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Burma government warns against upri



Subject: Burma government warns against uprising 

Friday, August 13, 1999 Published at 14:03 GMT 15:03 UK 


World: Asia-Pacific

Burma government warns against uprising 



The military government in Burma says it has arrested four prople after
uncovering details of a plot to incite an uprising on September the ninth. 

The government accused the National League for Democracy of joining exiled
democracy groups in fomenting the plan, and those responsible would be
severely punished. 

Correspondents say exiled Burmese activists in Bangkok have made no secret
of their calls for a mass uprising against the military government on
9-9-99, to mark the pro-democracy uprising on 8-8-88 and say more than forty
people have already been arrested. 

>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service