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BBC : Burma restricts Democracy MPs



Friday, July 17, 1998 Published at 11:43 GMT 12:43 UK 

World: Asia-Pacific

Burma restricts Democracy MPs 

The Burmese military government says it is preventing about eighty members
of parliament belonging to the National League for Democracy from leaving
their home townships. 

But they denied the MPs had been arrested. 

A spokesman said the restriction was introduced to ensure that colleges
would not be disrupted by political unrest when they re-open. 

Burmese colleges were shut in 1996 following student protests. 

Earlier this month, the military authorities said they would increase
surveillance of NLD MPs and told them to report to police and local
officials twice daily. 



>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service