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POLICE STOP DAW SUU FROM TRAVELING TO PANTANAW

The ruling military junta has again stopped the car of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
from traveling to a nearby town. The Nobel Peace laureate, who left her
home this morning was traveling to Pantanaw and was stopped by a roadblock
of riot police near the Shwe Tagaw cemetery in Hlaing Thaya Township.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has refused to turn back and is still at the roadblock
at 11:30 Rangoon time (0600 GMT).

The National League for Democracy (NLD) officials were traveling to meet
the wife of Dr. Tin Min Htut, an elected NLD representative of Pantanaw
Township, who is being detained for violating the Habitual Offenders
Restriction Act by the military junta.

The NLD Executive Committee has said that as of July 17, a total of 79
elected representatives have been detained by the military authorities for
refusing to report daily to police under the Habitual Offenders Restriction
Act.  

The act, which is designed to restrict the movement of hardened, habitual
criminals, is being used against the elected representatives to restrict
their travels.

On July 7, the military authorities also set up a roadblock to prevent Daw
Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD Chairman U Aung Shwe from traveling to Minhla to
meet an NLD representative.  The representative was brought to the
roadblock for a meeting when the NLD leaders refused to turn back.  

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