Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09RANGOON652
2009-09-24 11:59:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rangoon
Cable title:
STATE MEDIA ACCUSES AMCIT KYAW ZAW LWIN OF
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C O N F I D E N T I A L RANGOON 000652
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/MLS, DRL, AND IO
PACOM FOR FPA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/14/2019
TAGS: BM CASC PGOV PHUM PREL
SUBJECT: STATE MEDIA ACCUSES AMCIT KYAW ZAW LWIN OF
INSTIGATING UNREST AND PLANNING TERRORIST ATTACKS
REF: A. RANGOON 642 AND PREVIOUS
B. RANGOON 626
Classified By: Political Officer Marc Shaw for Reasons 1.4 (b) & (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L RANGOON 000652
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/MLS, DRL, AND IO
PACOM FOR FPA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/14/2019
TAGS: BM CASC PGOV PHUM PREL
SUBJECT: STATE MEDIA ACCUSES AMCIT KYAW ZAW LWIN OF
INSTIGATING UNREST AND PLANNING TERRORIST ATTACKS
REF: A. RANGOON 642 AND PREVIOUS
B. RANGOON 626
Classified By: Political Officer Marc Shaw for Reasons 1.4 (b) & (d)
1. (C) The September 24 edition of the New Light of Myanmar contains a
three-page expose on anti-government groups' alleged efforts to
uprisings and launch terrorist attacks within Burma. The article names
recently arrested American citizen Kyaw Zaw Lwin (Ref A) as a
claiming he has ties to internal and external activists the government
accuses of planning terrorist attacks, sabotaging strategic buildings
projects, and organizing anti-government movements.
2. (C) According to the article, Kyaw Zaw Lwin came to Rangoon to
unrest; it details a number of his alleged activities as a member of
88 Generation Students and while in Thailand and the United States --
example, organizing anti-government protests and funding various
anti-government groups. Further, it implies a link between Kyaw Zaw
as planner of the September 16 and 17 bomb blasts that occurred in
(Ref B). The article concluded with a warning that investigations
continue to "expose and arrest his accomplices."
DINGER
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/MLS, DRL, AND IO
PACOM FOR FPA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/14/2019
TAGS: BM CASC PGOV PHUM PREL
SUBJECT: STATE MEDIA ACCUSES AMCIT KYAW ZAW LWIN OF
INSTIGATING UNREST AND PLANNING TERRORIST ATTACKS
REF: A. RANGOON 642 AND PREVIOUS
B. RANGOON 626
Classified By: Political Officer Marc Shaw for Reasons 1.4 (b) & (d)
1. (C) The September 24 edition of the New Light of Myanmar contains a
three-page expose on anti-government groups' alleged efforts to
uprisings and launch terrorist attacks within Burma. The article names
recently arrested American citizen Kyaw Zaw Lwin (Ref A) as a
claiming he has ties to internal and external activists the government
accuses of planning terrorist attacks, sabotaging strategic buildings
projects, and organizing anti-government movements.
2. (C) According to the article, Kyaw Zaw Lwin came to Rangoon to
unrest; it details a number of his alleged activities as a member of
88 Generation Students and while in Thailand and the United States --
example, organizing anti-government protests and funding various
anti-government groups. Further, it implies a link between Kyaw Zaw
as planner of the September 16 and 17 bomb blasts that occurred in
(Ref B). The article concluded with a warning that investigations
continue to "expose and arrest his accomplices."
DINGER