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The Asian Age: ( August 3, 1996 )
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Burma attacks pro-democracy activists again
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SUU KYI IN LINE OF FIRE
Rangoon, Sept. 2: Burma=92s ruling military government on Monday launched 
renewed attacks on the democracy movement and accused the members of the 
National League for Democracy of joining forces with dissident exiles bent=
 on 
destabilizing the country.

Senior military official told a monthly government news conference they ha=
d 
recently made arrests and seized documents that provided some NLD members 
had been colluding with exiled =93sub-versives=94 who wanted to unsettle t=
he 
government.

=93Their aim, obviously, is to commit in collaboration with the legitimate=
 party, 
subversive acts both within and without the country and thus try to put 
pressure on the government,=94 said Col. Kyaw Thein, a senior military 
intelligence office.

Col. Thein, said authorities would take =93necessary or appropriate=94 mea=
sures 
against the NLD, led by Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, =93if and w=
hen 
required.=94

Ms. Suu Kyi said on Saturday at least 61 National League for Democracy 
supporters had been arrested since May and about 30 have been sentenced to=
 
long sentences in jail. (Reuter)

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JUNTA LASHES OUT AT US
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Rangoon, Sept. 2: Burma=92s military junta lashed out at the United States=
 on 
Monday at a rare briefing for foreign journalists, accusing US citizens of=
 
meddling in Burma=92s internal affairs.

Col. Kyaw Thein, who heads the office of strategic studies and is the junt=
a=92s 
third ranked intelligence officer, accused US citizens of trying to bring =
down the 
Burmese government by inciting unrest among dissident groups.

=93There are come citizens of superpower nations who are trying to meddle =
in the 
internal affairs of Myanmar and thereby disrupt peace and stability in the=
 
country while lining their own pockets,=94 he said, using Burma=92s offici=
al name.

Mr. Kyaw Thein accused the Americans of giving =93political defiance train=
ing=94 to 
Burmese dissidents along the Thai border and in India.

=93Their activists constitute an outright infringement on our sovereignty,=
=94 Mr. 
Thein said in front of a row of ministers.

He only stopped short of accusing the US government of involvement in his 
speech, but Rangoon-based political analysts said the intelligence officer=
 was 
indirectly accusing Washington of meddling in Burmese affairs. (AFP)
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