NEWS - Abuse of Suu Kyi's freedoms

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Subject: NEWS - Abuse of Suu Kyi's freedoms and life continue.

Abuse of Suu Kyi's freedoms and life continue.

               Rangoon Post - 24 March, 1999

               She returned to Burma to tend her dying mother
               more than 10 years ago. She has lost the time
               to watch her children grow up and now she will
               loose her husband without even a chance to say
               goodbye.

               One aide said that when her telephone rang she
               would be allowed to answer it but soon after some
               words were spoken the line would be cut by the
               authorities. 

               "This has happened even when her husband has
               tried to call and talk to her. People around her say
               this is very cruel," the aide added. 

               The aides also said that Suu Kyi had won much
               sympathy for her current dilemma from members of
               the public. Some poets were even writing poems
               about her plight.

               She and her husband made an agreement many many years
               before that she would return to Burma to help the country
               as she is now.  They have stuck to that agreement since 
               1988 and it apparenlty will go to their graves with that
               agreement as well.