Yomiuri-Embassy mum over concert be

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Subject: Yomiuri-Embassy mum over concert beating rap 

The Daily Yomiuri June 9, 1999.
Embassy mum over concert beating rap

Yomiuri Shimbun

Three Myanmar nationals living in Japan filed a complaint Tuesday with the
Kanda Police Station against five Myanmar Embassy staff members, including
three who were not identified, on the grounds that they were beaten up when
they appealed for democracy at a concert.

The Myanmar Embassy refused to be questioned over the incident, using its
diplomatic privilege, and police are considering the use of diplomatic
channels to request Embassy cooperation, police said.

According to the complaint filed by the three Myanmars, including a
pro-democracy activist, immediately after a friendly concert of traditional
cultures between Japan and Myanmar in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, ended on May 23,
the three yelled that they would triumph in the struggle for democracy.

They were then beaten up by several Myanmar nationals near them, sustaining
head and facial injuries, the complaint said.

The three said that the perpetrators were staff members of the Myanmar
Embassy, but the Embassy has not responded to The Yomiuri Shimbun's inquiry.