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Junta blocks suu Kyi's trip



Junta blocks Suu Kyi's trip to Burma township
Reuters( The Nation  21/7/98)

Burma's military junta said it had stopped opposition leader Aung San Suu
Kyi from going to southern Pantanaw township yesterday to meet an official
of her National League for Democracy(NLD) party.
 This was the second time this month the 1993 Nobel peace prize winner has
been kept from leaving Rangoon. On July 7, she was prevented from
travelling to a northern township to meet party officials.
 Agovernment statement obtained by Reuters said local security officials
stopped Suu Kyi and an elected NLD
representative from Ayerwaddy Division, as they and two drivers travelled
by car near southern Anyarsu village.
 "Local security officials noticing the absenc of 
Mrs. Aris'( Suu Kyi's married name) security team on this trip similar to
the incident of July 7 made an inquiry and requested the party not to
proceed with their planned trip ," it said.
 It added that the military had later made arrangements for Suu Kyi to meet
Tin Min Htut, an NLD member of Pantanaw township, at Anyarsu village.
 "Tin Min Htut arrived and met with the party and left together for Rangoon
later,"the statement said.
 An NLD official and witnesses said Suu Kyi had returned to her Rangoon
home later yesterday.
 The ruling State Peace and Development Council(SPDC) has said in the past
it feared anti-government elements might exploit local political tensions
and harm Suu Kyi, and then blamed it on the government.
 The SPDC said it regretted the NLD leadership had again flouted government
calls to refrain from disturbing the peace with its latest action.
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