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>Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 22:42:40 +0700
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>Subject: British Woman Detained in Myanmar 
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>BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- A British woman has been detained by
>authorities in Myanmar for shouting anti-government slogans in downtown
>Yangon, a British diplomat said today. <br>
>Rachel Goldwyn, 28, was arrested Tuesday near Sule Pagoda, a famous
>Buddhist shrine in the Myanmar capital, after unfurling a banner and
>making a public demonstration, said the diplomat. <br>
>He spoke to The Associated Press by telephone from Yangon on customary
>condition of anonymity. <br>
>The government had yet to give the embassy further details, and it was as
>yet unclear where she was being held. ``All we know is that she was taken
>in for questioning. We are trying to confirm the facts at the moment,''
>the diplomat said. <br>
>Last week, another British national, James Mawdsley, was sentenced to 17
>years in prison after he was captured passing out anti-government
>literature at the border town of Tachilek in northeastern Myanmar, also
>known as Burma. <br>
>The British Embassy is seeking consular access to Mawdsley, 26, who had
>been arrested on two previous occasions over two years for making a
>personal bid to rally support against the military regime. <br>
>His latest attempt came as activists are urging a mass uprising against
>military rule on Thursday, or 9-9-99, a date seen as auspicious in this
>numerology obsessed country. <br>
>An official from the British Embassy traveled over the weekend to the
>remote northeastern town of Keng Tung where Mawdsley is being held, but
>was denied access to him, and was not allowed to pass on a bag of
>provisions containing food, vitamins and toothpaste. <br>
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