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Burmese military detain 800 opposit
- Subject: Burmese military detain 800 opposit
- From: tinkyi@xxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 08:10:00
World: Asia-Pacific
Burmese military detain 800 opposition
The military authorities in Burma have
continued to detain members of the opposition
National League for Democracy.
In an interview with the BBC, the NLD leader,
Aung San Suu Kyi, said more than seven
hundred members had been held in the last few
days and reports were still coming in of further
arrests throughout the country.
She said those detained included nearly two
hundred members of the parliament which was
elected in 1990 but never allowed to sit.
Aung San Suu Kyi said the party remained
undaunted by the military's action and intended
to go ahead with its campaign to have
parliament convened. (The NLD won a
landslide victory in the 1990 elections).
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service