MSN News, 19 Mar 2009
Singaporean activists Wednesday denounced their government's decision to honour visiting Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein by naming a new orchid strain after him.
The premier was given the tribute at the National Orchid Garden, one of the city-state's tourist attractions, but three demonstrators went to the nearby Myanmar embassy to register their objections.
Foreign dignitaries are routinely brought to the garden for a flower-naming ceremony but the activists said the general did not deserve to have an orchid -- "Dendrobium Thein Sein" -- named after him because of his government's record.
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