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Burma: ASSK Free!!
Subject: News on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's release
To: tun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 12:14:46 -0400 (EDT)
Dear Coban,
Kindly post the following VOA news on Burmanet. Please remove
the header, my internet ID and address before posting it as I wish
to remain as anonymous. Regards.
.......................... Please cut the above ...................
DATE=7/10/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181596
TITLE=BURMA / SUU KYI (L)
BYLINE=DAN ROBINSON
DATELINE=BANGKOK
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: BURMA'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT HAS FREED AUNG SAN SUU KYI,
AFTER NEARLY SIX YEARS OF HOUSE ARREST. SHE IS A SYMBOL OF
DEMOCRACY FIGURE AND NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE. V-O-A'S DAN
ROBINSON REPORTS FROM OUR SOUTHEAST ASIA BUREAU THE RELEASE CAME
AS A SURPRISE AFTER RECENT STATEMENTS FROM RANGOON INDICATING
THAT RESTRICTIONS AGAINST AUNG SAN SUU KYI -- BEGUN IN 1989 --
WOULD BE EXTENDED:
TEXT: A SENIOR OFFICIAL OF BURMA'S INTELLIGENCE SERVICES IS SAID
TO HAVE GONE TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S RESIDENCE ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE
IN RANGOON AT ABOUT 4 P-M MONDAY TO GIVE HER THE NEWS.
REACHED BY TELEPHONE, A MILITARY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TOLD V-O-A,
IN HIS WORDS -- THE NEWS IS CORRECT -- BUT DECLINED TO GIVE
FURTHER DETAILS.
A JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT QUOTED BURMESE OFFICIALS AS
SAYING THE RELEASE WAS UNCONDITIONAL. HOWEVER, MILITARY
OFFICIALS ARE QUOTED AS SAYING AUNG SAN SUU KYI ASKED THAT GUARDS
REMAIN POSTED AT HER HOUSE FOR THE TIME BEING.
RANGOON-BASED DIPLOMATS ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, SURPRISED AT THE
ANNOUNCEMENT. ONLY A FEW DAYS AGO, A SENIOR JUNTA OFFICIAL
(LIEUTENANT GENERAL KHIN NYUNT) MADE STATEMENTS SEEN AS AN
INDICATION THAT THE RESTRICTION ORDER AGAINST THE DEMOCRACY
LEADER WOULD BE EXTENDED AGAIN.
HOWEVER, ONE RANGOON SOURCE TOLD V-O-A LATE MONDAY THERE WERE
INDICATIONS IN RECENT DAYS THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN ON JULY
11TH.
// OPT // AUNG SAN SUU KYI WAS PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARREST ON JULY
20, 1989. HOWEVER, UNDER BURMESE LAW JULY 11TH WAS CONSIDERED
THE DAY ON WHICH THE EXTENSION ORDER WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN
RENEWED. // END OPT //
THE REASONS BEHIND THE DECISION TO FREE THE DEMOCRACY FIGURE
REMAIN UNCLEAR. MOST OBSERVERS THOUGHT THE JUNTA WAS DETERMINED,
AT MINIMUM, TO COMPLETE A TIGHTLY CONTROLLED CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION BEFORE MAKING ANY MOVE.
SENIOR OFFICIALS ALSO MADE CLEAR ANY DECISION DEPENDED ON HIGH
CONFIDENCE THAT A RELEASE WOULD NOT LEAD TO RENEWED PUBLIC
UNREST.
BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RELEASE, ANALYSTS WERE DEBATING
HOW MUCH THE RANGOON JUNTA REALLY CARED ABOUT EXTERNAL CRITICISM
AND PRESSURE.
HOWEVER, BURMA IS DUE TO ATTEND IMPORTANT SOUTHEAST ASIAN
REGIONAL MEETINGS IN JULY AND DECEMBER. OBSERVERS SAY THE
DECISION TO FREE AUNG SAN SUU KYI IS LIKELY TO YIELD HUGE
DIVIDENDS FOR THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT'S EFFORT TO END ITS
ISOLATION.
ALSO, SOME MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED U-S CONGRESS --
ANGERED BY WHAT THEY CALL RANGOON'S POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS
REPRESSION -- ARE PUSHING PROPOSED LEGISLATION CALLING FOR TRADE
AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST RANGOON. HOW MUCH FREEDOM AUNG
SAN SUU KYI WILL ACTUALLY HAVE REMAINS TO BE SEEN. DISSIDENTS
RELEASED FROM PRISON ARE ROUTINELY WARNED NOT TO ENGAGE IN
POLITICS AND NOT TO VIOLATE MILITARY LAWS.
MONDAY NIGHT AUNG SAN SUU KYI -- NOW 50 YEARS OLD -- REMAINED
INSIDE HER HOME IN RANGOON -- OFFICIALLY FREE BUT PROBABLY
CONSIDERING CAREFULLY WHAT STEPS TO TAKE NEXT. (SIGNED)
NEB/DR/CF
10-Jul-95 10:40 AM EDT (1440 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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