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Khin Nyunt Interrogated Over ‘Saving Suu Kyi’ Claim

Such an experienced ex-general as Khin Nyunt has forgotten that the real power behind the democratization process is still the former junta chief Than Shwe.

Khin Nyunt was probably dwelling in a moment of slight euphoria after reading too much of the current Western optimists/ opportunists/ idealists’ propaganda that Burma is now reformed.

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China is very much the aggressive party with its 30-year-old backward weapons and technology. But it has the manpower of 1.3 billion. How China dare claim historical facts! History is history—it’s gone and in the past. What is today and what will be tomorrow—those are the facts.
Sometimes China shows it’s might through aggressive action like in the Spratlys Islands’ incident in 1988 with Vietnam. In Burma, China has acquired by illegal means all the projects by paying money under the table to Burmese generals and claiming their rights to construct dams, etc. The regime of the communist government is really shameful.

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Praising this inhumane brutal regime clad in a civilian skin and preparing to award it by lifting sanctions will just increase their confidence to commit heinous crimes freely and happily.
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We need proper education, skills, technology, much better management, production of good products and good food, much better mental and physical health, and generations of peoples who will build a united and happier country. We need people who understand what beauty really is.
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