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Stiff new law against democracy act



Subject: Stiff new law against democracy activists

07Jun96 BURMA: BURMA GOVT PASSING STIFF NEW LAW AGAINST OPPONENTS. 15:22 GMT  

RANGOON, June 7 (Reuter) - Burma's military government passed a new law on
Friday calling for prison sentences of up to 20 years for anyone found
guilty of opposing the government's constitution-writing process, state-run
television reported.
The new law, apparently aimed at Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for
Democracy (NLD) party, prohibits anyone from disrupting a convention of
government-selected delegates who have been drafting guidelines for a new
constitution for the past three years.  
The law also prohibits anyone or any organisation from speaking out against
the government in any that would disturb the current policies of the ruling
State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), which has made writing a
new constitution the main foundation of its political strategy.
Signed by SLORC chairman Than Shwe, the law bans any action deemed to affect
the peace, stability and solidarity of the nation. It also prohibits
anything that could "belittle and create misunderstandings" among the public
in connection with the national convention.
The military rulers' action follows recent blunt warnings, mostly through
official media, to the NLD that it could be declared illegal if it followed
through on plans announced after a controversial three-day meeting last
month to draft its own constitution for a democratic Burma.
Any organisation found guilty of violating the new law risks being
suspended, dissolved or declared an "unlawful association" and could have
its money and property confiscated by the state, state television reported.  
(c) Reuters Limited 1996
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