September 29: The construction of a top secret military complex in central Burma, is to resume by the order of the ruling junta, State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) vice-chairman Gen Maung Aye, according to sources close the military HQs in Rangoon.

The construction of the complex, situated among mountains between Lun Kyaw and Taung Taw Villages, Kyaukse Township in Mandalay Division, started in 2000 under the leadership of North Korean technicians, allegedly for the purpose of housing a ‘nuclear’ battalion. The complex could either be accessed from Han Myintmo Village situated on Rangoon-Mandalay Highway near Kyakse or from Naungleng Village near Maymyo (Pyin U Lwin).

The project was recently suspended after some high-ranking officials including the SPDC chairman Gen Than Shwe’s confidante education minister Than Aung were removed from their posts.

Previously, the construction of the project was supervised by Than Shwe and his henchman Maj-Gen Myint Swe, the commander of Rangoon Command and the chief of military security, but it is now to be controlled by Maung Aye, and Science and technology minister U Thaung.