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Word of thanks
Word of thanks
A life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
Matupi students, letter of condolence for Chao Tzang Yawnghwe (1939-2004)
We would like to express our sincere thanks for your presence at the funeral of Sao Seng Suk yesterday, 18 August 2007.
Nang Layen and family
The Last Count
Letters of Condolence (60)
Individuals
1. Derek Tonkin
2. Nu Yawnghwe
3. Namteng Laikha
4. Sai Aung Mart Teekham
5. Nang Mo Lao
6. Khun Hom
7. Sai Wansai
8. Sao Hso Khan Fa Yawnghwe
9. Sao Noan Oo Lawkzawk
10. Gothom Arya and Somchai Homla-or (Human Rights and Development Foundation)
11. Edith Mirante (Project Maje)
12. Sai Win Kyaw (US)
13. Soe Myint (Mizzima)
14. Sao Swy Mangrai
15. U Nwe Aung, London
16. Pu Lian Uk, Chin National Council (CNC)
17. Bianca Son (daughter of the late Dr. Vum Son Suantak)
18. Brian Joseph (NED)
19. U Than Tut, Burma Independence News Agency (BINA)
20. Khun Hsiha, Chiangmai
21. Professor Ba Than Win and Rosy Win, EWOB/AEIOU
22. Peter Mortensen
Organizations and Alliances
1. National Unity Party of Arakan (NUPA)
2. Patriotic War Veterans of Burma (PWVB)
3. Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC)
4. National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB)
5. National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB)
6. Burmese Community, Sydney
7. Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF)
8. National Democratic Front (NDF)
9. Kachin Independence Organization (KIO)
10. Kachin National Organization (KNO)
11. Kachin Women Association of Thailand (KWAT)
12. Kachin State Constitution Drafting Committee (KSCDC)
13. All Kachin Students and Youth Union (AKSYU)
14. Palaung Women's Organization (PWO)
15. Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS)
16. Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP)
17. Arakan National Council (ANC)
18. Arakan Liberation Party (ALP)
19. Women's League of Burma (WLB)
20. New Mon State Party (NMSP)
21. Wa National Organization (WNO)
22. Rakhaing Women's Union (RWU)
23. Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD-LA)
24. Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD Exile)
25. United Nationalities League for Democracy (UNLD-LA)
26. Arakan League for Democracy (ALD-LA)
27. All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF)
28. Zomi National Congress (ZNC-LA)
29. Chin National Community-Japan
30. Chin National Council (CNC)
31. Federal Constitution Drafting and Coordination Committee (FCDCC)
32. Kachin State Constitution Drafting Committee (KSCDC)
33. Shan State Organization (SSO)
34. Shan State Army (SSA)
35. Shan Women' Action Network (SWAN)
36. Parliamentary Democracy Party (Burma)
37. School for Shan State Nationalities Youth (SSSNY)
38. National League for Democracy (Liberated Area, UK)
Dignitaries that have come to grace the party with their presence
1. Lt-Gen Jamnong Rodjaroen (Retired)
2. Maj-Gen Gunjade Yordngern (Retired)
3. Pawluang Duangjand Kawin
4. Vichitz Chaiwan (former editor in chief, Khon Muang)
Names of other dignitaries are omitted by request.
Wreaths (52)
1. People's Liberation Front (PLF)
2. Democratic Alliance of Burma (DAB)
3. Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) Shan Programme
4. Shan Youth Power (SYP)
5. Fox Post Productions (FPP)
6. Lahu National Development Party (LNDO)
7. www.mongloi.com
8. School for Shan State Nationalities Youth (SSSNY)
9. Migrant Assistance Program (MAP)
10. Nationalities Youth Forum (NYF)
11. Thai Yai Community (Fang-Mae Ai-Chaiprakarn)
12. Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN)
13. National Health and Education Committee (NHEC)
14. Federal Constitution Drafting and Coordination Committee (FCDCC)
15. 727th Brigade (SSA)
16. All Kachin Students and Youth Union (AKSYU)
17. Shan State Army (SSA)
18. Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD-LA)
19. Shan State Organization (SSO)
20. United Nationalities League for Democracy (UNLD)
21. Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS)
22. Open Society Institute (OSI)
23. Earth Rights International (ERI)
24. Kachin Women's Association of Thailand (KWAT)
25. Gen Gunjade and family
26. Gen Zau Seng and family
27. Kachin State Constitution Drafting Committee (KSCDC)
28. Dr Thaung Tun and Zam Zam
29. Shan Youth Network Group (SYNG)
30. Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD)
31. Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC)
32. National Coalition Government (NCGUB)/ Members of Parliament Union (MPU)
33. Friends of Women Foundation
34. Shan Sapawa
35. PaO People's Liberation Organization (PPLO)
36. Daw Tin Hta Swe (BBC)
37. Shan State Army (Kengtung Region)
38. Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF)
39. Smart Home and Realty
40. Shan Representative Committee (SRC)
41. Migrant Learning Center (MLC)
42. AEIOU
43. National Democratic Front (NDF)
44. All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF)
45. All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABSFU)
46. Burmese Women's Union (BWU)
47. Shan Youth, Chiangmai
48. Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
49. Network for Democracy and Development (NDD)
50. FDB
51. National League for Democracy (NLD-LA)
52. Hkun Hsiha, Chiangmai
Tribute to Sao Seng Suk
How they remember him
We shall sorely miss him for
- his great sense of humor
- his initiative in drafting the Shan State constitution
- his irrepressive spirits
- his impressive ability, total integrity and intellectual brilliance
- his ability for teamwork
- importance placed in the building up of new blood, ethnic unity ("he did not forget the Kachins in Shan State") and women's rights
- his outstanding wife who not only took care of him but also served as his first line of defense
- his tactless bluntness
"When I saw his photo in your Internet newspaper, he
looked so much
like my mother. Actually, he was my mother's favorite son! When
he left our family in the 1950s, my mother was heart broken and we
dared not sing Pat Boone's "Bernadine" when my mother was around
because he used to sing that song a lot and that reminded her of
her beloved son." – Nang Mo Lao
"When we met in Mannerplaw in early 1990, you told
me that our struggle for democracy and peace would be tough, but not
impossible. And when we were sitting together at a constitutional seminar in
ChiangMai, you predicted that only a constitution of federal nature could keep
us together in unity, of course, in diversity. Again, we met in Manila to launch a federal constitution, you might
remember that we celebrated the successful launch in the Manila hotel with a
bottle of ' Black Label ', which we shared 50 US$ each. Since then we used to
meet at your favorite restaurant in ChiangMai, whenever I came to the old town.
I now realize that it was our last and friendly meeting in MaeSot, when we
attended the SCC meeting on February 21-22 early this year of 2007. I could not
forget your sincere offer to me
of ' fried fishes ', which you were trying to catch at a nearby small stream,
but unfortunately the fishes seemed to be quite scared of you." – U
Nwe Aung
How they regard him and his passing away
- He fought not only for the Shans but for federalism, democracy and national reconciliation for all the people of Burma
- He fought to rebuild the union with the spirit of Panglong
- His life was a blessing not only to the Shan State but Burma as well.
- A great loss
- It's high time we found new blood to keep the ball rolling
- "A tiger dies, another tiger fills in" – Shan proverb
The last words
Transient are conditioned things.
Try to accomplish your aim with diligence.
The Buddha on his deathbed
Ceasefire groups divided