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DATE=9/30/96
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-203886
TITLE=BURMA / ROADBLOCKS (L-O)
BYLINE=DAVID BUTLER
DATELINE=BANGKOK
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  IN BURMA, SECURITY FORCES MAINTAINED THEIR BLOCKADE OF 
PRO-DEMOCRACY LEADER AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S RANGOON HOME (MONDAY), 
DESPITE EARLIER SUGGESTIONS IN THE OFFICIAL MEDIA THE ROADBLOCKS 
WOULD COME DOWN SUNDAY.  MEANWHILE, A LEADER OF AUNG SAN SUU 
KYI'S POLITICAL PARTY PREDICTED HER REGULAR WEEKEND RALLIES MAY 
NOW BE OVER.  DAVID BUTLER REPORTS FROM OUR SOUTHEAST ASIA BUREAU
IN BANGKOK.

TEXT:  ROADBLOCKS CUTTING ACCESS TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S LAKESIDE 
HOME IN RANGOON WENT UP AROUND MIDNIGHT THURSDAY, AFTER SHE 
CALLED FOR A SNAP THREE-DAY CONGRESS OF HER NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR 
DEMOCRACY PARTY TO BEGIN FRIDAY.

THE ROADBLOCKS KILLED THE PROPOSED PARTY CONGRESS.  THEY ALSO 
PREVENTED AUNG SAN SUU KYI FROM HOLDING HER REGULAR WEEKEND 
RALLIES WITH HER FOLLOWERS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HER RELEASE 
FROM HOUSE ARREST IN JULY LAST YEAR.

THE AUTHORITIES ADMIT TO DETAINING 109 ACTIVISTS IN GOVERNMENT 
GUEST HOUSES SINCE FRIDAY.

NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY SOURCES SAY AT LEAST 500 OF AUNG 
SAN SUU KYI'S FOLLOWERS WERE PICKED UP.  THEY SAY SOME MAY HAVE 
BEEN RELEASED.

KYI MAUNG ALSO TOLD REPORTERS HE EXPECTS THE RULING MILITARY 
COUNCIL, THE STATE LAW AND ORDER RESTORATION COUNCIL, TO CONTINUE
TO BLOCK THE WEEKEND RALLIES AT AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S HOME.  KYI 
MAUNG SAID IF AUTHORITIES ALLOWED ACCESS TO AUNG SAN SUU SUU 
KYI'S HOUSE NEXT WEEKEND, MANY MORE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAN 
USUAL WOULD ATTEND, A SITUATION THE MILITARY COULD NOT TOLERATE.

GOVERNMENT SPOKESMEN SAID RELEASE OF THE 109 WILL DEPEND ON THE 
ACTIONS OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI AND OTHER NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR 
DEMOCRACY LEADERS.

MEANWHILE, OFFICIAL MEDIA CONTINUED THEIR ATTACKS ON AUNG SAN SUU
KYI, WINNER OF THE 1991 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.  A COMMENTARY IN THE 
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE "NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR" NEWSPAPER SAID -- WHAT IT
CALLED -- AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S EVIL DOINGS WERE THE ROOT CAUSE OF 
THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH IT SAID IS NOT 
SATISFACTORILY STABLE.   (SIGNED)

NEB/DB/BD-T/RAE

30-Sep-96 9:33 AM EDT (1333 UTC)
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