LETTER FROM OVER 200 ASEAN PARLIAMENT MEMBERS TO UN

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

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

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