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ARRESTS WILL NOT DETER SUU KYI PARTY MEET
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Rangoon,MAY 22: Undauntsd by the arrest of more than 100
of her supporters, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is
determined to defy the military regime and hold A congress
of her political party in Rangoon on May 27, one of her
aides said on Thursday.
More than 100 members of Ms Suu Kyi's political party have
been arrested in just two of Burma's 14 provinces as the
military conducts a nationwide sweep to prevent the
congress, said the aide, who spoke on condition of
anonymity.
The meeting was meet to commemorate the 1990 national
election in which Ms Suu Kyi's National League for
Democracy won 82 per cent of the seats in a Parliament the
regime refused to convene.
The 100 party members were detained in Mandalay and Aerate
divisions in northern Burma, and the arrest total was acre
to rase as news aground the country trickled into Rangoon,
he said.
Burma's communications systems are primitive because of
the country's long economic and political isolation. Party
members were approached by military official over the
weekend and requested not to attend the congress, said the
aid. (AP)
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BURMA JUNTER CONDEMNED
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Bangkok, May 22: London-bases Amnesty International has
condemned Burma's military government for the arrests of
dozens of Opposition leaders and call for their embedded
and unconditional release.
'At least 60 members of Ms Aung San Suu Kyi's National
League for Democracy party have been detained by the
government as they headed to Rangoon to attend a party
meeting, a senior ND official said. Amnesty Antennal said
in a statement received on Thursday that the lasted arrest
show Burma's State Law and Order Restoration Council was
trying to eliminate the party. "The SLORC is bent on
crushing the peaceful activates" of the party, the
organization said. (REUTER)
The Asian Age 23 May 1997.
News And Information Bureau (All Burma Students League)
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