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VOA-BURMA ARRESTS -RON CORBEN-BANGK (r)



Re: VOA- BURMA ARRESTS- RON CORBEN- BANKOK
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If this is the results coming out of confidence-building with the NLD, 
then there is nothing more to look forward for a peaceful 
reconciliatiuon. People now have every right to choose their own means 
to act in unison with the NLD and other political parties including the 
ethnic minority groups and the students' groups . 


United we stand,

Minn Kyaw Minn
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>THE CURRENT MILITARY GOVERNMENT, IN POWER FOR THE PAST DECADE, 
>SAYS IT IS MAKING CONTINUED EFFORTS TO DEVELOP MUTUAL 
>UNDERSTANDING AND CONFIDENCE WITH THE N-L-D.  BUT DIPLOMATIC 
>SOURCES SAY THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPTS AT CONFIDENCE-BUILDING ARE 
>BEINGUNDERMINED BY CONTINUED ARRESTS AND HARRASSMENT OF 
>OPPOSITION MEMBERS.   (SIGNED)
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>DATE=9/8/98
>BURMA ARRESTS -RON CORBEN-BANGKOK
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>INTRO:  FOLLOWING THE ARREST OF OVER 100 MEMBERS OF BURMA'S 
>DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION BY THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT, 
>STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA ARE CALLING FOR ACTION AGAINST OPPOSITION 
>LEADER AUNG SAN SUU KYI.  RON CORBEN REPORTS FROM BANGKOK, THE 
>UNITED STATES IS OFFICIALLY PROTESTING THE ARRESTS, AND CALLING 
>FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF OPPOSITION MEMBERS.
>
>TEXT:  AMID HEIGHTENED POLITICAL TENSIONS IN BURMA, TWO 
>STATE-CONTROLLED NEWSPAPERS ARE CALLING FOR THE DEPORTATION OF 
>OPPOSITION LEADER AUNG SAN SUU KYI. 
>
>THE NEWSPAPERS ACCUSE AUNG SAN SUU KYI OF TRYING TO DE-STABILIZE 
>BURMA.  THEY SAY SINCE SHE IS MARRIED TO A BRITON, SHE IS A 
>FOREIGNER, AND THUS SHOULD BE DEPORTED.
>
>DIPLOMATS IN RANGOON SAY ANY SUCH MOVE AGAINST AUNG SAN SUU KYI 
>WOULD CAUSE AN INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY.  THEY DOUBT THE MILITARY 
>GOVERNMENT WOULD MOVE TO EXPEL HER.  
>
>THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT HAS CONFIRMED TO DIPLOMATS IN THE BURMESE
>CAPITAL THAT IT HAS ROUNDED UP 110 MEMBERS OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S 
>OPPOSITION MOVEMENT -- THE NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY, OR 
>N-L-D.
>
>THOSE DETAINED INCLUDE 50 N-L-D MEMBERS VOTED INTO PARLIAMENT IN 
>A LANDSLIDE ELECTION VICTORY BY THE OPPOSITION IN 1990.  THE 
>MILITARY GOVERNMENT HAS REFUSED TO HAND OVER POWER OR CONVENE THE
>PARLIAMENT, IGNORING A DEADLINE SET BY AUNG SAN SUU KYI LAST 
>MONTH.  THE ARRESTS APPARENTLY ARE AIMED AT BLOCKING ANY 
>OPPOSITION ATTEMPT TO HOLD A SESSION OF PARLIAMENT LATER THIS 
>MONTH.
>
>THE SENIOR U-S DIPLOMAT IN BURMA MET WITH SENIOR GOVERNMENT 
>MEMBERS TUESDAY, LODGING AN OFFICIAL PROTEST OVER THE ARRESTS AND
>CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ALL DETAINEES.
>
>POLITICAL TENSIONS IN BURMA HAVE BEEN ESCALATING IN RECENT WEEKS,
>SINCE AUNG SAN SUU KYI -- THE N-L-D'S SECRETARY GENERAL -- WAS 
>PREVENTED FROM TRAVELING OUTSIDE RANGOON TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF 
>HER PARTY.
>
>THE CURRENT MILITARY GOVERNMENT, IN POWER FOR THE PAST DECADE, 
>SAYS IT IS MAKING CONTINUED EFFORTS TO DEVELOP MUTUAL 
>UNDERSTANDING AND CONFIDENCE WITH THE N-L-D.  BUT DIPLOMATIC 
>SOURCES SAY THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPTS AT CONFIDENCE-BUILDING ARE 
>BEINGUNDERMINED BY CONTINUED ARRESTS AND HARRASSMENT OF 
>OPPOSITION MEMBERS.   (SIGNED)
>
>NEB/RC/WTW 
>
>08-Sep-98 4:42 AM EDT (0842 UTC)
>NNNN
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>Source: Voice of America
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>
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