| Letter to General Than
Shwe
This time I complaint profoundly.
Bo Than Swe,
I'm sure this letter will reach you without doubt, course' I give
it to the young intelligent officer stationed outside my house,
passed it on to his top boss, Bo Khin Nyunt. By the way, tell Bo
Khin Nyunt, I thank him for placing those securities in front of
my house around the clock. Due to their present, many people stopped
coming to my house, especially my old comrades and veterans. Let
it be -I won't complaint about it.
I see your pictures in the Myanma Ah-lin and TV almost daily, you
look extremely well, and gain lots of weight. And look at your wife,
Ma Kyaing, totally contrast to the young skinny house maid that
we met at Pa-Oh village head's house near Pa-an, what - 40 years
ago. Well, life at the top with such luxuries could not be better.
Yes, one could not contest one's karma. Let it be - I won't complaint
about it.
Hey, you remember on that front post in Karen state back in 50s,
while Captain Saw Maung was our platoon commander, and we're just
second lieutenants, you were so scared to move out of the trench
during the assault. Bo Saw Maung waiving his pistol took charge
of the assault in front, and every one joined in, except you. I
shouted at you not to be a coward but to move out - you just stayed
inside the bunker. Let it be – I won't complaint about it.
And, when I was the garrison commander of War Office in the late
70s, you came by my house in the War Office compound, after the
staff meeting with C-in-C General Thura Tin Oo. You knew about Captain
Ohn Kyaw Myint's plans to assassinate the 'old man- Ne Win'. After
the event, Ohn Kyaw Myint was hanged, Ako-gyi Tin Oo was dismissed
and jailed; I was detained briefly, and given early retirement,
thanks to my old commander, Ako-gyi Sann Yu. But, you went scot-free
and event promoted to General Staff (1) at the War Office. Let it
be -I won't complaint about it.
When Bo Saw Maung became Commander-in-chief and you were appointed
as his deputy, and later form SLORC took over the power from Dr.
Maung Maung, in August, 1988, after letting the "Ah-Yan"
Tin Hla with his 22 LID, killed thousands of innocent people, students
and monks, you quietly supported Bo Saw Maung and Bo Khin Nyunt
from behind. When I made my complaint -but you give slim argument
by redirecting those responsibilities to Bo Saw Maung and Bo Khin
Nyunt.
Later, when Bo Saw Maung became uncontrollable, talking nonsense,
claiming himself as 'reincarnated' Kyan-Sitt-Tha-Min, 10th century
warrior-king of Pagan era, but most of all, he committed a cardinal
sin by promising the world that ' tamadaw' will go back to the barracks
after the 90 election. This was the last straw for the 'old man-Ne
Win', who finally sacked him and promoted you to his place, the
C-in-C with the grand title, Senior General. Let it be -I won't
complaint about it.
When Bo Tun Kyi, Bo Kyaw Ba, and Bo Myint Aung became out of control,
taking full advantages of so-call free-market economy alias cronies-cum-nepotistic
and corrupted economy to their own benefits and their families became
extremely super rich with million of dollar deposited in Singapore
and Bangkok banks, thus became rivals to told 'old man- Ne Win'
and his family, particularly, to Sandar Ne Win and her family. Taking
heeds and advices from Bo Khin Nyunt, you together with Bo Aye,
abolished SLORC and replaced it with SPDC, members consisted of
your hand-picked younger generals, too young for me to remember
their names. Let it be -I won't complaint about it.
Due to shrinking economy and the pie became smaller, thanks to
you and our ministers, the cronies Bo Aye, Bo Khin Nyunt, Bo Win
Myint, Bo Tin Hla and Aye Zaw Win came to head-on each others, and
Sandar Win's three spoil brats terrorized Rangoon elites and night
cubs, planned to make a cosmetic coup with their father, you thrown
them in jail, later refused to give a proper funeral for their grand-father,
who was also your god-father, 'old man-Ne Win', instead sent him
unceremoniously with in hours of his dead to Ye-way cemetery for
cremation. Let it be -I won't complaint about it.
The news spread across the nation that the real Thi Baw Min, the
last Kone-Bound- Minzet was not taken to India by the colonial British,
but only his replacement, The real Thi Baw Min was left hiding in
Kyauk-se and, became your ancestor. Well, that's too good to be
true. Firstly, this Thi Baw replacement theory drawn too close to
WW II's Hitler looked alike and Saddam Hussein duplicates in Baghdad,
during recent Iraq war. But, for you to be the Kone-Bound-Minzet,
is totally absurd, and completely incomprehensible. I am out of
words. Since I knew your family well, there must be something wrong
with this assumption. Do you really believe that you were born from
the Shwe Bo Royal Blood? Let it be -I won't complaint about it.
Now, I heard recently that our Bogyoke's daughter, young Suu Suu,
was attacked and almost killed by those thugs, and also Ako-gyi
Thu ra Tin Oo was severely injured, by those wicked mobs orchestrated
by S-2 Soe Win and accomplice USDA EC members, I am totally shocked
and angry with you to let it happened to our beloved Bogyoke's daughter
in-harms way. Are you gone completely mad? You should be protecting
her like a sister, you'd sad it yourself over and over again. Now,
you put her in Jail, Insein prison! You're really insane now. This
time, I must complaint profoundly and I cannot let it be. If you
have any decency left in you, you must release young Suu Suu immediately
together with Ako-gyi Thu ra Tin Oo.
For the old time sake, please look what'd happened to your god
father 'old man-Ne Win' and your old boss 'Bo Saw Maung' on the
last journey of their lives. We are getting old but it's not too
late for you to act. For the love of the country, and our people,
made the right decision for once in your life time.
Your old comrade,
Bo Sein |