Civil servants sacked for welcoming Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

DVB - December 17, 2003

Some Burmese civil servants who welcomed Daw Aung San Suu Kyi before she and her supporters were attacked in upper Burma on 30 May are fired from their jobs by the SPDC authorities, according to a report by the NCGUB.

Hundreds of people were sacked and among them, the stories of the three civil servants are described with personal details and copies of original documents.

U Than Aung, a driver from the Forestry Department in Gangaw Township, Magwe Division was sacked from his job by his manager U Nyan Linn on 1 October for welcoming Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and team in Magwe Division.

A school teacher from Hteelin Township, Daw Mar Mar Htay and another teacher, U Pyuu Lwin were sacked with the same reason by their divisional educational officer.

The discriminating actions of the junta make it hard for the people of Burma to believe the claim of the SPDC for national reconciliation.