Burma NLD official unmoved by mass

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Subject: Burma NLD official unmoved  by mass criticism 

hursday, April 8, 1999 Published at 12:25 GMT 13:25 UK 


             World: Asia-Pacific

             Burma NLD official unmoved
             by mass criticism 



             Reports from Burma say that more than ten thousand
             people attending a rally in support of the military
             government have denounced a leading member of the
             National League for Democracy, U Lwin. 

             The rally was held in Thwonga township in the
             constituency won by U Lwin in the l990 parliamentary
             election. 

             In an interview with the BBC he said he had won sixty
             eight per cent of the popular vote in the election, but that
             the military authorities were free to do as they wished.
             The military authorities have refused to hand over power
             to the elected NLD government and the parliament has
             not sat . 

             U Lwin also commented that there was no rule of law in
             rural areas. 

             From the newsroom of the BBC World Service