Living Silence in Burma (58 page)

Kouchner, Bernard,
108

Kyaw Ba,
87

Kyaw Kyaw,
117

Kyaw Moe,
191
,
192
,
193

Kyaw Thu,
103
,
216
,
224
,
225

Kyaw Tint,
51

Kyaw Win,
154
,
157
,
158
,
212

Kyaw Zaw,
63

kyet su
,
100

Kyi Kyi,
128
,
129
,
180
,
181
,
182

Kyi Maung,
80
,
81
,
82

land reform,
19

Lay Phyu,
Power
54
,
82

Lin Htet,
124
,
125
,
126
,
204
,
205

Lintner, Bertil,
33

literature, self-motivational,
211

Lu Zaw,
79

Ma Aye Aye,
206

Ma Pyu,
115
–
16

Malaysia,
253

Martyr’s Day,
63

Maung Aye,
74
,
87
,
95
,
96

Maung Maung,
22
,
53
,
127
,
128
,
158
–
9
,
160
,
162
,
165
,
166

Maung Maung Nyo,
54

Maung Tha Ya,
210

Mawdsley, James,
263

Médecins Sans Frontières France,
266

media,
262
; citizen journalism,
105
; exile media,
105
,
262
; foreign media,
261
,
262
,
263

Metta Development Foundation,
151

Mi Mi,
55
,
201

migrant workers,
118

military,
21
,
59
,
145
,
146
,
147
,
153
,
163
,
167
; and education
see
education; desertion,
161
; involvement in economy,
22
,
27
,
98
; military families
see
families; officers,
155
,
156
,
161
; recruitment,
154
,
155
; use of humiliation,
135

Military Affairs Security,
96
,
172

military intelligence,
36
,
96
,
138
,
140
,
167
,
168
,
187
,
230
; and torture,
172

Min Ko Naing (pseudonym),
47
,
49
,
64
,
174

Min Thein,
187
,
188

Min Zaw,
50
,
51
,
203

Min Zeya,
96

Min Zin,
74
,
142
,
274

Mo Ko Naing,
96

Mo Mo Myint Aung,
216

Moe Aye,
183
,
184
,
185
,
187
,
188

Moe Kyaw,
162
,
163

Moe Thee Zun (pseudonym),
46
,
48
,
49
,
52
,
58
,
59
,
64
,
115
,
196
,
202

monks,
36
,
226
,
227
,
228
,
229
,
230
,
233
; monk protests,
51
,
52
,
56
,
68
,
102
,
103
,
232
; violence against,
67
,
68
,
104

Mun Awng,
217
,
218
,
219
; ‘
Bilu si, lu si
’,
218
;
Battle for Peace
,
218

musicians,
216
,
217
,
219

Myanmar Christian Council,
237

Myanmar Council of Churches (MCC),
236

Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association (MMCWA),
265

Myanmar Music Asiayone,
220

Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army,
72

Myanmar Women’s Entrepreneurial Association (MWEA),
150

Myat Hla,
53
,
59

Myawaddy TV,
220

Myint Aung,
87

Myo Nyunt,
75
,
233
,
237

Nai Panna,
132

Naing Aung,
133

National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB),
67
,
172

National Convention,
66
,
74
,
75
,
76
,
77
,
79
,
95

National League for Democracy (NLD),
60
,
61
,
62
,
64
,
65
,
67
,
73
,
74
–
5
,
79
,
80
,
87
,
89
,
90
,
91
,
94
,
97
,
104
,
173
; and Buddhism,
233
; and ethnic minorities,
90
,
91
; and monks,
67
,
233
,
234
,
235
,
236
; and students,
64
; election victory,
66
; support in military,
166

National Unity Party (NUP),
60
,
65
,
66

nat
spirits,
10
–
11
,
139
–
40

natural resources,
100

Nay Phone Latt,
105

Naypyidaw, moving of capital to,
97
,
98

Ne Myo,
118

Ne Win,
19
,
22
,
23
,
24
,
25
,
26
,
27
,
31
,
33
,
39
,
41
,
50
,
59
,
63
,
74
,
167
,
168
; and
yadaya
,
37
,
243

New Mon State Party (NMSP),
44
,
91
,
95
,
194

New Zealand,
257

non-governmental organizations (NGOs),
101
,
110
,
149
,
265
,
266

numerology,
244
,
245

Nway Nway,
198

Nyi Nyi,
166

Office of Strategic Studies (OSS),
168

Ohn Myint,
35

Open Heart Campaign,
96

Organization of Students and Youth for National Politics,
61

pagodas, looting of,
231
; restoration of Shwedagon Pagoda,
230
–
1

Pakistan,
256

pamphlets, political,
204
,
205
,
206

Pa’o National Organization,
72

Par Par Lay,
79

Parliamentary Democracy Party (later People’s Patriotic Party),
43

People’s Assembly (
pyithu hluttaw
),
31

‘People’s Forums’,
80

People’s Patriotic Party
see
Parliamentary Democracy Party

People’s Volunteer Organization (PVO),
19

Pepsi Cola, boycott of,
83

physic nuts
see kyet su

Pinheiro, Paulo Sergio,
186

place names, Burmanization of,
66

Po Khin,
135
,
136

political prisoners,
172
,
173
,
174
,
187
; solidarity between,
175
,
177
,
182
; women as,
179
,
180
,
182

portering,
143

press,
54
,
209
,
210
,
211

Press Scrutiny Board,
209

Printers’ and Publishers’ Registration Act (1962),
209

prison,
141
,
171
,
173
,
175
,
176
,
178
,
180
,
186
; healthcare in,
173
; study in,
183
,
184

Pyidaungsu
Party (Union Party),
23

pyithu hluttaw see
People’s Assembly

Pyone Cho,
96

radio,
206
,
207

Radio Free Asia (RFA),
206
,
207

rape,
147
,
162

Red Bridge incident,
47

Released Maiden
,
179

religious boycott (
patta ni kozana kan
),
68
,
102

Revolutionary Council,
27
,
29

Rohingya,
240
–
1

Russia,
256

‘Saffron Revolution’,
102

Sai Htee Hsaing,
219

Salai Zal Seng,
34

San Kyaw Zaw,
63

sanctions,
258
,
259

Sangha Maha Nayaka
,
36

Saw Maung,
66

Saw Tu,
32
,
33

Saw Wi, ‘February 14’,
210

Say Yaung Sone,
221

Saya San,
15

Sein Lwin,
50
,
53

Sein Win,
67

Seng Raw,
151

Seth, Andrew,
153

Seven Point Road Map,
94

Shan Nationalities League for Democracy,
66
,
95

Shan people,
22
,
95

Shan State Army (South),
44
,
146
,
148

Shan State Nationalities People’s Liberation Organization (SNPLO),
44

Singapore,
253

Sitt Nyein Aye,
221
,
222
,
223
; ‘In the dark, every cat is black’,
223

Smith, Martin,
Burma: Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity
,
45

social welfare,
20
,
101
,
149
,
150
,
224
; and ethnic minority organizations,
151

Soe Thein,
163
,
164

Sonny Swe,
100

State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC),
59
,
60
,
62
,
63
,
64
,
71
,
74

State Peace and Development Council (SPDC),
87

status,
9
,
134

students,
14
,
20
,
27
,
41
,
61
,
73
,
74
,
86
,
96
,
115
,
204
; protests by,
14
,
26
,
38
,
39
,
40
,
41
,
47
,
48
,
49
,
51
,
52
,
55
,
57
,
68
,
83
,
84
,
85
; violence against,
38
,
40
,
47
,
49
,
51
,
52
,
67
,
68
,
85

Students’ United Front,
20

study groups,
28
–
9
,
200
,
202
,
203

surveillance,
137
,
138