General at Xmas carol program

General at Xmas carol program

BANGKOK (AP): Myanmar's intelligence chief, Gen. Khin Nyunt,
attended a program of Christmas carol singing in Yangon to raise
money for the Myanmar Institute of Christian Theology, a
government press release said on Sunday.

Khin Nyunt, who attended the program on Saturday evening, is
one of the four most powerful generals in the military government
of Myanmar, also known as Burma. Myanmar is a predominantly
Buddhist country.

Two years ago, Myanmar's state-run press sharply criticized
opposition leader and 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu
Kyi for attending a Christmas celebration for one of her party
members who happened to be Christian.

Government newspapers attacked Suu Kyi for attending an event
which they characterized as disrespectful of Buddhism and
Myanmar's traditional culture.