass organizational and communication course, the political defiance course and the explosives course conducted by anti-government groups in Maesok of the other country.
To enable Myint Aye to perpetrate subversive acts as a hard core in the country, FDB Kyaw Htet mainly made the initial connection with Tun Lin at home (now abroad) in training local hard cores, organizing NLD members and NLD supporters and conducting training courses to the hard cores with cash assistance at Maesot of the other country. In 2004, Tun Lin, San San Maw (now in Maesot) and Yan Shwe dressed a boy named Aung Myo Hsan of Hlinethaya as a novice and sent him to FDB Kyaw Htet to publicise the boy as a minor soldier. Kyaw Htet made propaganda work concerning Aung Myo Hsan not only in Maesot but also in Geneva. Although the parents demanded the return of the child, the latter could not come back home. When arrangements were made to take action according to law, Tun Lin and San San Maw fled the country in 2005. In the absence of of Tun Lin, FDB Kyaw Htet contacted Aung Zaw Oo of Bogale NLD to continue local operations. Disturbances in September 2007, security members detained Aung Zaw Oo who was member of HRDP as well as Bogale Township NLD for various offences. According to the investigation, FDB Kyaw Htet connected with HRDP leader Myint Aye as local hard core after Aung Zaw Oo was arrested.
Myint Aye confessed that he had accepted K 63 million— once for K 3 million and twice for K 30 million from FDB Kyaw Htet from November 2007 to the time when he was arrested. Moreover, he also accepted K 5 million from Mrs Kim of the US Centre and K 10 million from an unidentified Dutch citizen as cash assistance. Myint Aye confessed that he had spent over K 70 million on HRDP work, cash donations to storm Nargis survivors and on blasting at government departments and local places.
It can be said that the organizations abroad committed the financing terrorism by spending money on subversive acts with assistance of a person at home. In other words, those who were involved in sending of financial assistance to commit the terrorist acts can be said that they committed terrorist acts. As a result, they may be sentenced to the imprisonment in line with the existing laws. Therefore, I would like to say that they should not involve in the works without permission and financing terrorist acts and should stop their acts.
Due to the acts of internal and external terrorists in disguise of political affairs, five bomb explosions occurred in Yangon. According to the information, the authorities managed to expose some subversive acts in time before the bomb explosions.
At 9 am on 30-3-2008, the authorities arrested Thingangyun Township NLD youth member Ye Zaw Htaik, who was riding a No. 38 bus, together with two detonators packed with a plastic bag in his trouser pockets near the Poultry Market in Tamway Township. According to further information, five detonators and antigovernment papers, NO brand T-shirts, NLD brooch and head banners were seized at his home located at No. 600, Yeiktha Street, Laydauntkan Ward, Thingangyun Township. Under supervision of Thingangyun Township NLD Social Subcommittee member Khin Soe, Ye Zaw Htaik visited NLD (LA) Maesot office of the other country and attended the explosives course there. On return, he was arrested. If similar cases cannot be prevented in time, there would be losses certainly.
Moreover, death and injury of innocent people in the bomb explosions were the consequences of the destructive acts of antigovernment terrorists at home and abroad.
The bomb explosions were committed under systematic plans to harm peace and tranquility of the nation and prevalence of law and order and to frighten the people. Especially, foreign based FDB penetrated into monks, students, workers, farmers, NLD members and all strata of the people and sent 170 persons to Maesot of the other country for providing political and explosives courses. Of them, over 70 persons were arrested by security members and action was taken against them. More investigations are being performed with the assistance of the people.
Esteemed journalists
It was exposed that most of those who attended the various courses for disturbing peace and stability including the explosives course conducted by FDB did not understand the real purpose of the courses. Some of them attended the course due to good persuasion. Some were provided with training and cash assistance on their arrival at Maesot. After the training, some of them who preferred to seek the financial assistance without rationalism became lackeys and pawns of their masters. Understanding the fact that these acts for the youth did not benefit the State, themselves and their society, if the persons themselves or respective parents and their relatives inform the officials about such cases, security personnel will consider matters related to their acts most compassionately.
In further investigation with regard to those who got involved in the bomb explosion at Shwepyitha Township USDA, the authorities arrested more members of the group linked with internal and external elements to commit the destructive plan. The group is NGD (New Generation for Democracy).
This group was conceived as the League of New Generation-LNG that was formed after the 1988 disturbances. Although League of New Generation was established, it was abolished from the list of political parties due to lack of capability to take part in the elections. After that, Chairman of NLG Dr Thet Lwin formed the New Generation for Democracy-NGD with his friends in 2007. Citing religious affairs as excuse, the NGD organized the youth with cash and material assistance of “88” generation student Dr Aye Min (the US) and Myint Oo (Japan) and other assistance of FTUB Pyithit Nyunt Wai and terrorist Moe Thee Zun. The aims of the NGD are to provide assistance for movements of local political strengths, to seek and destroy some political strengths that are assisting the government, to destroy NGOs and economic mechanism designated as pillars of the government, to explode Yezin Dam, Paunlaung Dam and Chaungmagyi Dam for flooding government buildings in Nay Pyi Taw and to steal top secrets of the government.
With the assistance of organizations abroad, the NGD together with internal and external members carried out their movements. In studying their members at home and from abroad, Moe Thee Zun, KNU Phado Nyein Maung, Saw Ka Pae, KNU Tu Tu Lay, ABDSF Min Zaw, NLDLA Toe Lwin, NLD-LA Khun Myint Tun, FDB Dr Naing Aung, FTUB Pyithit Nyunt Wai (a) Maung Maung, Dr Aye Min (the US-provider), Myint Oo (Japanprovider), NCGUB Dr Sein Win, Myo Tun (England), Dr San Aung (Australia), Dr Kyaw Nyunt (DAB, Secretary), Zaw Min (Thailand), Aung Din (the US), NLDLA Thant Zin (Political Defiance Committee-Thailand) were members from abroad.
Dr Thet Lwin (President, NGD, internal affairs incharge), U Maung Maung Gyi (Vice-President, NGD, external affairs), NLD members, 13 expelled NLD members were involved in internal destructive acts.
NGD President Dr Thet Lwin’s native is Mudon of Mon State and graduated from Institute of Medicine 2 in 1976. After the 1988 unrest, heacted as a president of League of New Generation. As he assigned duty to Dr Kyaw Nyunt, secretary of DAB outside the country, the latter went to the other country. Dr Thet Lwin’s statement revealed that he was a close person of Daw Suu Kyi in the past and both consulted on political situations. The New Generation for Democracy was set up in 2007. The association made attempts to write papers on Myanma political affairs, State’s top secrets and Nargis storm and sent them to external opposition groups to disrupt stability of the State. He incited unrests inside the country organizing expelled NLD members, Tuesday prayers association members and ‘88’ generation students to protem fuel price hike. Investigations indicated that he was involved in the 2007 September crisis and organized the cause protests.
Vice-President of NGD Maung Maung Gyi (a) Daddy Gyi lived in Einchaylayse village of DaikU Township of Bago Division and his native place is Yangon. He became a member of NLD of Pazaungdaung Township in 1989. He joined anti-government groups in the other country. He committed NGD’s acts procedures as follows:
(a) He met with Moe Thee Zun of ABSDF through KNU Saw Ka Pae from Maesot in 1999 and sent news on internal four nines movement. Since then he went to Maesot once or twice a month until this year. He usually put up at the house of Saw Ka Pa every time he went there.
(b) The purpose of Maung Maung Gyi’s visit to Maesot was to link leaders of respective associations at border areas with internal national race leaders and to report back instructions of KNU Phado Nyein Maung to Dr Thet Lwin in Yangon.
(c) Maung Maung Gyi sent State’s top secrets and security measures to KNU Phado Nyein Maung and he escorted those wishing to attend explosives courses to Maesot.
The key player of NGD, the secretary was a youth member of U Thu Wai’s Democracy Party and he made friends with member of ABSDF Myint
Oo (a) Maung Oo living in Japan. The latter kept in touch with Moe Thee Zun (ABSDF), Aung Thu Nyein (Vice-President ofLu Baung Thit Party), Kyaw Kyaw (NCUB), Than Khe (ABSDF), Dr Aye Min and Tun Aung Kyaw (Old member of ABSDF) and so he told Myint Oo he had State’s top secrets and made appointment to meet in Tokyo. During the meeting with Myint Oo in Tokyo, State’s top secrets were sent to Moe Thee Zun living in the USA through Internet and Gtalk. Later, Moe Thee Zun contacted again and said that he would like to exactly know State’s top secrets and inform him if ready.
Journalists, Esteemed guests
First, I would like to clarify destructive acts of NGD being committed. The first destructive act was that Vice-President of NGD Maung Maung Gyi sent those wishing to attend explosive course and others conducted by antigovernment groups in the other country. Those sent to the courses are as follows:
(A) Than Zin (BCP) (Rakhine native of Gwa, Rakhine State) in Yegyaw, Pazundaung Township in 2000.
(B) Khun Myint Tun (Thaton NLD) and Toe Lwin (Pathein, NLD, central youth) in 2006
(C) One NGD member after Thingyan festival in 2008.
After the 2007 September incidents, Myint Oo from Japan called the secretary of internal NGD and asked him to send a person to the explosive course. U Maung Maung Gyi sent an NGD member to Maesot. Moe Thee Zun explained explosive lessons in connection with amount of gunpowder to be used based on the condition of the building to the person and he made a member card of ABSDF with the name of Nanda. The person attended the explosive course at KNU headquarter. The course gave lectures on small weapons. The course gave lecture on how to make and blow up mines with the use of items to be easily bought and carried in the country. The one who had attended explosives course was arrested.
The second destructive act was that NGD President Dr Thet Lwin compiled a review of Myanma political affairs and a strategic paper and sent them to the other country round about July in 2005. This paper were compiled by Dr Thet Lwin and Maung Maung Gyi. The brief of the paper was that world big countries would gear up measures to be taken for Myanma democracy. It included exhortations to external organizations NCGUB, NCUB and FDB and current politics, economic and social welfare reviews. Moreover, it showed that internal political forces were disunited; NLDCEC disagreement with grass root level NLDs; disagreement between CRPP and NLD leadership; these delayed in the struggle for democracy; external political forces would get together and work together for setting up the Union government and internal armed groups for doing the Union army to attack the present government through military response. Maung Maung Gyi sent this paper to the other country. When this paper reached FTUB Pyithit Nyunt Wai, an emergency meeting was called. Delegates of NLD-LA, KNU, FDB and DAB attended the emergency meeting. It was exposed that at the meeting, DAB Secretary Dr Kyaw Nyunt said that Dr Thet Lwin was a former chairman of his, and under instruction of Dr Thet Lwin, he entered the neighbouring country; that the meeting passed a resolution that KNU would take responsibilities for forming a union Tatmadaw; that it had yet to form a union government; that the groups in exile held discussions about the paper in Maesot, but the meeting did not reach an agreement; that when it came to his knowledge, Dr Thet Lwin urged Pyithit Nyunt Wai and KNU to form a union Tatmadaw without fail if formation of a union government was still impossible, and to try to achieve either of the plans if it was not possible to accomplish both plans simultaneously; and that in that case, Pyithit Nyunt Wai was trying to put both plans into reality.
The third plot was that they spied on State’s top secrets and sent them to Moe Thee Zun, PyithitNyunt Wai, and some foreign embassies through Myint Oo (Japan) and Aye Min (USA).
The fourth plot that around June 2008, Myint Oo and Dr Aye Min made a suggestion that an intelligence network in order to get information about government’s movements in advance and protect all democracy activists in Myanmar, and Myint Oo made a suggestion that they request the neighbouring country for help to conduct a course; and that Dr Aye Min and Myint Oo contributed the expenses on the course and some groups at home would make arrangements to provide the trainees. Security forces have exposed their plot to form an intelligence network.
The last plot was that about in June 2008, Moe Thee Zun and Myint Oo (a) Maung Oo took a leadership role in drawing an explosives plot in Nay Pyi Taw; and that Moe Thee Zun and Zaw Min (Ba-Ka-Tha) taking a stronghold in Maesot in the neighbouring country closely supervised the tasks in order to complete the plan.
From the early July 2008 to the time before NGD members were detained, Myint Oo in Japan gave two or three phone calls to NGD members a week; on the phone, Myint Oo said that he and Dr Aye Min would bring funds in September 2008 to Maesot; that ABSDF members including Moe Thee Zun and Min Zaw planned to open an office in Maesotto hatch the plot to blast dams, offices of ministries, and governmental buildings in Nay Pyi Taw, and the plot covered recruitment of more new members, conducting courses, invitation of experts to give lectures in the courses, planting their hard cores around Nay Pyi Taw, and secretly collecting information; and that they had a plan to conduct explosives course, small arms course and mass organizing course with those interested among illegal national workers in Maesot.
Here, I would like to present some points about Myo Than Htut (a) Moe Thee Zun was behind the plot to attack Nay Pyi Taw.
Myo Than Htut (a) Moe Thee Zun was born of U Myo Myint and Daw Nyunt May in Phado Village, Kyaukdaga Township on 30 June 1962. He is the third among the five children. He pursued education at the primary school, No. 2 Basic Education Middle School and No. 1 Basic Education High School in Laydauntkan, Thingangyun Township. He passed matriculation examination in 1982, and he got his Physics degree from Yangon University in 1987. Then, he worked in a gas station, sold charcoal and worked as a daily wages earner for his living.
He got involved in the students movements in March 1988. He gave anti-government talks on Chancellor Road on Yangon University Campus on 21 June 1988, and in Yangon Institute of Technology on 22 June 1988. Then, he became one of the students’ leaders. He stayed hidden at Kyaikkhami Village in Thanbyuzayat. In July the same year, he returned to Yangon with the intention of practising aboveground politics. On 28 August 1988, he became general secretary of the All Myanmar Students Union (temporary). On 13 October 1988, he got Lubaungthit Party registered and charged as the chairman. He gave talks at the ceremony to mark the anniversary of Phone Maw held by Ma-Ka-Tha-Pha on the campus of Yangon University on 13 March 1989. Officials concerned called in him and warned him four times for repeated meetings with officials of foreign embassies, and misleading the people into misunderstanding the government, and got him sign a testimony that he would never do so in future. He resigned as the chairman of the party on 22 April 1989. In the third week of April 1989, he absconded to Thai-Myanmar border. Then, he served as the chairman of ABSDF. Now, he stays in the US and gives advice to anti-government groups in exile and masterminds the plots of sending bombers to launch bomb attacks to crate public panic. So, he is the one who has been constantly committing destructive acts. He has been sentenced to a life imprisonment of 25 years in absentia for his destructive acts.
It has been also exposed that Dr Thet Lwin and the secretary of NGD in complicity with some groups outside the nation organized Tuesday prayers association to revive internal anti-government movements; that then they approached “88” generation students group and participated in fish-releasing ceremonies, four eights commemorative movements and protest walks; that moreover, they approached some people’s representatives to write a letter of demand for convening a hluttaw (parliament) session and got some people sign the copies of the letter, and organized and provoked 2007 Ba-Ka-Tha group members including Si Thu Maung, Ye Myat Hein and De Nyein Lin to participate in September Sangha movements.
NGD received funds from anti-government groups in exile for creating riots at home. NGD Vice-Chairman Maung Maung Gyi received 360,000 bhat plus 670,000 kyat for transporting men from KNU, the NGD secretary received 1,300,000 kyat fromMyint Oo of Japan and 500,000 kyat from Dr Aye Min.
NGD members spent the funds they had received from anti-government groups in foreign countries and their funds on anti-government movements. In that regard, they supported K 1,800,000 to expelled NLD members, K 100,000 to members to attend courses, spent K 100,000 to transport NLD members to the neighbouring country, and K 500,000 to launch bomb attacks on Nay Pyi Taw, totaling K 2.5 million.
We exposed that NLD members committed the following movements, dealing with certain foreign embassies.
(a) Kyaw Kyaw and Aung Thu Nyein confessed that after the Thingyan period of April 2005, they went to the embassy of a Major western country in Bangkok in Thailand and gave documents about State’s security programmes.
(b) The NGD secretary sent the documents, which were sent to the western embassy in Thailand, to the military attaché of the embassy of a neighbouring country, and he received gems worth 15,000 US dollars from the military attaché.
NGD Chairman Dr Thet Lwin, Vice-Chairman Maung Maung Gyi (a) Daddy Gyi and some NGD members are now under detention for betraying the nation and committing terrorist acts relying on some foreign countries and anti-government groups for ousting the government. A series of the plots to devastate the nation have been exposed. I would like to present some evidences on their plots for bomb attacks and inciting protests of members of the Sangha and people.
The security forces confiscated 54 detonators, wires and other related equipment used to plant mines and lectures on explosives from NGD member Kyaw Zin Min (a) Zaw Moe in early September. The equipment was sent by members of NGD from home and abroad to Yangon in advance in order to sabotage major cities including Nay Pyi Taw. Moreover, the security forces seized a large amount of money sent from abroad to be used in sabotage acts including two satellite phones, two i-com communication machines and two GSM phones. Therefore the security forces protected the people from the loss of their lives and property. Those who sent the explosives, those who accepted them and saboteurs were arrested. Other saboteurs are being exposed with the assistance of the people.
Moreover, NGD members made contact with external terrorist group and made an attempt to create uprising again in the country like Sangha movement in September last year. This attempt was also exposed. Ko Nge (a) Tun Naung from NGD who tried to cause Sangha movement was arrested at the car park on the third floor of Yuzana Plaza on Banyadala Road in Thayagon Ward, Mingala Taungnyunt Township at 10.20 am on 1 September 2008. He is Shin Candima (a) Apulay of Tiger robe house in Pazundaung and was one of 17 members of the Sangha who led the last September Sangha movement. After the disturbance, he absconded to native Hsizongon Village in Mandalay Division and met U Panajota (a) Natzaw of Maggin Monasterywho was the chairman of Sangha Union (Abroad). He came to the country as a layman to incite Sangha movement in the country with the assistance of Natzaw.
After Apulay had taken the anti-government course abroad, U Panajota sent K 1 million in July, K 2.5 million in August for use in Sangha movement to him. Ko Nge organized members of the Sangha in Mandalay, Pakokku and Kyaukpadaung create the 2008 September Sangha movement. He made his subordinates organize the members of the Sangha in Yangon, Thanlyin, Pathein and Mawlamyine. He arrived in Mandalay on 3 May and met hard-core members of the Sangha there and told them to carry out political movement. He went to Mandalay again on 13 August and All Myanmar Independent Sangha Samaggi Organization comprising seven members of the Sangha was formed on 16-8-2008.
All Myanmar Independent Sangha Samaggi Organization issued the announcement 1/2008 on the same day. On 1-9-2008, the organization issued the announcement 2/2008 demanding the government to release the detained members of the Sangha by 26 September at the latest. If the demands were not met, they agreed to start Sangha movement on 5 September together with the members of the Sangha they organized. According to the information, the security members arrested them with the help of the people and their plot was aborted. The people on their part need to cooperate with the government for stability of the State.
Making contact with internal terrorists, external ones formed All Burma Democratic Alliance (ABDA), MyeOza group, Justice Group and All Myanmar Independent Sangha Samaggi Organization. They provided them with money and distributed antigovernment pamphlets namely, Black Campaign, Red Campaign and No Campaign among the university students, members of the Sangha and Sarthintaiks. The events were exposed together with the evidences.
According to the events and the confessions they made, almost all incidents showed that some NLD members got involved in these incidents— taking the explosive course, committing sabotage acts or being investigated concerning with the explosives and equipment.
These are the prevailing conditions of antigovernment organizations at home and abroad. In other words, the events are terrorist acts and killing innocent people committed by internal axe-handles in collaboration with external and internal anti-government organizations under the pretext of democracy and human rights. So-called political parties practise political strategy with double standard policy. They employ above and underground methods. Although acting as a legal organization it commits terrorist acts to oust the government and to cause instability. Making contact with such organizations as OSI, NED, FDB, they indirectly accept assistance including money, materials and advice provided by some big nations. This is the financing terrorism that is practised in small nations through the axe-handles to shape the 21st century imperialism. It is necessary for the people to prevent the use of this strategy with awareness.
Next, Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan and Director- General of MPF Brig-Gen Khin Yi replied to the queries raised by the media men and the press conference concluded at 11:30 am.