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BBC- Burmese opposition figure knoc



Thursday, August 20, 1998 Published at 20:37 GMT 21:37 UK 

Burmese opposition figure knocks Aung San Suu Kyi protest 

A Burmese opposition politician has criticised the latest roadside protest
by the National League for Democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, as untimely
and inappropriate. 

A former senior official of the League for Democracy and Peace, Oo Win
Naing, told the BBC that the previous sit-in had been successful in
attracting international attention to Burma. 

But he said the current stand-off was keeping her away from important
political developments in the capital, Rangoon. 

Oo Win Naing said dialogue with the government was more useful than
confrontation. 


On Thursday, two former political exiles also called for the opposition to
be more flexible at a news conference in Rangoon organised by the Military
Government. 



>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service