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L.A. Times: Law Cracks Down on Diss



Subject: L.A. Times: Law Cracks Down on Dissident's Activism

Los Angeles Times, June 8, 1996: World in Brief
Myanmar

Law Cracks Down on Dissident's Activism

The military government escalated its confrontation with Nobel Peace Prize
winner Aung San Suu Kyi, decreeing heavy new penalities for disturbing the
public order. Suu Kyi, who speaks each weekend before large groups of
pro-democracy followers outside the gates of her Yangon home, appeared to
be immediate target of the decree. The law calls for prison sentences of
five to 20 years for any individual or group that makes or distributes
statements "in order to undermine the stability of the state."
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