September 9 (NMG)

The village head (officially called Village Peace and Development Council) of Kyi-Ywar near Depeyin, was honored with a motor-cycle and a cellular phone for his effective implementation of his duties at Depeyin incident, said one local businesswomen who recently arrived Indo-Burma border.

The village head, U Thein Aung, after getting motorbike and cell phone, warned the villagers not to listen to the foreign radios programs and they would be punished by imprisonment.

Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters were brutally ambushed by government-sponsored thugs near Kyi-Ywar in northern Burma on 30 May this year.

Although the village-head was honored by the regime, Rev. U Wimala who resided in village monastery was sentenced for 9 years and 3 months imprisonment on 14 August of helping opposition during the Aung San Suu Kyi's trip. Other residents of Kyi-Ywa, U Kyee Nyo and other two were also sentenced for 3 years and 3 months imprisonment for burning down a car owned by Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA).

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