On 17 June 1995 Major-General Aye Kyaw replaced Brigadier-General Myo Thant as Minister of Information.
100 foreign reporters, photographers and cameramen drank tea and ate cakes in the garden of her Rangoon home.
However, more than a dozen reporters were denied visas, apparently due to a blacklist imposed by Major-General Aye Kyaw's Ministry.
[3] On 11 October 1995 the United Nations Special Rapporteur Mr. Yozo Yokota met with Major General Aye Kyaw and members of his Information Committee.
He said that the written press, radio and television were subjected to governmental control and scrutiny, saying the present conditions did not allow liberalization of the media.