100 SUU KYI MEN ARRESTED BEFORE MEE

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       100 SUU KYI MEN ARRESTED BEFORE MEETING 
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 CRACKDOWN IN PROVINCE

Bangkok,May 23:  Burma's ruling junta has rounded up around
100  supporters of  pro-democracy leader  Aung San  Suu Kyi
ahead  of a planned congress to mark the anniversary of her
party's election victory seven years ago.

The  activists and elected  MPs of her  National League for
Democracy  were  detained  by  authorities  in  a  sweep in
Mandalay and Sagaing divisions in northern Burma,  reliable
sources in Rangoon said.

Meanwhile,  party members in Mon, Karen and Shan states and
in  Irrawaddy and Pegu  divisions have been  told they face
arrest if they attempt to attend the congress to be held at
Ms Suu Kyi' Rangoon residence on March 27-28.

The  sources said  the NLD still  planned to  go ahead with
the  meeting,  to be held seven  years to the day after the
NLD  swept  over  80 per  cent  of  the seats  in  the last
general elections to be held in Burma. The result was never
recognised  by the military junta,   known as the State Law
and Order Restoration council.                     (AFP)

BURMA PRESS HAILS ASEAN 

Rangoon,  May 23: Burma's official press hailed association
of  South  East  Asian  Nations  solidarity  on  Friday  as
Vietnamese   Communist  Party   secretary-general  Do  Muoi
continued  a  three-  day official  visit  to  the country.

Mr  Do  Muoi met  top junta  leaders  after his  arrival on
Thursday  for  a visit  seen as  a  gesture of  support for
Burma's  bid to join  the Asean this  year.  "Asean-10 will
soon become a reality,  all of us being able to keep at bay
any  and  all  who  would  commit  treachery  to compromise
regional peace, harmony and prosperity,"an editorial in the
state-run  New Light of Burma said.  Asean currently groups
Brunei,  Indonesia,  Malaysia, the  Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand  and  Vietnam.   Burma,   Cambodia  and  Laos  are
candidates and it would boost its membership to 10.  On May
31,   Asean foreign ministers are schedule to meet in Kuala
Lumpur  to  discuss to  the  timing of  the  three nations'
admission,  expected at the annual Asian meeting in July or
at  and informal summit later in the year.                  
                                                            
                (AFP) The Asian Age  24  May 1997   
   News And  Information Bureau (All Burma Students League)

                  


                          

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