Over to you

The Guardian - United Kingdom; Jun 23, 2001
BY MARK ROWLAND

How many visits to the US Senate (paid for at his own expense), Amnesty meetings and return trips to the Thai-Burma border since his release would persuade Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark of James Mawdsley's ongoing concern for Burma (Backpacker's Crusade, June 9)?I met a Burmese political prisoner this week, and he was angry that the person who he felt had stood by his people and challenged the junta more than any other was needlessly vilified for doing so: "This will not help our cause," was his verdict on the article.

Can it be that this cascade of inaccurate distortions actually served to sell copies of Levy and Scott-Clark's new book on Burma?

Mark Rowland
Jubilee Campaign, Guildford, Surrey

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