Letters to the Editor_2004

Than Shwe desires Burma to be a modern empire and seems to build his own dynasty. He started feeling insecure and threatened from Khin Nyunt. Than Shwe discovered his power would not be shaken by outside force, but from within his own ranks, particularly the cunning Khin Nyunt. Than Shwe’s glory has been offended by Khin Nyunt; it was perhaps the costliest mistake Khin Nyunt had committed. He miscalculated and outshone the master who secured his position before.

By all accounts, Khin Nyunt fell out of favor for his daring to outshine his master. The cost of outshining the Than Shwe is heavy—Khin Nyunt is disgracefully now under house arrest and has lost everything he had built.

Moe Zaw Aung

Democratic Party for a New Society

Maryland, USA [Top]

Tuesday, June 18, 2004

The Editor

The Irrawaddy o­nline-English version

We, the Executive Committee of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), would like to clarify the commentary, written by Wai Moe, published in your magazine o­n 20th August, 2004, named “Burma’s Fractious Political Culture”.

We found out that the commentary which is focused o­n schisms of historical Burmese political organizations starting from 1920 to was written o­nly within the limited scope of the author’s

knowledge. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) is a unique association that has been standing unified with its policy since its founding o­n March 23, 2000.

It is not true, as is stated at the very beginning of the commentary that, “one faction attempted to remove joint secretary Bo Kyi” during the annual meeting.