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06TAIPEI484
2006-02-15 09:30:00
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American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
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TAIWAN VOTES AGAINST BURMA IN APG

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN IMF KCRM TW
SUBJECT: TAIWAN VOTES AGAINST BURMA IN APG

REF: A. TAIPEI 160

B. STATE 6134

On January 17, AIT both delivered ref B demarche and reported
Taiwan's initial response in ref A. On February 15, the
Taiwan Ministry of Justice Department of Prosecutorial
Affairs Director Shawn Tsai (Ching-hsiung) reported to AIT
that in light of the human rights and other issues raised in
the demarche, Taiwan had voted against Burma's membership in
the Asia Pacific Group Against Money Laundering (APG) and had
used its position on the APG Steering Committee to urge other
APG members to also vote against Burma's membership.
KEEGAN