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U.S. Raps Burma for Arrests
- Subject: U.S. Raps Burma for Arrests
- From: moe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 16:51:00
U.S. Raps Burma for Arrests
The United States said yesterday Burma's arrest of
about 60
senior opposition figures demonstrated the
"perfidious and
inhumane nature" of the Asian country's military
government.
An official of Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu
Kyi's National
League for Democracy said in Rangoon the arrests
had been
carried out ahead of a May 27 celebration of the
party's 1990
election victory, ignored by the government.
"This is yet one more example of the perfidious and
inhumane
nature of the Burmese regime," said State Department
spokesman Nicholas Burns. "It's another reason why
we don't
think that Burma ought to be treated as a normal
country."
President Clinton imposed sanctions on Burma on Tuesday
because of "serious abuses" by the government
against political
opponents. He also complained about the flow of
illegal drugs
through Burma.
Burns said the aim of the sanctions was to
"convince the
Burmese government that they're going to be more
and more
isolated by the United States if they continue this
inhumane
treatment of their own people."
-- Reuter