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Subject: JUNTA IMPOSES CURFEW ON PARTS OF RANGOON 

JUNTA IMPOSES CURFEW ON PARTS OF RANGOON

The Asian Age (September 3, 1999)
Rangoon, Sept 2: City authorities have started to impose curfews 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 11 pm curfew over loudspeakers on Wednesday evening and warned people to
report arrivals of guests to the local ward police 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 up to 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 in the capital in 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)