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       OPPOSITION WARNS OF NEW CRACKDOWNS BY MILITARY
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Rangoon, May 31: Opposition sources here on Saturday warned
of  the  possibility of  further  crackdowns by  the ruling
military  junta on  pro-democracy groups  following Asean's
decision to admit Burma in July. "If Burma is admitted they
will  get more  repressive as they  will not  have to worry
about what Asean thinks and they will feel they have gained
a  lot of legitimacy  and recognition," a  source from Aung
San   Suu  Kyi's   National  League   for  Democracy  said.

Burma's  junta,   meanwhile,   praised  Asean  for  defying
pressure  to keep  it out  of the  group,  Rangoon's ruling
State   Law  and  Order   Restoration  Council  immediately
welcomed  the  decision,  taken  at  a  foreign  ministers'
meeting  in  Kuala  Lumpur,.  saying  it  had  trusted that
Asean would make the right choice. (AFP)

                                  The Asian Age 1 June 1997
    News and Information Bureau, All Burma Students League.  
                                



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