AIPMC to Ban Ki-moon

ASEAN INTER-PARLIAMENTARY MYANMAR CAUCUS
18-2 Commercial Centre, Taman Abadi Indah,
Off Old Klang Road, 58100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: +603-7984 7318, +603-7980 1393
Fax: +603-7983 7318, +603-7981 7782
http://www.aseanmp.org email: info@aseanmp.org
28 August 2008 Via facsimile and post

Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary General of the United Nations

Dear Secretary General,

We the members of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) are
writing to request your urgent intervention in Myanmar with regards to the well-being of
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
It has come to our knowledge that she might have been refusing her daily food supply
since the 16th of August 2008. While these reports have been denied by the current
military government, it has been reported to be true by several people close to her. The
members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) had issued a news release on the
25th of August stating the very same concern.
We would like to remind you of the promises that you made when you took office as the
Secretary General of the United Nations. You had stated that you will play the role of an
honest broker in conflict situations and that you will help bring justice to those who are
being discriminated against. You also stated that you would do everything in your power
to deliver humanitarian assistance to those in need. We now ask that you make good on
these promises.
Therefore, we appeal that you make an urgent visit to Myanmar to ascertain for yourself
the condition of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. We remind you
that her continued well-being is vital for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Myanmar.
Yours sincerely,

Serving Parliamentarians
Kraisak Choonhavan (Thailand)
Charles Chong (Singapore)
Son Chhay (Cambodia)
Djoko Susilo (Indonesia)
Lorenzo Tanada (Philippines)
Teresa Kok (Malaysia)
Alongkorn Ponlaboot (Thailand)
Ana Theresia Hontiveros (Philippines)
Nursyahbani Katjasungkana (Indonesia)
Eva Kusuma Sundari (Indonesia)
Saumura Tioulong (Cambodia)
Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim (Singapore)
Michael Palmer (Singapore)
Inderjit Singh (Singapore)
Former Parliamentarians
Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (Malaysia)
Loretta Ann P. Rosales (Philippines)