By our special investigations team
A four year investigation by Burma Tha Din Network has uncovered evidence that the Tatmadaw has a secret cloning program which may have been used against democracy activists.
In 2012 Burma Tha Din began investigating the strange behaviour of leading democracy activists which seemed out of character from previous actions and statements on human rights and democracy.
In 2011, just months after completely rejecting the 2008 Constitution, and pledging to work outside of it to achieve democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi suddenly agreed to take part in by elections due in 2012.
In 2012 88 generation leaders stopped making any effort to free political prisoners still in jail, took donations from business cronies, and some leaders such as Ko Ko Gyi launched racist attacks against the Rohingya and Muslims.
In 2012 several NLD leaders made statements stating that Rohingya did not deserve equal human rights and even proposed they be put in camps before deportation.
It was impossible to believe that people who had dedicated their lives to Burma’s democracy movement and supporting human rights could suddenly change their behaviour so dramatically.
Speaking off the record, friends and family of leading activists told us how they had changed after being released from detention. They believed that this was due to torture and incarceration. We were repeatedly told by friends and family of some released activists that they were like a different person after being released.
Our investigations led us to a project being run from secret tunnels built with the assistance of North Korea near the capital, NayPyiDaw. We managed to obtain details of Russian scientists working in the tunnels, and investigators checked their qualifications with university records in Russia. Rather than being nuclear scientists, many were geneticists, biologists or experts in robotics.
It appears that Burma’s suspected nuclear programme was in fact cover for an ambitious and groundbreaking programme to clone democracy activists in order to neutralise the threat they posed. It is not clear if activists who have been cloned are still held in detention, of if they have been killed.
A Burma Tha Din military source told us that although they were not aware of any cloning programme, Than Shwe receives all documents from the President and State Counsellors offices and issues instructions on them.
An Aung San Suu Kyi clone under the control of Than Shwe would explain many of her otherwise inexplicable recent actions, including appointing more ministers and officials linked with the military and former regime than members of the NLD, her attitude towards Muslims and Rohingya, silence on military attacks including rape of ethnic women, continuing Thein Seins peace process, her failure to release political prisoners, the crackdown on free media, and authoritarian leadership style.
We attempted to get a response to our investigation from NLD spokesperson Win Htien but when he realised we were from the media he told us to fuck off before we could even ask a question.
If the cloning program has happened, it raises the prospect that somewhere in a cell in a tunnel near NayPyiDaw the real Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is sitting in a cell listening to the radio and thinking; “How the hell can people believe I’d do that?!”
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
UN to call Burmans ‘People who believe in Buddha’
Following the demand by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi that Rohingya people be described as ‘people who believe in Islam’ or 'Muslim community in Rakhine', the United Nations has issued a secret memo stating that in order to treat all ethnic groups in Myanmar equally, it will also have to avoid using ethnic names for all other ethnic groups in Myanmar.
A new guide has been issued to all UN staff in Myanmar with new definitions, which are to be used immediately.
Burman: People who believe in Buddha
Muslim Burman: People who believe in Islam but are not Rohingya
Mon: Other people who believe in Buddha
Rakhine: Other people who believe in Buddha but don’t like Burmans
Shan: Other people who believe in Buddha and don’t like anybody else.
Kachin: People who believe in Jesus.
Chin: People who believe in Jesus even more than other people who believe in Jesus
Karen: People who believe in Jesus, Buddha and the four principles
Karenni: People who believe in Jesus and the 1875 treaty
Ex-pat: People who believe in the latest trendy bar opening in downtown Yangon
UN Secretary General Special Envoy to Myanmar: People who believe anything men wearing green tell them
Monday, April 4, 2016
Suu Kyi Appoints New Minister For Women
State Counsellor, Foreign Secretary, Minister (Presidents Office), and NLD Chairperson, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, today appointed a new Deputy Minister for Women, in an apparent response to criticism over her failure to appoint any women to government other than herself. No official explanation was given regarding the unexpected announcement.
Aung Kyaw, a former Major General who served in Light Infantry Division 77, was Deputy Minister for Industry (No2) until 2011. He is known to be close to Thura Shwe Mann, and served with him in Karen State in the 1980s.
An NLD insider speaking off the record told Burma Tha Din that Aung Kyaw was ideally qualified for the post, being both a friend of Shwe Mann and having a wife and daughter, so understands women very well.
Aung Kyaw, a former Major General who served in Light Infantry Division 77, was Deputy Minister for Industry (No2) until 2011. He is known to be close to Thura Shwe Mann, and served with him in Karen State in the 1980s.
An NLD insider speaking off the record told Burma Tha Din that Aung Kyaw was ideally qualified for the post, being both a friend of Shwe Mann and having a wife and daughter, so understands women very well.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Unelected President ushers in new era of democracy in Burma
By our correspondent in Nay Pyi Daw
There were celebrations across the country today as U Htin Kyaw formally assumed the Presidency of Burma, ending 50 years of direct military rule.
“For years we have made struggle and sacrifice so we can choose our President through a democratic vote. So having U Htin Kyaw appointed President by Aung San Suu Kyi is a very big day for us,” said Maung Aye, a shopkeeper in Dagon Township, Yangon.
“For too long our country has been in the grip of the military and their cronies. So it is very good that Aung San Suu Kyi has made her lifelong friend the President,” said Thein Oo, a taxi driver in Kamayut Township.
In addition to the President, there are two new Vice Presidents. Vice President No1, U Myint Swe, also demonstrates a break with the past, as despite being a former general, leading the crackdown against peaceful protestors including shooting Monks in the 2007 uprising, being involved in assassinations, and notorious for cronyism and corruption, so far no evidence has come to light of his being involved in war crimes.
Veteran journalist Peter Popham praised Aung San Suu Kyi’s decision to appoint Henry Van Thio as Vice President No2. “It is a wonderful gesture by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to reach out to coffee coloured minorities. Henry is a real break with the past, a former soldier who worked for military and state run businesses, now at the top level of government. Can I also take this opportunity to point out that despite negative articles regarding my reporting Aung San Suu Kyi saying she didn’t know she was going to be interviewed by a Muslim, the fact that she might once have dated someone from Pakistan, and that she met a Muslim person in 1988, means some of her best friends are Muslims.”
In another sign of the new era Burma is entering, the ceremony to inaugurate the President and Vice Presidents took place in a Parliament which has no Muslim MPs. The ceremony was overseen by an all-male line up Parliamentary Speakers.
The next task of Parliament is to approve government ministers, who include one woman, one ethnic person, Thura Aung Ko, a general accused of raping two women, and no Muslims.
There were celebrations across the country today as U Htin Kyaw formally assumed the Presidency of Burma, ending 50 years of direct military rule.
“For years we have made struggle and sacrifice so we can choose our President through a democratic vote. So having U Htin Kyaw appointed President by Aung San Suu Kyi is a very big day for us,” said Maung Aye, a shopkeeper in Dagon Township, Yangon.
“For too long our country has been in the grip of the military and their cronies. So it is very good that Aung San Suu Kyi has made her lifelong friend the President,” said Thein Oo, a taxi driver in Kamayut Township.
In addition to the President, there are two new Vice Presidents. Vice President No1, U Myint Swe, also demonstrates a break with the past, as despite being a former general, leading the crackdown against peaceful protestors including shooting Monks in the 2007 uprising, being involved in assassinations, and notorious for cronyism and corruption, so far no evidence has come to light of his being involved in war crimes.
Veteran journalist Peter Popham praised Aung San Suu Kyi’s decision to appoint Henry Van Thio as Vice President No2. “It is a wonderful gesture by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to reach out to coffee coloured minorities. Henry is a real break with the past, a former soldier who worked for military and state run businesses, now at the top level of government. Can I also take this opportunity to point out that despite negative articles regarding my reporting Aung San Suu Kyi saying she didn’t know she was going to be interviewed by a Muslim, the fact that she might once have dated someone from Pakistan, and that she met a Muslim person in 1988, means some of her best friends are Muslims.”
In another sign of the new era Burma is entering, the ceremony to inaugurate the President and Vice Presidents took place in a Parliament which has no Muslim MPs. The ceremony was overseen by an all-male line up Parliamentary Speakers.
The next task of Parliament is to approve government ministers, who include one woman, one ethnic person, Thura Aung Ko, a general accused of raping two women, and no Muslims.
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Man who drove friends in car will be President - AFP
International news agency AFP beat media rivals today by revealing that U Htin Kyaw, confirmed today as NLD presidential nominee, has occasionally driven his friends, including Aung San Suu Kyi, in his car. They headlined the article: ‘Aung San Suu Kyi's former driver U Htin Kyaw nominated for Myanmar president.’
Media rivals rushed to catch up. Reuters discovered that U Htin Kyaw once made Aung San Suu Kyi a cup of tea, confirmed this with two sources, and led with a headline: ‘Aung San Suu Kyi's former waiter U Htin Kyaw nominated for Myanmar president.’
AP discovered she once had dinner at his house, and led with the headline: ‘Aung San Suu Kyi's former chef U Htin Kyaw nominated for Myanmar president.’
UPI discovered he once threw a stick for her dog in the garden and led with the headline: ‘Aung San Suu Kyi's former dog walker U Htin Kyaw nominated for Myanmar president.’
In a surprise move, AFP later changed their headline.
Media rivals rushed to catch up. Reuters discovered that U Htin Kyaw once made Aung San Suu Kyi a cup of tea, confirmed this with two sources, and led with a headline: ‘Aung San Suu Kyi's former waiter U Htin Kyaw nominated for Myanmar president.’
AP discovered she once had dinner at his house, and led with the headline: ‘Aung San Suu Kyi's former chef U Htin Kyaw nominated for Myanmar president.’
UPI discovered he once threw a stick for her dog in the garden and led with the headline: ‘Aung San Suu Kyi's former dog walker U Htin Kyaw nominated for Myanmar president.’
In a surprise move, AFP later changed their headline.
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