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　　　Rangoon explosion kills daughter of top official,10/APL.　General. Tin Oo escapes injury in bomb attack on home,-A bomb exploded at the house of Burmese's top military officials, killing his eldest daughter and setting off a renewed security alert in the capital, military officials, relatives and diplomats said.
　　　A senior military officer, demanding anonymity, confirmed that an explosion occurred on sunday night at the house of Lt Gen.Tiun Oo,Secretary Two of the ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council(SLORC)and Army chief of staff.
　　　Tin Oo, one of Burmese four most powerful generals, may have been the target of a previous bomb attack at a Rangoon pagoda on Christmas Eve.
　　　The officer said Tin Oo was not hurt in Sunday's explosion, but a general's family confirmed that his eldest daughter, 33-yrs old Cho Lei Oo, was killed by what was believed to have been a parcel bomb.
　　　Rebel group- Karen National Union(KNU) denied any involvement in the blast. The rebels, currently being mauled in a government offensive, have never shown a capability for urban terrorism.
　　　And after, Rangoon Junta seeks Japanese help in bomb probe. Military junta officially asked Tokyo to help investigate the source of a parcel bomb that killed a daughter of the top junta official. Deputy Foreign Minister Nyunt Swe filed the request with Japanese Ambassador Yoichi-Yamaguchi in a meeting at the Foreign Ministry, diplomatic sources said. In Tokyo, the National Police Agency said police have started an investigation into the case. Reports by government-run newspapers in Myanmar on preliminary investigations into the bomb explosion said the package was sent by airmail from a post office in Japan and was disguised as a book parcel. The book in the parcel was in Japanese and it was believed to have been sent from anti-Myanmar government elements operating in Japan, the reports said.
　　　Myanmar opposition groups based in Japan denied soon after the janta's allegations that they were behind a parcel bomb attack in Rangoon, saying the blast was linked to a power struggle among the country's ruling generals.

　　　Refugees flee to Thailand after attack on Burmese student camp, 19/APL.　Burmese government forces have attacked a dissident student base close to the Thai border triggering a new exodus of refugees into southern Thailand.
　　　Some 1,000 troops of Burma's SLORC are conducting an offensive against the student's "8888 Camp" and nearby ethnic settlements, opposite Thailand's Prachuab KhiriKhan province, according to the All Burma Student's Democratic Front (ABSDF). Some small groups of dissidents including the ABSDF have supported the Karens' resistance to the SLORC.

　　　23 killed as Burmese rebels hunt for Khun Sa treasure 2 Army bases attacked,21/APL.　23 people were killed and dozens wounded in a clash between Burmese soldiers and rebels from the Shan United Revolution Army, searching for the weapons and hidden treasure of former opium warlord Khun Sa on April 10, Thai and rebel sources said on Monday. About 500 guerrillas attacked two Burmese Army jungle bases near Ho Mong, Khun Sa's former stronghold. Ten Burmese soldiers died in the fighting and about 40 were wounded, the source said. "SURA commander Colonel Yod Suk said three months ago he would come for Khun Sa's hidden weapons and if the Burmese intercepted they would fight," the source said.SURA his about 5,000 fighters according to the guerrilla sources. The SURA sources confirmed the fighting and said that 13 guerrillas were also killed and 17 wounded in the day-long fighting at a base about 25 km north-east of Ho Mong, on the edge of Shan state about 15 km from the Thai border, which used to house more than 10,000 civilians and guerrillas during the peak of Khun Sa's power in the 1980s.
　　　Khun Sa, half Shan and half Chinese, once commanded about 20,000 Mong-Tai Army guerrillas and said he was fighting for the freedom of Shan state. But, he was accused of using the MTA as his personal troops to protect his heroin business in the Golden Triangle where Laos, Thailand and Burma meet. a US court indicted Khun Sa on heroin trafficking charges in December 1989, and Washington has requested his extradition to face charges in the US. But Burma's military government has refused the request, saying it will deal with Khun Sa under Burmese law. Khun Sa surrendered to Burmese troops in January 1996 and Ho Mong has since become a ghost town. He is said to be living a life of luxury in Rangoon and running several business in Burma.
　　　The rebel sources said they had heard that Khun Sa hid weapons, jewellery and gold in Ho Mong before he surrendered. "The former MTA officers who are now with us knew that there was treasure hidden there before Khun Sa surrendered," a SURA source informed. However,the source would not say how much treasure was believed to be hidden in the jungle, but said Khun Sa had handed over only about one-tenth of the MTA's weapons when he gave himself up. The MTA disbanded after Khun Sa's surrender.

　　　The United States announced sanctions on Burma, 22/APL.　according from the White House,government office of United States. Mr president of US was announcing the decision to impose a ban on new U.S.investment in Buurma. This sanctions will ban some new investment from US, but will not affect current investment.
　　　Burma's Govt. doesn't fear U.S. sanctions, one of Burma's military leaders said same day US issued The statement, his government would not be swayed by U.S. economic sanctions against his country and denied Western allegations of human rights abuses. "It's not a problem for us," Lieutenant-General Khin Nyunt told foreign journalists accompanying a government trip to the Golden Triangle area in eastern Shan state.
　　　Since the SLORC came into power through a bloody military coup in 1988,they have enjoyed assistance from the business community, which has enabled them to consolidate power and accelerate their campaign of terror against the people of Burma. Burma has approved a total of $6.05 billion in foreign investment since it opened up the economy in 1988. Diplomats say a little more than half that has actually been invested.
　　　The United States is the fourth-largest investor in Burma in terms of approved foreign investment. The U.S. State Department was due to announce economic sanctions on Burma later Tuesday, an administration official said in Washington. Several American companies have pulled out of the country over the past few years because of pressure by human rights organizations. Major companies still doing business there include oil companies Unocal Corp and Atlantic Richfield Co. Unocal, the largest U.S.investor in Burma, said it was disappointed by the sanctions but they would not affect its investment policy in the region.
　　　Diplomats said the sanctions would likely cause U.S. and other investors to be more cautious in coming to Burma. "They'll have to think a lot harder. Some companies may decide not to come in. It adds political risk."
　　　Another diplomats from member nations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations,(ASEAN) said the sanctions will not likely affect Burma's efforts to join the seven-member group. They said ASEAN, which follows a policy of non-interference in the politics of its neighbors, continued to oppose Western intervention in Burma."If you isolate a country, it doesn't go the way you want," said one diplomat, nothing the U.S. failure to bring down the long-running regime of Fidel Castro in Cuba through a variety of methods,including sanctions.

　　　Burmese torch Mon villages.29/APL.　From Prachuab Kirikhan, Two Mon villages with around 300 makeshift shelters were set ablaze after Burmese forces overran a Mon military base at Tab Guncha on Monday. Around one thousand Mon refugees from Ban ChongChi and Ban TanGuncha villages fled the attack and crossed over into Thailand to seek refuge in Bangsaphan's Tambon Chaikasem where local public health officials provided aid to the refugees, said a border official.
　　　Some 2,000 Burmese troops were involved in Monday morning's military drive against Mon rebel forces. The fighting lasted for nearly four hours before the rebels decided to desert their military base. "Mon forces could not resist the attack as Burmese forces were better equipped with heavy weapons. The two villages were reduced to rubble," noted a Mon leader.

　　　KNLA BATTLE NEWS OF APRIL.30/APL.　There were more skirmish between with Karen and government forces in No.(5)Brigade area, where were deep inside from the border with Thailand.
　　　since from 2nd of April, Many battle broke out between KNLA. No.(5)Brigade, MuTraw district Area, and SLORC troops, its started from near HteeHgawLu village. KNLA troops attacked SLORC troops at PawWahDer. One SLORC soldier was killed and two SLORC soldiers were injured on 8/Apl. and another a SLORC soldier was killed on 13/Apl, at YoPoLu too.
　　　No.(5) Brigade, KNLA troops attacked SLORC LIR(547)'s position at MawKee village on 17th, LIR(341) at HsawLerDer on 19 to 21st. And No.(7) Brigade, KNLA troops attacked SLORC troops at near HteeKlayKawPwe village on 28th. At least 29 SLORC soldiers was killed including a Lieutenant, a second-Lieutenant, two Sergearnt, and many more were injured.
　　　29/Apl, No.(7) Brigade, Paan district, TaNayChar township. At 1340 hours, SLORC troops attacked KNLA troops at KoPway. The battle lasted four hours over. Three KNLA soldiers were injured.
　　　At No.(1),(2),(5),(7)Brigade areas, SLORC troopers usually stepped on a KNLA mines, Its many of them were improvised produce by Karen Army. and many enemy soldiers lost their legs too.