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Subject: Malaysia Muslim Youth Movement defer entry of Myanmar into ASEAN.


			Abim: Defer entry of Myanmar
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                   KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Muslim Youth Movement (Abim)
                   yesterday protested against Myanmar's ruling State Law 
	 	   and Order
                   Restoration Council (SLORC) for its actions to 
		   suppress the Muslim
                   community there and urged the Malaysian Government to 
		   defer its entry
                   into Asean. 

                   Abim secretary-general Ahmad Azam Abdul Rahman said such
                   suppression showed SLORC had no respect for the 
		   constructive
                   engagement policy advocated by Asean. 

                   "Myanmar's impending entry to the grouping should be 
		   postponed until the
                   SLORC fully subscribes to the policy." 

                   Earlier, Ahmad Azam led a group of Abim members to 
		   hand over a
                   protest note to Myanmar's ambassador to Malaysia U Saw 
		   Htun but he
                   was not in his office. 

                   They attempted to pass it to an embassy official but 
		   failed. They then
                   placed the note in the embassy's letter box.  

		   [Star, 28 May 97].

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