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- From: "cd"@utopia.eunet.fr/tel 43 29 32 44
- Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 09:42:00
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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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