Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09RANGOON490
2009-08-04 09:53:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rangoon
Cable title:
REGIME DETAINED NLD MEMBERS PRIOR TO EXPECTED ASSK
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C O N F I D E N T I A L RANGOON 000490
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP AND IO; PACOM FOR FPA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/03/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM BM
SUBJECT: REGIME DETAINED NLD MEMBERS PRIOR TO EXPECTED ASSK
VERDICT JULY 31; MOST NOW RELEASED
REF: RANGOON 482
Classified By: P/E Chief Jennifer Harhigh for Reasons 1.4 (b) & (d)
Over 50 NLD Members Arrested July 30-31
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C O N F I D E N T I A L RANGOON 000490
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP AND IO; PACOM FOR FPA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/03/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM BM
SUBJECT: REGIME DETAINED NLD MEMBERS PRIOR TO EXPECTED ASSK
VERDICT JULY 31; MOST NOW RELEASED
REF: RANGOON 482
Classified By: P/E Chief Jennifer Harhigh for Reasons 1.4 (b) & (d)
Over 50 NLD Members Arrested July 30-31
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1. (C) Burmese authorities detained 16 members of the
National League for Democracy (NLD) in Rangoon and
approximately 20 NLD members in both Magwe (central Burma)
and Mandalay during the evening of July 30 and the morning of
July 31 in anticipation of the then-scheduled verdict in the
ASSK trial. Many were later released; authorities continue
to hold two in Rangoon and two in Magwe. The NLD is seeking
to confirm how many are still detained in Mandalay.
2. (C) NLD spokesman Nyan Win reported that some of those
detained are members of the Tuesday Prayer Group,
pro-democracy activists who used to visit Rangoon's Shwedagon
Pagoda every Tuesday to pray for the release of Aung San Suu
Kyi and all political prisoners; others are regular
participants in the vigils NLD Central Executive Committee
member Win Tin has been leading outside Insein Prison during
Aung San Suu Kyi's trial sessions.
Preemptive Arrests
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3. (C) According to 88 Generation Students (88GS) activist
Toe Kyaw Hlaing, who initially informed us of the arrests,
authorities told those detained they were being arrested to
prevent any disturbances related to the announcement of the
verdict, then expected July 31. (Note: Per reftel, judges
announced July 31 the verdict is postponed until August 11.
End note.) Many of the detainees are allies of 88GS, Toe
Kyaw Hlaing added. Nyan Win told us authorities first asked
the activists to refrain from holding their trial vigil or
participating in prayers. When they refused, police took
them into custody.
DINGER
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP AND IO; PACOM FOR FPA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/03/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM BM
SUBJECT: REGIME DETAINED NLD MEMBERS PRIOR TO EXPECTED ASSK
VERDICT JULY 31; MOST NOW RELEASED
REF: RANGOON 482
Classified By: P/E Chief Jennifer Harhigh for Reasons 1.4 (b) & (d)
Over 50 NLD Members Arrested July 30-31
--------------
1. (C) Burmese authorities detained 16 members of the
National League for Democracy (NLD) in Rangoon and
approximately 20 NLD members in both Magwe (central Burma)
and Mandalay during the evening of July 30 and the morning of
July 31 in anticipation of the then-scheduled verdict in the
ASSK trial. Many were later released; authorities continue
to hold two in Rangoon and two in Magwe. The NLD is seeking
to confirm how many are still detained in Mandalay.
2. (C) NLD spokesman Nyan Win reported that some of those
detained are members of the Tuesday Prayer Group,
pro-democracy activists who used to visit Rangoon's Shwedagon
Pagoda every Tuesday to pray for the release of Aung San Suu
Kyi and all political prisoners; others are regular
participants in the vigils NLD Central Executive Committee
member Win Tin has been leading outside Insein Prison during
Aung San Suu Kyi's trial sessions.
Preemptive Arrests
--------------
3. (C) According to 88 Generation Students (88GS) activist
Toe Kyaw Hlaing, who initially informed us of the arrests,
authorities told those detained they were being arrested to
prevent any disturbances related to the announcement of the
verdict, then expected July 31. (Note: Per reftel, judges
announced July 31 the verdict is postponed until August 11.
End note.) Many of the detainees are allies of 88GS, Toe
Kyaw Hlaing added. Nyan Win told us authorities first asked
the activists to refrain from holding their trial vigil or
participating in prayers. When they refused, police took
them into custody.
DINGER