DOB : 2 February 1933, Kyaukse, Mandalaya, British Burma

Gen. Than Shwe’s Monkey Hand

&
The Case For Democracy In Burma
_ by David Law

Just awhile ago, I came across pictures of Gen. Than Shwe with a prominent view of his palm which made me very curious since

most of us who grew up in Burma have an interest in palmistry and astrology. (If, among our Readers, there is anyone who can

analyze palms, we from Burma Digest enthusiastically invite you for your findings on Than Shwe’s palm and also on Ben Laden’s

palm from an earlier article.)

As you can see , our photoartist, Mr. Creator, has morphed Than
Shwe’s face on to Osama Ben Laden and named it Ben La Shwe.Also
see the Ben La Shwe where Ben Laden’s palm does show these three
lines.
The upper crease is the Line of the Head, or intellect. The lower crease
is the Line of the Heart, or romanticism. These two lines, in the
ordinary person, do not go all the way across the palm. The diagonal
line is the Line of Life, or longevity.
My knowledge of palmistry is not much, but at the very least, I know about the three main lines that most people are supposed to

have, except Gen. Than Shwe. As you can see below from the normal baby’s palm on the left; there are the upper, lower and

diagonal lines.
 A simian crease is a single
palmar crease as
compared to two creases
in a normal palm. Simian
crease occurs in about 1
out of 30 normal people,
but is also frequently
associated with other
conditions such as Down
syndrome, Aarskog
syndrome or foetal alcohol
syndrome.

In the picture, there is a normal baby’s palm on the left and a palm with the Simian Crease on the right. See again how similar it is

to Than Shwe’s palm. Thus, we can say that Than Shwe has a Simian Crease which is found in Down syndrome, Aarskog

syndrome or foetal alcohol syndrome. All three of these conditions are associated with mental retardation and other abnormalities.

Now look at the picture of the orangutan’s palm on the left in the picture above. You will notice that the ape also has a crease that

extends all the way across, just like the line on Than Shwe’s hand. That is known as a Simian’s Crease, simian meaning ape or

monkey. In this photo, there are even two Simian Creases, both running ALL the way across, like in Than Shwe’s palm.

Looking at Than Shwe’s palm, you will notice that he does NOT have any Line of the Head. Does this mean he has no brain?

Well, Than Shwe’s behaviour speaks for himself. He only has the Line of the Heart that extends all the way across, which is

unusual.
Does it mean that he and his wife, Kyaing Kyaing, have enjoyed passionate romance? Well, they do have been together all these

years. Till Death Do Us Part, like Marie Antoinette and King Louis XIV on the guillotine.

Monkey hand compared with Than Shwe’s hand

And the Line of Life! Are my eyes playing tricks? This line seems so disgustingly long that it is curving around the base of the palm

like an L, Long Life. I could be wrong since I am not a palmist, and I welcome anyone who knows palmistry to tell me off. Tell me

to go see an eye doctor if you will, but to me this damn line looks a long L. I’m sorry, People, that this line is SO long. Let’s work
harder to foment a Revolution so that we will make Than Shwe’s long lifeline come true by making him work in a prison farm

porter until he dies. Execution is too kind for him.

Are you familiar with the joke about the American, Englishman, and Burmese who had a bragging competition? The first one

boasted about how an American swam across the English Channel without any arms, the second boasted about how an

Englishman climbed Mt. Everest without any feet, and the third one WON the contest when he boasted that Burma has been ruled

by dictators with NO brain since 1962. Well, that was just a popular joke, but now we have medical evidence to explain why the

present dictator has no brain, or maybe just low brain.

If Burma had a democratic election system, perhaps I could jokingly suggest that all candidates should display their palms during

the election campaign and the voters can check and decide for themselves before the election. And if a candidate with a Simian

Crease IS elected, and his behaviour is like a monkey during office, then this elected official should be voted out of office, which

speaks strongly to push for the case of democracy in Burma.

Well, we don’t have democracy; instead, TS is firmly entrenched in power and he is running amok like a gorilla escaped from the

zoo.

The Economy — ravaged by his monkeying around,

the P e o p l e — savaged by his strong-arm King Kong tactics,

the ruined Motherland — salvaged and exchanged for bananas from China. (Nga pyaw thee net lair sah. You could very well say

China has gained Burma for a relatively cheap price.)

In English, as in Burmese, to be like a monkey is to be erratic. The saying goes, “Loo seik har Myauk seik,” meaning the human

mind is like a monkey’s mind” when describing a man like TS. All Burmese people will agree that TS has –

– a Myauk Seik (monkey mind), changing his mind whimsically, like the Dictator Idi Amin of Uganda (see the movie, “The Last

King of Scotland”) who was said to have a mercurial mind and looks like a gorilla.

– That he talks Myauk Zagah (Monkey Gibberishes, which is why Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, NLD, and Ethnic Nationalities cannot

understand him, and reconciliation talks will never work)

–and that now we know he also has a Myauk Lett ( monkey hand). Interestingly, myauk lett also means monkey wrench and it is

coincidence that both languages use the word “monkey” for this tool, and that “throwing a monkey wrench in the works” is an

idiom for ruining everything, such as how TS has ruined Burma.

–His face is a Myauk Myet Nha (Monkey-face) which supports Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory that Man descended from the Apes.

If you have always disagreed or disliked Darwin, just look at Than Shwe’s ugly mug and you will agree that at least this one

descended from the Apes. Maybe one of his parents came from the zoo, which is the reason why he recently ordered the

Rangoon Zoo to be moved to his beloved Naypyidaw, so as to have his zoo family near him.

But there are many Burmese people who will disagree with me: “How dare you, Ko David, ever say our Beloved Leader looks like

a monkey. He doesn’t…… …….. He looks more like a dog!!” ( a Khway Biloo, demon dog, i.e., bull dog) Well, then, in that case
the other parent is likely a Chee Sah Khway, a Shxt Eating Dog, the kind of stray mongrel that wanders in the streets. I don’t

know.

And then there are others who argue he looks like a pig, that wretched swine. It could be true. Just look at the pictures in this

article. Half-dog, half-pig, like that angry German epithet, “schweinhundt!” These theorists point to his daughter’s wedding photos

where her greedy pigface with puffy jowls shine underneath the diamonds and pearls. Well, all I can say is that we need DNA

samples like on the Jerry Springer TV show. Perhaps it would prove Kyaing Kyaing has been sleeping around in the pig pen.

So manually (kayakan), linguistically (wazigan), and psychically (manawgan) we know he is all ape, putting the dog and pig

(schweinhundt) paternity cases aside until DNA can be obtained. This is all the more reason to fight for Democracy so that we

may never again be stuck with brutish apes like Than Shwe.

References:
1. 1. Than Shwe’s picture is from AFP/Files & also from www.buddhismaustralia.org/
2. 2. The oranguatan’s hand is from David W. Boles’ Urban Semiotic ™
3. 3. The Simian Crease is from a Medline entry by Daniel Rauch, MD, FAAP, New York.
4. 4. Morphed photo of Ben La Shwe is from a recent Burma Digest issue by Mr. Creator.

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COMMENTS Posted:

Feraya Says:
March 8th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

Dear David,

Here is a reading of TS’s hand by a palmist:-

“Simian line means head and heart comes together . The person is emotional in his decision making and has a huge amount of

personal drive to achieve his ambitions . You will get a lot of general material on the net about simian line .

Thian Shwe of Burma , however does not have a simian line . He has a very low set and broken heart line , and very short head

line this kind of head line of characteristic of people who do not think twice after taking any decision. Other than that you will see

that the first phalange of the small finger is sharpely turned inside and so is the first phalange of the first finger. These are

indications enough for his behaviour. It is very power-crazy hand.”

Best regards,

Feraya

Osar Says:
September 29th, 2008 at 4:57 pm

When I looked into than shwe hand line, his sun panet is strong and also has huge tree shape in myanmmar it is called Nyung Pin

. I think because of it, he can maintain his power into many years and also make him keep on overwhelming the country. I want to

know exactly his Date Of Birth. Is it he was born in 2 feb.?

sue Says:
November 21st, 2009 at 8:19 am

The correct term for the condition of which you speak is transverse palmar crease. Although it is true that it can be symptom of

some genetic disorders, it appears in a small percentage of perfectly healthy, normal people.

You may be interested to note that the transverse palmar crease is more common among Asians and native American Indians

than among other populations.

If your general is indeed a worthless dictator (and I can’t see any evidence to the contrary), perhaps he has had success because

his countrymen rely on palmistry and astrological mumbo-jumbo when making a case for democracy.

LINK : http://burmadigest.info/2008/03/04/than-shwes-monkey-hand/