March 8, 2008 - The Burmese military junta has pulled out all stops to woo the Christian community in Kachin State in Northern Burma ahead of the referendum in May this year.
Brig-Gen Thein Zaw, the Minister of Communication, Post and Telegraph is on a trail blazing campaign to garner support for the referendum to approve the draft constitution, local church sources said.
Before noon today, Brig-Gen Thein Zaw visited seven Kachin churches in different areas of north of Myitkyina Township, the capital of Kachin State. There was tight security and he was escorted by soldiers of the Northern Command headquarters in the township, local eyewitnesses and church sources told KNG today.
The minister visited the Shwezet Kachin Baptist Church where over 150 local people gathered. During his 30-minute visit he said "They are a handful of people and they are less than a million who destabilize and aim to destroy our country by saying careless (random) words."
Source: Kachin News
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