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DATE=10/23/96
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-205043
TITLE=BURMA REACT (L)
BYLINE=DAN ROBINSON
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 

INTRO:  HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS ARE EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT THE 
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN BURMA.  THE RULING MILITARY GOVERNMENT IS 
REPORTED TO HAVE DETAINED (EDS: UPDATE IF HE IS RELEASED) KYI 
MAUNG, A SENIOR OFFICIAL OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY 
(N-L-D), IN CONNECTION WITH DEMONSTRATIONS EARLIER THIS WEEK BY 
STUDENTS IN THE CAPITAL, RANGOON.  V-O-A'S DAN ROBINSON HAS THIS 
REPORT: 

TEXT:  REPORTS QUOTING DIPLOMATS IN RANGOON SAY KYI MAUNG, THE 
75-YEAR-OLD VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY, 
WAS TAKEN IN FOR QUESTIONING AFTER DEMONSTRATIONS BY STUDENTS IN 
RECENT DAYS.

AS MANY AS 500 STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED NEAR THE CAMPUS OF THE 
RANGOON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.  THEY WERE PROTESTING WHAT THEY 
CALLED POLICE BRUTALITY IN AN INCIDENT LAST SUNDAY INVOLVING A 
DISPUTE WITH A SHOP OWNER.

KYI MAUNG IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY EARLY 
WEDNESDAY, WITH ONE NEWS AGENCY REPORT QUOTING THE MILITARY AS 
ALLEGING HE WAS ENCOURAGING STUDENT UNREST.

IN A STATEMENT (WEDNESDAY), AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DESCRIBED KYI 
MAUNG'S DETENTION AS AN OUTRAGE, CALLING IT PART OF A RELENTLESS 
ATTEMPT BY BURMESE MILITARY AUTHORITIES TO CRUSH ANY PEACEFUL 
DISSENT BY WHATEVER MEANS.

"HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH / ASIA" HAS ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN.  MIKE 
JENDRZEJCZYK, DIRECTOR OF THE GROUP'S WASHINGTON OFFICE, SAYS 
BURMESE MILITARY AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN STEPPING UP PRESSURE NOT 
ONLY ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI BUT ON HER ASSOCIATES:

                     // JENDRZEJCZYK ACT //

         WE ARE VERY CONCERNED THAT THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT SEEMS
         TO BE GRADUALLY TIGHTENING THE NOOSE AROUND THE N-L-D, 
         TARGETING NOT ONLY AUNG SAN SUU KYI, BUT EVEN MORESO, 
         THE KEY MEMBERS OF HER PARTY AND ACTIVISTS AROUND HER, 
         MAKING IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO OPERATE IN 
         ANY SITUATION -- INCLUDING A SITUATION LIKE THIS IN 
         WHICH HE SEEMED TO BE PLAYING A VERY HELPFUL, MODERATING
         ROLE.

                          // END ACT //

BOTH "HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ASIA" AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SAY 
THERE ARE UNCONFIRMED REPORTS THAT ABOUT 100 STUDENTS ARRESTED IN
INSEIN TOWNSHIP LAST WEEKEND WERE BEING HELD AT A SPORTS FIELD IN
RANGOON.

// OPT //  MR. JENDRZEJCZYK CALLS IT EXTRAORDINARY THAT STUDENTS 
WOULD RISK STAGING A DEMONSTRATION IN WHAT HE CALLS AN ATMOSPHERE
OF TENSION AND INTIMIDATION.  HE SAYS THE DETENTION OF KYI MAUNG,
WHO WAS JAILED FROM 1990 TO 1995, WILL FOCUS MORE ATTENTION ON 
THE SITUATION IN BURMA. // END OPT //

BURMA'S MILITARY HAS CRACKED DOWN TWICE THIS YEAR ON THE N-L-D, 
SETTING UP ROADBLOCKS IN FRONT OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S HOME AND 
DETAINING PARTY ACTIVISTS TRYING TO ATTEND MEETINGS AND HEAR THE 
DEMOCRACY LEADER SPEAK.

                         // REST OPT // 

THE UNITED STATES (WEDNESDAY) EXPRESSED ITS CONCERN ABOUT THE 
DETENTION OF KYI MAUNG AND CALLED FOR HIS IMMEDIATE RELEASE.  THE
STATE DEPARTMENT RENEWED ITS CALL FOR THE BURMESE MILITARY TO 
BEGIN A DIRECT DIALOGUE WITH LEADERS OF THE N-L-D AND OF ETHNIC 
MINIORITIES ON THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY.

NEB/DAR/RRM

23-Oct-96 3:41 PM EDT (1941 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America