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DAW SUU BLOCKED ENROUTE TO BASSEIN
- Subject: DAW SUU BLOCKED ENROUTE TO BASSEIN
- From: ncgub@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 09:51:00
The following is an unofficial translation of the statement by the
National League for Democracy received from diplomatic sources in
Rangoon.
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The National League for Democracy
No. (97/B) West Shwegondaing
Bahan Township, Rangoon
Announcement No. 11 (7/98)
1. The elected representatives of the National League for Democracy (NLD)
are facing the most humiliating and degrading charges under the Habitual
Offenders Restriction Act. In accordance with Burmese customs and
tradition, and because it is the responsibility of the NLD leaders to give
words of encouragement to these representatives or their immediate family
members, the General Secretary and a member of the Central Executive
Committee, who is also the chairman of the Irrawaddy Division Organizing
Committee, left by boat for Bassein Township, Irrawaddy Division, at about
09:05 this morning.
2. It was learned that at about 10:15am, the General Secretary and the
members of her party were being blocked at a bridge, near A-nyar-zu
village, 15 miles (24 km) east of Nyaungdon. The road was blocked with
barbed wire and sandbags and the NLD party was reported to be still at the
site at about noon (0500 GMT). Further announcement will be made as more
information is received.
Central Executive Committee
The National League for Democracy
Rangoon
(The 1st Waxing Moon of Wagaung, 1360)
July 24, 1998