S.H.A.N : SLORC ARRESTS EC MEMBERS

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Subject: S.H.A.N : SLORC ARRESTS EC MEMBERS OF SNLD

S.H.A.N : SLORC ARRESTS EC MEMBERS OF SNLD
June 01, 1996

On May 21,1996, at about 20:30 hours, members of the SLORC's MIS ( Military
Intelligence Service ) arrested an important person belonging to the SNLD ( Shan
National League for Democracy ) Zai Pah - an EC member - at his house in Tike
Gyi township not far from Rangoon in Burma proper.

On the same day in Shan State the MIS also arrested Zai Khun Parng ( SNLD
representative of Parng Long township ) in the town of Parng Long. 

This was during the time when NLD, led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, was preparing
and attempting to hold its first Party Congress.

Only two members of SNLD are known to have been arrested by SLORC so far.This
news has been confirmed by 4-5 other sources though no one was sure about the
reasons of the arrests. But just before the events, some highlevel members of
SNLD had been visiting Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD and some guessed this could
have been the cause.

The bizarre thing is that this news has not come out in any newspapers or
broadcasting stations like BBC and VOA etc. Perhaps it was too small and
insignificant in comparison with news about Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD.

In the 1990 General Election, the SNLD party won 23 seats for its
representatives, second only to the NLD in the whole of Burma, and first in Shan
State.
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