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Indonesian Ambassador to Myanmar Admits His Office Was Bugged
Tuesday, 13 July, 2004 | 08:48 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The Indonesian Ambassador for Myanmar, Wyoso Projowarsito, has admitted that his office at the Indonesian Embassy for Myanmar in Yangoon was bugged.

“My phone line and that of Col. Yayat Hidayat, the Embassy’s defense attaché, were bugged,” Wyoso told the Tempo News Room by phone on Monday (12/07).

He claimed that he did not know how long the Embassy’s office had been bugged.

Previously, there was a report regarding how the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra, Australia, had been bugged.

These tapping incidents at Indonesian Embassies have forced the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission of Defense and Foreign Affairs to demand Indonesian foreign minister Noer Hassan Wirajuda immediately take action in securing all Indonesian embassies and representative offices abroad.

Wyoso admitted that he was shocked at the finding of bugging equipment at his office.

“I assumed that we had a very close diplomatic relationship with Myanmar,” he stated.

The Myanmar government has denied having bugged the Indonesian Embassy in Myanmar.

“We are not involved in nor did we plan this bugging,” said the Myanmar Embassy’s charge d’affaires in Jakarta, Aung Bakyu.

He added that the Myanmar Ambassador for Indonesia, Kyaw Myint, was yet to be summoned by the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs.

Bakyu stated that the Myanmar deputy foreign minister, Ukhin Maung Win, was scheduled to meet with Indonesian Ambassador to Myanmar Wyoso Projowarsito.

This meeting, Bakyu said, was aimed at explaining that the Myanmar government had not been involved in the bugging. (Faisal - Tempo News Room )