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SUU KYI'S PARTY  DENIES JUNTA'S CHARGES ON FOREIGN
                     FUNDING
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RANGOON:  Burmas's Opposition National League for Democracy
on  Sunday  denied charges  made  last week  by  the ruling
military  junta that the NLD had accepted foreign financial
assistance.

"The  NLD does  not accept foreign  financial assistance on
principle,"  the party's vice-chairman U.  Kyi Maung told a
news  conference.  The NLD and its  leader Aung San Suu Kyi
had been offered foreign funding in the past but had turned
it  down  as  large amounts  of  money were  not  needed to
maintain the party, he said.

"On  a few  occasions in  the past  some foreigners offered
such  financial donations to  Daw Aung San  Suu Kyi and she
turned  them down.  Why do we need such large sums of money
while we can live within our means?" Mr U. Kyi Maung added.

Mr  U.  Kyi Maung said he  would discuss the issue with Daw
Aung  San  Suu Kyi,   the  Nobel peace  laureate  and party
leader,   but felt confident that  the party had adhered to
its  previous  commitments not  to accept  foreign funding.
                                                (Reuter)
              
                      THE ASIAN AGE 30 JUNE 1997

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