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SLORC SAYS OPPOSITION PLANS TERRORI



Subject: SLORC SAYS OPPOSITION PLANS TERRORIST ACTS


Friday June 27 10:12 AM EDT 

Burma says opposition plans terrorist acts

By Aung Hla Tun 

RANGOON, Burma (Reuter) - Burma's military government Friday accused exiled
dissidents and
some Americans of masterminding a fatal parcel bomb attack in April and of
planning other
terrorist acts in Rangoon. 

Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC),
said dissidents
linked to the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) were behind the
parcel bombing
that killed the daughter of a top government official. 

He said the exiled terrorists, based in Bangkok, Tokyo and in the United
States, collaborated with
Americans believed to be members of secret U.S. organizations. 

The general told a news briefing that the government had also uncovered and
prevented other
terrorist acts, including bomb attacks at Chinese and Indonesian embassies
and the attempted
assassination of a government leader this month. 

Khin Nyunt said the terrorist group, including some cousins of NLD leader
Aung San Suu Kyi,
also planned to organize labor unrest in the capital this week. 

He did not specify how many dissidents were arrested, but government sources
said at least seven
had been detained earlier this month. 

Khin Nyunt said among those involved in the terrorist acts were Sein Win,
chairman of the
U.S.-based National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB) and
who is Suu
Kyi's first cousin. 

He said two Americans, identified as Philip Robson and John Osalnick, had
provided about
$85,200 to Suu Kyi for the NLD's anti-government activities. 

He said the Americans visited Rangoon earlier this year to hand over the
money to NLD
members. 

The general said other Americans had provided high explosives and other
explosive devices to the
dissident group early this month. He said the foreigners had earlier
provided training to Burmese
dissidents. 

He said the government intercepted some explosives and equipment that
dissidents tried to
smuggle through the Thai-Burmese border in early June.