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Wednesday, July 8, 1998 Published at 11:40 GMT 12:40 UK 

World: Asia-Pacific

Burmese opposition leader stopped by police 

The Burmese opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has returned to her home
in Rangoon after an all-night confrontation with police. 

She and the chairman of her National League for Democracy, Aung Shwe, spent
the night in their car eighty kilometres north of the city after being been
stopped by more than thirty police: the NLD says officers physically lifted
the car and pointed it back towards Rangoon. 

The NLD leaders were on their way to the town of Min Hla to see supporters.


The military government has accused them of deliberately trying to create a
confrontation. 

Earlier, the United States criticised Burma for imposing travel
restrictions on Aung San Suu Kyi. 

>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service