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 "Junta imposes curfew on parts of Rangoon"

"The Asian Age" Newspaper
Date September 3,1999.

Rangoon, Sept. 2: City authorities have started to impose curfew on
parts of Rangoon in anticipation of civil unrest this month, residents
said on Thursday.
Ward authorities in new Dagon town, a northern suburb of Rangoon,
announced an 11pm curfew over loudspeakers on Wednesday evening and
warned people to report arrivals of guests to the local ward peace and
development council office.
 Residents were warned that a failure to obey the curfew or to report
the arrival of guests could result in prison terms up 15 years.
 At least one youth who broke the curfew on Wednesday night was detained
and interrogated, but later released, ward residents said. The
tightening of security precedes the September 9, 1999 deadline when
Burma dissidents from abroad have called on the people to stage an
uprising against Rangoon's unpopular military junta.
 Although claiming that the call for unrest has no popular support
inside Burma, the junta has been tightening its security measures in the
capital to recent days.
 Military lorries have been seen patrolling the streets of Rangoon, high
school students are being checked before and after entering their
classrooms and now curfews have been declared at night, according to the
residents of Rangoon.  (DPA)