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LA Times 5/28
Tuesday, May 28, 1996 =
Myanmar Leaders Denounce Pr=
o-Democracy
Activists =
From Associated Press
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0This nation'=
s military rulers denounced
pro-democracy leader Aung S=
an Suu Kyi and her followers
as dupes and "maggots" for =
going ahead with the most
important opposition meetin=
g since the junta quashed
1990 elections. =
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The regime =
had arrested 238 conference delegates
and 24 other party members =
to try to block Suu Kyi's
National League for Democra=
cy from opening its three-day
conference Sunday. But even=
though only 18 delegates made
it, the meeting has proceed=
ed as scheduled. =
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Suu Kyi and=
her followers said Monday that an
unknown number of the activ=
ists recently arrested were
transferred to a prison not=
orious for torture. =
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 In publishe=
d remarks Monday, junta leader Lt. Gen.
Khin Nyunt denounced the me=
eting and accused the
opposition of falling prey =
to the United States and other
Western nations that he cla=
ims seek to colonize Myanmar,
formerly called Burma. =
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 The confere=
nce's ultimate objective is to get
Burma's military rulers to =
accept the results of 1990
parliamentary elections tha=
t Suu Kyi's party
overwhelmingly won. =
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