The officers told me that Secretary One of the ruling council, Khin Nyunt, had no control over these corrupt officers and that I should write directly to Ne Win. They gave me his address and said that he received regular reports from Khin Nyunt. My letter to Ne Win was respectful and polite. I told him that it was normal for people to have differences of opinion on politics and economics. However, we should not disagree about what had happened to Kyandaw Cemetery.
Asian values are inconsistent with bulldozing a national cemetery.
In May 1997, Ne Win brought out of retirement former military intelligence chief Gen. Tin Oo and former auditor-general U Tin Aung Hein to investigate charges of corruption in the cabinet. At one time U Tin Aung Hein had rank equivalent to prime minister. He is respected by the Resistance because it was his investigation in 1988 that uncovered the deaths of 40 students who suffocated in a police van. Last March, I received two telephone calls from Asia in two weeks. A trusted intermediary told me that a representative of Ne Win was willing to meet with me anywhere except the United States to explore ways to resolve Burma's political problems.