Suu Kyi begins second day of roadsi

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Aung San Suu Kyi begins second day of roadside stand-off with junta

       Thu 13 Aug 98 - 04:25 GMT

       YANGON, Aug 13 (AFP) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Thursday began the second day of a new
       roadside stand-off with military officials, foreign diplomats said.

       "As far as we know she is still there, and it is just like last
time," a western embassy official said, referring to a
       six-day stand-off which ended when the Nobel peace laureate was
forcibly taken back to her home on July 29.

       In that case she was blocked from travelling to meet supporters
outside Yangon and refused to budge from a
       roadside some 25 kilometres (15 miles) outside the Myanmar capital.

       She was in almost exactly the same position after again being blocked
by officials when she attempted to travel
       Wednesday, the diplomats said, adding though that in the latest
incident she was in a mini-van rather than a sedan
       and had brought extra supplies.

       "It looks like she is getting ready to sit it out longer this time,"
another western diplomat said.

       This is her fourth failed attempt to travel to meet provincial
supporters in little over a month.


)AFP 1998