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Ghost Rumor Haunts Myanmar Capital

            AP
            25-JUN-98

            YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Tales of a stone-throwing ghost
haunting an
            apartment are drawing believers and the merely curious, and
creating a
            ghastly headache for Myanmar security forces. 

            Since Friday, hundreds of people have been flocking daily to
the building at
            a busy junction 2{ miles from downtown Yangon, hoping to
catch a glimpse of
            an apparition said to smash glasses, cups and light bulbs. 

            The area also has been swarming with security officials, in
numbers usually
            reserved for keeping a close eye on pro-democracy activists. 

            The apartment is unoccupied by more earthly tenants and,
fueling the ghost
            rumors, sits at an intersection that was the scene of
violence 10 years ago
            this month during anti-government protests. Riot police
brutally crushed
            student demonstrations there and elsewhere in June 1988. 

            People have been traveling by car, bus, rickshaw, bicycle
and on foot to see
            the "haunted" apartment. "I will not go away until I see the
ghost," one woman
            said to a policeman who told her to move along.