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Subject: Burma military detains Suu Kyi associates

    BANGKOK, June 20 (Reuter) - At least five close associates
of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi have been detained
by authorities for allegedly smuggling her videotaped speeches
abroad, opposition sources said on Friday.
    The ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)
was upset when non-government organisations obtained and used a
smuggled videotaped speech by Suu Kyi opposing Burma's inclusion
as a member of the Association of South East Asian Nations
(ASEAN), they told Reuters.
    ASEAN groups Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The block recently agreed to
accept Burma as a new member in late July, despite Suu Kyi's
opposition. Cambodia and Laos are to be admitted at the same
time.
    Relatives and her personal photographer were among those
held, a source from Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy
Party (NLD) said.
    There was no SLORC comment on the opposition's statement.
    Cho Aung Than, a cousin of the Nobel Peace laureate, was
picked up for interrogation last Friday, while his sister and
her husband were arrested a few days later on the same charge,
the NLD source added.
    Photographer Ko Suny and Hon Myint, an ageing politician who
is related to Suu Kyi, were arrested two days ago.
    "They interrogated Ko Sunny on what kind of pictures he took
and how he managed to ship some video out of the country," a
close Suu Kyi aide said.
    The NLD source blamed ASEAN for the new round of detentions.
    "ASEAN will have to bear full responsibility for this
because they accepted Burma into the grouping that gives
activists nothing but disservice in Burma," the source said.
     Suu Kyi has said that if Burma became an ASEAN member it
would give the ruling military government a licence to repress
the opposition movement and suppress human rights further in the
country.
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