Military junta instructed people to fight against the economic sanctions

DVB ( Aug 20, 2003 )

The Central Military and Police Directorates in Rangoon have sent directives to the local army and police commands throughout Burma about how Burmese could face the US economic sanction.
According to the directives, the government was ‘working very hard’ to fend off the ‘one-sided’ US sanctions so there would not be any loss on businesses, merchants, workers and civil servants in Burma.

Also, the directives told people not to be cowed into the US economic sanctions. It urged the people and civil servants to ward off the effects of the sanctions with full patriotic spirit.

According to other reports, committee members of police and army rallied soldiers and policemen and their family members every week by propaganda, talks and seminars.

The directives were sent on 17 August.

Source: Democratic Voice of Burma, Oslo, in Burmese 1430 gmt 20 Aug 03