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Subject: Myanmar loudspeakers give ``four nines'' warnings 

Myanmar loudspeakers give ``four nines'' warnings
02:10 a.m. Aug 17, 1999 Eastern
MAE SOT, Thailand, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Military authorities in a Myanmar
border town have been using a loudspeaker truck to warn people not to join
an uprising dissident groups in exile have called for next month, Myanmar
traders said on Tuesday.

They said the residents of Myawadi opposite the Thai town of Mae Sot were
warned against joining political gatherings or supporting a dissident
campaign for civil unrest on September 9, 1999 -- the so-called ``four-nines
day.''

The announcements stressed existing rules against gatherings of more than
five people and warned of tough punishments against anyone who defied the
warnings.

Myanmar dissidents say the military government has detained more than 150
people in the past two weeks in a crackdown to prevent unrest next month.

The government says it has arrested four people after exposing a conspiracy
to incite an uprising on September 9 and that others have been detained for
questioning.

Anti-government sentiment remains strong in Myanmar but the military has
kept a tight rein on dissent since taking power in 1988 by bloodily
suppressing a pro-democracy uprising.

Dissidents chose September 9 for their uprising call because of its
numerical significance after ``four-eights day'' -- August 8, 1988 -- when
the nationwide revolt began.
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