ASEAN INTER-PARLIAMENTARY MYANMAR

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May 15, 2009

Dr. H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

President of Indonesia
Istana Presiden
Jl. Veteran No. 16
Jakarta

Dear Hon. President Susilo Bambang Yudyono,

We, the undersigned Members of Parliament, are respectfully calling on you and the
Government of the Republic of Indonesia to intervene on behalf of Myanmar’s Nobel
Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who is currently being held in the country’s
notorious Insein Prison in Yangon. Her current arrest is particularly concerning because
only last week Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was reported to be in poor health, suffering low
blood pressure and dehydration.

On the morning of 14 May 2009, armed escorts took Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her two
female live-in companions to a Special Court in Insein Prison. They were charged under
Article 22 of the State Protection Law, which prevents Myanmar’s citizens from housing
foreigners without prior permission. She is charged with violating the conditions of her
initial house arrest and is found guilty, at the trial scheduled for 18 May, she and her
female companions could face three (3) to five (5) years imprisonment and/or a fine.

The charges stem from an alleged incident involving an American man intruding into her
home and allegedly staying over, although veracity of this information and the charge is
unclear. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has said via her lawyers that she did not invite the
intruder and is a victim in this case.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been held under detention for about 13 of the last 19 years,
at various times. Her latest period of continuous house arrest began in May 2003 and was
scheduled to end later this month. An appeal by her lawyers for the house arrest order to
be lifted was recently rejected. According to Myanmar’s State Protection Law of 1975,
authorities are not permitted to hold a person under house arrest for more than five (5)
years. This deadline passed nearly a year ago and it is widely suspected that the Generals
are using the current charges to detain her without further violating that particular law.

As members of Indonesia’s Parliament, we want to aid in reconciliation in Myanmar

among the junta, the democratic opposition and its ethnic groups. The regime’s recent
actions will not help, and in fact may severely hinder, resolve the political stalemate in
the country. We urge you to intervene to prevent any further miscarriage of justice. We
call on you to contact Myanmar’s senior military leaders and reason with them to drop
the charges against Daw Aung Suu Kyi and her companions. Further we appeal to you to
negotiate their release and that of her family doctor, Dr. Tin Myo Win.

The military government must begin a dialogue with the opposition and ethnic groups.
The regime’s unfair constitution, which does not have the support of key political and
ethnic parties, who won the last election in 1990, needs to be reviewed collectively with
all key stakeholders in the country. Thereafter, national elections must be free and fair,
with proper international monitoring. Additionally, the junta must move towards
releasing all political prisoners and allow opposition groups to participate in the electoral
process freely.

Indonesia has become the beacon for democracy in Southeast Asia and it is crucial that
we support those struggling for the freedom that we now enjoy.

Respectfully,

Sidarto Danusubroto (PDI-P)

Marzuki Darusman (PG)

Andreas Pareira (PDI-P)

Pupung Suharis (PDI-P)

RK Sembiring Meliala (PDI-P)

Theo Sambuaga (PG)

Tomi (PKB)

Jeffry Massie (PDS)

Ganjar Pranowo (PDI-P)

Ben Vincent Djeharu (PDIP)

Yasonnah H. Laoly (PDI-P)

Ida Fauziyah (PKB)

Hadi Mulyo (P3)

Mustokoweni Murdi (PG)

Tumbu Saraswati (PDIP)

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Eva Sundari (PDI-P)

Gayus Lumbuun (PDI-P)

Azlaini Agus (PAN)

Afridel Jinu (PDI-P)

Syahrin Hamid (PAN)

Arbab Papruka (PAN)

Khairul Wafa (PKB)

Ana Muawammah (PKB)

Suwarno (PKB)

Lukman H. Saifudin (P3)

Fachri Hamzah (PKS)

Jacobus Mayong Padang (PDI-P)

Mufid A. Busyairi (PKB)

Drs. H. Mardjono (PDI-P)

Hasto Kristiyanto (PDI-P)

Ni Gusti Ayu Dewi Djaksa (PDIP)

Alvin Lie (PAN)

Zainal Arifin (PDI-P)

Willem Tutuarima (PDI-P)

Badriyah Fayumi (PKB)

Latifah Iskandar (PAN)

Agung Sasongko (PDI-P)

Wahid (PKB)

Tuti Lukman Soetrisno (PAN)

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Elva Hartati (PDI-P)

Taufan Tampubolon (PDI-P)

Ribka Tjiptaning (PDIP)

Heri Ahmadi (PDIP)

Cyprianus Aoer (PDI-P)

Yanti Sukamdani (PDIP)

Anisah Mahfud (PKB)

Djabaruddin Ahmad (PPP)

I Gusti Agung Rai Wirajaya (PDI-P)

Imam Anshory Saleh (PKB)

Willa Chandrawilla (PDI-P)

Emir Muis (PDIP)

Suripto (PKS)

Tjahjo Kumolo (PDIP)