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The document is a letter from members of parliament from several Asian countries to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urging him to secure the release of over 2,100 political prisoners in Burma during a planned visit in December 2008. It notes that the UN has called on Burma's military regime to release the prisoners but they have increased arrests instead. The MPs encourage the Secretary General to pressure the regime to release all prisoners by the end of 2008 to mark progress toward national reconciliation.

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The document is a letter from members of parliament from several Asian countries to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urging him to secure the release of over 2,100 political prisoners in Burma during a planned visit in December 2008. It notes that the UN has called on Burma's military regime to release the prisoners but they have increased arrests instead. The MPs encourage the Secretary General to pressure the regime to release all prisoners by the end of 2008 to mark progress toward national reconciliation.

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December 5th 2008

Dear UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon,

As parliamentarians from across Asia, we are elected to represent our peoples in our
governments and to the world. We are writing to you on a matter of grave concern: the
ongoing imprisonment of over 2,100 political prisoners in Burma/Myanmar.

As you know, the United Nations Security Council, General Assembly, and Human
Rights Council have all called on Burma’s military regime to immediately release all
political prisoners in Burma.

In direct defiance of the international community the military regime has not only failed
to release political prisoners and enter into genuine dialogue, but instead in the past year
almost doubled the number of prisoners to more than 2,100.

Further, Burma’s military regime has used prisoners of conscience as political pawns,
releasing a handful during and after visits by UN envoys while avoiding a complete
release that would allow pave the way for true national reconciliation. After UN envoys
leave from Burma, more arrests always continue.

We understand that you may travel to Burma in December, 2008 and encourage you to
take this trip. We urge you to seize this opportunity to obtain the release of all political
prisoners by the end of 2008.

The release of all political prisoners in Burma would be a significant step forward, and an
obvious and concrete first step to begin a process of national reconciliation in Burma.

However, the release of only a limited number of prisoners would represent a


continuation of the same games the military regime has used to extend its power for
decades.

The suffering of the people have Burma has been going on for decades. We have a moral
duty to do whatever we can to help the people of Burma reach a peaceful and sustainable
political settlement. No effort should be spared in the endeavor.

We trust in you and your good offices to work to achieve this concrete benchmark, and
offer our full support to you in doing so.

Sincerely,

Members of Parliament from:


Thailand
40. Yim Sovann
1. Kraisak Choonhavan 41. Kong Bora
2. Buranaj Smutharaks 42. Ho Vann
3. Somkiat Pongpaiboon 43. Kuoy Bunroeun
4. Pojanart Kaewpaluk 44. Ly Srey Vyna
5. Pusadee Tamthai 45. Tok Vanchan
6. Rosana Tositrakul 46. Yont Tharo
7. Varin Thiemcharas 47. Kem Sokha
8. Rachada Dhnadirek 48. Chan Cheng
9. Rachadaporn Kaewsanit 49. Yem Ponhearith
10. Boonyod Sooktinthai 50. Khim Laky
11. Attaporn Ponlaboot 51. Ou Chanrith
12. Thanitpol Jayanandana 52. Pot Pov
13. Samart Piriyapanyaporn
14. Kovit Tarana Japan
15. Alongkorn Ponlaboot
16. Korn Chatikavanij 53. Masaharu Nakagawa
17. Chanin Roongsang 54. Keiko Itokazu
18. Sirichok Sopha 55. Kiyomi Tsujimoto
19. Ananong Kanjanachusak 56. Motohisa Ikeda
20. Supacharee Tummapetch 57. Azuma Konno
21. Wirat Wiriyapong 58. Tetsuji Nakamura
22. Surachat Masadit 59. Tsurunen Marutei
23. Sombat Yasin 60. Satsuki Eda
61. Tetsuo Kanno
Cambodia 62. Kantoku Teruya
63. Tomoko Abe
24. Son Chhay 64. Tomiko Okazaki
25. Sam Rainsy 65. Masahiko Yamada
26. Cheam Channy 66. Seiichi Kaneda
27. Kimsour Phirith 67. Yukihisa Fujita
28. Mao Munyvann 68. Tsuneo Suzuki
29. Ke Sovannroth 69. Ryuichi Doi
30. Eng Chhai Eang 70. Ritsuo Hosokawa
31. Tioulong Saumura 71. Hiroyoshi Nishi
32. Nuth Rumduol 72. Tsutomu Hata
33. Khy Vandeth 73. Toshiko Hamayotsu
34. Thak Lany 74. Yoshinori Suematsu
35. Long Ry 75. Kazuko Kori
36. Men Sothavarin 76. Ken Kagaya
37. Mu Sochua 77. Koichi Takemasa
38. Chiv Cata 78. Nobuo Matsuno
39. Chea Poch 79. Mizuho Fukushima
80. Yoko Komiyama
81. Yukio Hatoyama
82. Ryuhei Kawada

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Korea 128. Lee Sung Nam
129. Cho Bae Sook
83. Song Young Gil 130. Shin Nakyun
84. Ahn Min Seok 131. Jung Jang Seon
85. Cho Young Teck 132. Joo Seung Yong
86. Oh Jae Sae 133. Choi Chul Kook
87. Choi In Kee 134. Byun Jae Il
88. Cho Jeong Sik 135. Kim Yung Rok
89. Shin Hak Yong 136. Moon Hak Jin
90. Ahn Gyu Baek 137. Kim Young Jin
91. Kim Sang Hee 138. Moon Hee Sang
92. Lee Jong Kul 139. Lee Yongsup
93. Park Jie Won 140. Kim Jin Pyo
94. Park Joo Sun 141. Kim Jae Kyun
95. Kang Bong Kyun 142. Park Sunsook
96. Kim Boo Kyum 143. Kim Jeong Kweon
97. Kim Dong Cheol 144. Kim Dong Sung
98. Choi Young Hee 145. Kim Tae Won
99. Choi Gyu Sung 146. Won Hee Ryong
100. Choo Mi Ae 147. Koh Seung Duk
101. Hong Jae Hyong 148. Yim Tae Hee
102. Yang Seung Jo 149. Choi Moon Soon
103. Kim Hyo Seuk 150. Nam Kyung Pil
104. Kang Sung Jong 151. Lee Jung Hyun
105. Park Young Sun 152. Shin Young Soo
106. Kim Sung Gon 153. Hur Won Je
107. Jeon Hae Sook 154. Lee Jung Hee
108. Seo Jong Pyo 155. Kwon Young Ghil
109. Cho Kyoung Tae 156. Hong Hee Deok
110. Kim Hee Chull 157. Kwak Jung Sook
111. Lee Seok Hyun 158. Kang Ki Kab
112. Woo Yoon Keun 159. Moon Kook Hyun
113. Noh Young Min 160. Lee Yong Hee
114. Choi Jae Sung 161. Lee Kwang Jae
115. Chung Sye-kyun 162. Chough Soon Hyung
116. Baek Won Woo 163. Lee Yoon Seok
117. Lew Seon Ho 164. Kim Se-ung
118. Kang Chang Il 165. Kim Jae Yun
119. Kim Woo Nam 166. Lee Nak Yon
120. Jang Se Hwan
121. Kim Jong Yull
122. Park Eun Soo
123. Kim Choon Jin
124. Ooh Che Chang
125. Kim Yoo Jung
126. Song Min Soon
127. Lee Kang Rae

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Malaysia

167. Anwar Ibrahim


168. Teresa Kok
169. Lim Kit Siang Philippines
170. Tian Chua
171. Fong Po Kuan 210. Lorenzo R. Tañada III
172. Tony Pua 211. Eduardo Nonato N. Joson
173. Nurul Izzah Anwar 212. Antonio V. Cuenco
174. Teo Nie Ching 213. Abraham Kahlil B. Mitra
175. Charles Santiago 214. Alfonso V. Umali Jr.
176. Chow Kon Yeow 215. Proceso J. Alcala
177. Er Teck Hwa 216. Matias V. Defensor Jr
178. Lim Lip Eng 217. Mujiv S. Hataman
179. M. Kula Segaran 218. Liza L. Maza
180. Johari Abdul 219. Mar-Len Abigail S. Binay
181. Sim Tong Him 220. Luzviminda C. Ilagan
182. Sivarasa Rasiah 221. Cinchona Cruz-Gonzales
183. Fong Kui Lun 222. Del R. de Guzman
184. Tan Tee Beng 223. Ana Theresia Hontiveros
185. Liew Chin Tong 224. Albert Garcia
186. Gobalakrishnan N.
187. Jeyakumar Devaraj Singapore
188. M. Manogaran
189. Chong Eng 225. Charles Chong
190. Salahuddin Ayub 226. Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim
191. Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir 227. Michael Palmer
192. Amran Abdul Ghani 228. Inderjit Singh
193. Hee Loy Sian
194. Gwo Burne Loh Indonesia
195. Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid
196. Tan Kok Wai 229. Djoko Susilo
197. Mohamed Azmin Ali 230. Nursyahbani Katjasungkana
198. Zuraida Kamaruddin 231. Eva Sundari
199. Zahrain Mohamed Hashim 232. Marzuki Darusman
200. Mohsin Fadzli Samsuri 233. Yuddy Chrisnandi
201. Ahmad bin Kasim 234. Anna Muawanah
202. Saifuddin Nasution Ismail 235. Jeffrey Massie
203. Zainal Abidin Ahmad 236. Happy Bone
204. Azan bin Ismail 237. Jacobus Mayong Padang
205. Rashid bin Din 238. Slamet Effendy Yusuf
206. Yusmadi Yusoff 239. M. Djunaedi
207. William Leong 240. Zulkifli Halim
208. Md. Puad Zarkashi 241. Agung Laksono
209. Chong Chieng Jen

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